Organization

National Institute of Standards and Technology

U.S. federal agency publishing frameworks for secure software development and AI risk management used across industry and government.

Why this matters

NIST sources anchor how serious systems formalize risk, coupling, and accountable design at institutional scale.

Works

book

Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0)

National Institute of Standards and Technology. *Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0)*. NIST AI 100-1. 2023. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.AI.100-1.

book

Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF) Version 1.1: Recommendations for Mitigating the Risk of Software Vulnerabilities

National Institute of Standards and Technology. *Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF) Version 1.1: Recommendations for Mitigating the Risk of Software Vulnerabilities*. NIST SP 800-218. 2022. https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/sp/800/218/final.

Related books

Book

Coupling

Cohesion, Consequence, and the Architecture of Responsibility

A practical framework for seeing where systems are tightly joined, where they drift apart, and how those coupling choices shape accountability over time.