    Sentence i: To provide a common  understanding of what s needed and  expected in information technology security  Programs, NIST developed and published  Generally Accepted Principles and Practices  for Securing Information Technology Systems  (Special Pub 600-14) in September 1996.    Sentence 2: The Generally Accepted  Principles and Practices for Securing  Information — Techno! logy Systems were  published by the NIST in 1996.