Utilization of existing standards

In the existing report is the recommendation to encrypt data at rest. ANSI and ISO and other standards generating organizations have published peer reviewed documentation on this subject. Specifically, ANSI X9.69 Framework for Key Management and X9.73 Cryptographic Message Syntax as well as ISO 11568 CMS, all address the issue of persistent protection of data. The creation of self protecting data objects rather than depending on network topography not controlled by the information owner. NIST is a member of ANSI. And ANSI is the American vote to ISO.