Two big reasons for adopting IPv6

Federal Security Spotlight this week features Doug Montgomery, manager of the Internet and Scalable Systems group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

The topic - IPv6, Part II, and the cybersecurity implications of not converting over to this new protocol.

While the purpose of IPv6 is primarily to allow the continued growth of the Internet as the world approaches the exhaustion of IPv4 addresses, there are never-the-less cyber implications. Agencies should be further along than they are.

NIST explains its newly revised guidance for the secure deployment of IPv6.