# Committee on National Security Systems **Aliases:** CNSS **Entity class:** Federal national-security systems policy committee ## Definition The **Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS)** issues policies, directives, instructions, and advisories for the security of National Security Systems. It participated with NIST, DoD, and the Intelligence Community in the 2009 unified federal information-security framework. ## Relationships - **issues:** [[wiki/CNSSI 1253|CNSSI 1253]]. - **joint framework partner:** [[wiki/Unified Federal Information Security Framework|Unified Federal Information Security Framework]]. - **coordinates with:** [[wiki/National Institute of Standards and Technology|NIST]], [[wiki/United States Department of Defense|DoD]], and [[wiki/Intelligence Community|IC]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [NIST — Unified framework announcement, June 16, 2009](https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2009/06/nist-dod-intelligence-agencies-join-forces-secure-us-cyber-infrastructure)