NIST announces the release of Special Publication (SP) 800-70 Revision 1, National Checklist Program for IT Products--Guidelines for Checklist Users and Developers. It describes security configuration checklists and their benefits, and it explains how to use the NIST National Checklist Program (NCP) to find and retrieve checklists. It also makes recommendations regarding checklist use and development, as well as defining the policies, procedures, and general requirements for participation in the NCP. SP 800-70 Revision 1 replaces the original version of the document, which was released in 2005.

URL to SP 800-70 Rev. 1:
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/PubsSPs.html#800-70

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Sincerely,
Pat O'Reilly
Computer Security Division
NIST
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