Details on the New NIST Requirement for RASP and IAST

If you’re looking for more information on the latest update to the NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technologies) Security and Privacy Framework outlined in SP800-53, there’s a new article just published in the Cutter Business Technology Journal detailing the changes, the timing and an explanation of the new technologies (RASP and IAST) added to the framework.

The article covers the recent finalization of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)’s SP800-53 that was just released on September 23, 2020.  The new security and privacy framework standard now requires Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP) as an added layer of security in the framework, in addition to Interactive Application Security Testing (IAST) during pre-production QA testing.  The new article also gives definitions of RASP and IAST.

While the article is gated and requires you to fill out a form, there is no charge to read the article after completing the form.

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