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Sorting Diamonds from Toothbrushes: New Guide to Protecting Personal Information
Release Date: 01/13/2009 Thefts of personally identifiable information (PII), such as social security and credit card account numbers, are increasing dramatically. Adding … more
Electronic Methods Potentially Secure for Sending Blank Ballots Overseas; Serious Issues Remain for Receiving Votes -- NIST Report Identifies Security Threats and Potential Controls for Overseas Voting
Release Date: 12/23/2008 GAITHERSBURG, Md.—Electronic technologies could be deployed immediately and reliably to augment slower postal mail for distributing … more
NIST Posts 51 Entries for New Hash Algorithm Competition
Release Date: 12/23/2008 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced the first-round candidates for its open cryptographic competition to … more
NIST Report Identifies Security Threats, Possible Controls for Overseas Voting
Release Date: 12/23/2008 Electronic technologies could be deployed immediately and reliably to augment slower postal mail for distributing ballots to U.S. citizens living … more
Belgium to Host First Conference for New Hash Algorithm Competition
Release Date: 12/09/2008 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced the first conference on an open cryptographic competition to select a new … more
Sevenfold Accuracy Improvement for 3-D 'Virtual Reality' Labs
Release Date: 12/09/2008 Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed software that improves the accuracy of the tracking devices … more
Saying ‘Cheese’ for More Effective Border Security
Release Date: 11/25/2008 A graphical overlay can improve the quality of facial images obtained by facial recognition systems. Credit: NIST View hi-resolution image Facial … more
NIST Receives 64 Submissions for New ‘Hash’ Algorithm
Release Date: 11/12/2008 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has received a total of 64 submissions for a competition to develop a new cryptographic … more
First Tunable, ‘Noiseless’ Amplifier May Boost Quantum Computing, Communications
Release Date: 10/14/2008 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and JILA, a joint institute of NIST and the University of Colorado (CU) … more
Updated Specification Issued for PIV Card Implementations
Release Date: 10/14/2008 This smart chip on a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) card holds two fingerprint biometrics, a unique number that identifies the individual … more
JILA Scientists Create First Dense Gas of Ultracold ‘Polar’ Molecules
Release Date: 10/01/2008 Scientists at JILA, a joint institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado at Boulder … more
New Profile Lays Out Roadmap, Standards for Government Use of IPv6
Release Date: 09/16/2008 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published version 1 of a standards profile to support government agencies as they … more
Upgraded Vulnerability Database Enables Advances in Security Automation
Release Date: 09/16/2008 Facilitating efforts to automate important computer security tasks, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has upgraded the … more
Biometric Consortium Conference 2008 Will Be Held Sept. 23-25
Release Date: 09/03/2008 The Biometric Consortium Conference 2008, to be held in Tampa, Fla., Sept. 23-25, will focus on biometric technologies for homeland security, … more
NIST To Host 4th Security Automation Conference and Workshop
Release Date: 09/03/2008 From Sept. 22-25, 2008, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host a conference and accompanying workshops demonstrating … more |
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