NIST’s Responsibilities Under the January 2025 Executive Order

While NIST frameworks are typically not mandatory for most organizations, they are still being called on to do some heavy lifting to bolster the nation’s cybersecurity defenses. Under the January 2025 Executive Order (EO) on Strengthening and Promoting Innovation in the Nation’s Cybersecurity, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) was charged, along with several other agencies, with the following tasks: Enhancing security accountability for software and cloud service providers. Improving the security of Federal communications and identity management systems. Encouraging new…