Two updated guides provide latest NIST recommendations for system patches, malware avoidance

Tuesday, August 20, 2013 - 16:00 in Mathematics & Economics

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has updated two of its series of computer security guides to help computer system managers protect their systems from hackers and malware. Vulnerabilities in software and firmware are the easiest ways to attack a system, and the two revised publications approach the problem by providing new guidance for software patching and warding off malware.

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