February 26, 2024 – The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released version 2.0 of its Cybersecurity Framework. According to NIST, the updated version “is designed for all audiences, industry sectors and organization types, from the smallest schools and nonprofits to the largest agencies and corporations – regardless of their degree of cybersecurity sophistication.” The first version of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework was focused on the protection of critical infrastructure, and was released in 2014. It was updated to version 1.1 in 2018. The Cybersecurity Framework version 2.0, along with numerous supplementary resources are available online from NIST.