With the continuing frequency, intensity, and adverse consequences of cyber-attacks, disruptions,
hazards, and other threats to federal, state, and local governments, the military, businesses, and
the critical infrastructure, the need for trustworthy secure systems has never been more important
to the long-term economic and national security interests of the United States. Engineering-based
solutions are essential to managing the growing complexity, dynamicity, and interconnectedness
of today’s systems, as exemplified by cyber-physical systems and systems-of-systems, including
the Internet of Things. This publication addresses the engineering-driven perspective and actions
necessary to develop more defensible and survivable systems, inclusive of the machine, physical,
and human components that compose the systems and the capabilities and services delivered by
those systems
Link to NIST Publication 800-160