OMB Approves NIST SP 800-18

Yesterday the OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) announced that it had approved the publication of a revision to NIST Special Publication 800-18. This guide for federal information-system security planners was originally published in 1998 and updated in 2006. This document was submitted to OIRA back in August.

As with most guidance documents, this publication has not been listed in the Unified Agenda. It will be interesting to see if there is any mention of security for federal OT systems.

NIST should publish this document fairly quickly, certainly more quickly than most agencies publish approved rulemakings under the Trump Administration.