Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Guidelines on Cell Phone and PDA Security

Draft SP 800-124, Guidelines on Cell Phone and PDA Security, is available for public comment. It provides an overview of cell phone and personal digital assistant (PDA) devices in use today and offers insights for making informed information technology security decisions regarding their treatment. SP 800-124 gives details about the threats, technology risks, and safeguards for these devices. NIST requests comments on draft SP 800-124 by August 8, 2008. Please submit comments to 800-124comments@nist.gov with "Comments SP 800-124" in the subject line.