NIST stands for National Institutes of Standards and Technology and they're the ones that define all these industry standard practices. They're the ones that define what exactly is a pound, but they also write cybersecurity frameworks and compliance frameworks usually in the form of special publications with a string of numbers and letters attached to it. It’s important for people to be aware of them and especially if compliance obligations come into play, they may specifically say to reference a NIST standard.

CISA stands for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency; they are a division of the Department of Homeland defense and they're responsible for making sure cybersecurity infrastructure stays secure. They're managing those vulnerabilities especially for the federal government and saying what is important.

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