On December 15, 2014, NIST released a draft guideline designed to assist organizations searching for cloud service providers by providing objective measures of capabilities and performance. The guidelines help organizations navigate the "preponderance of cloud based services in the market." On December 16, 2014, NIST released the final version of a revised guide for assessing the security and privacy controls of federal information systems and organizations.
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