This whitepaper is a joint effort of EDUCAUSE and PreVeil to help Higher Education get started with NIST 800-171 compliance. In the past year, Higher Education has started to face NIST 800-171 compliance requirements from not only the Department of Defense but the Department of Education as well. Other governmental departments might soon follow in their footsteps.
This whitepaper focuses on providing an overview of NIST 800-171, why NIST 800-171 matters, which government organizations are starting to rely on NIST for cybersecurity standards and steps higher education can take to get started with compliance.