The National Institute of Standards and Technology has finalized an update to guidance used by the Pentagon's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program to address advanced persistent threats, along with assessment guidance and new data formats. “The protection of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) resident in nonfederal systems and organizations is of paramount importance to federal agencies and can directly impact the ability of the Federal Government to successfully conduct its essential missions and functions,” NIST says in the update to Special...