NIST · National Institute of Standards and Technology
The US institute whose control catalogs and media-sanitization guidance underpin federal compliance regimes and end-of-life handling of fleet storage.
Current numbers
2028/2029SL5 Task Force target; Version 0.1 long-lead-time profile = 60 controls / 12 families (NIST SP 800-53 overlay)
SP 800-61r3NIST IR guidance restructured onto CSF 2.0 (Govern/Identify/Protect/Detect/Respond/Recover); first revision since 2012
Sept 2025NIST SP 800-88 Rev 2 released — media sanitization modernized for encrypted/virtual/cloud media (Clear / Purge / Destroy)