What is the NSTISSC (recently renamed to the CNSS)?
The National Security Telecommunications and Information Systems Security Committee (NSTISSC) was established by National Security Directive (NSD) No. 42, dated July 1990, and is responsible for developing and promulgating national policies applicable to the security of national security telecommunications and information systems. The NSTISSC has been recently renamed the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS).