NIST Updates Privacy Framework, Tying It to Recent Cybersecurity Guidelines

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Privacy Framework wheel (Credit: N. Hanacek/NIST)
Privacy Framework wheel (Credit: N. Hanacek/NIST)

May 6, 2025 | Originally published by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on April 14, 2025

How can society benefit from the use of personal data while also protecting individual privacy? Five years after debuting guidelines that can help organizations balance these goals, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has drafted a new version of the NIST Privacy Framework intended to address current privacy risk management needs, maintain alignment with NIST’s recently updated Cybersecurity Framework, and improve usability.

The draft release, NIST Privacy Framework 1.1 Initial Public Draft, is broadly intended to help organizations manage the privacy risks that arise from personal data flowing through complex information technology systems.