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Cybersecurity Insights

a NIST blog

Connie LaSalle

Let’s get Digital! Updated Digital Identity Guidelines are Here!

August 1, 2025

Today is the day! Digital Identity Guidelines, Revision 4 is finally here...it’s been an exciting journey and NIST is honored to be a part of it. What can we

A Note on progress…NIST’s Digital Identity Guidelines.

December 12, 2023

In August 2023 the Digital Identity Guidelines team hosted a two-day workshop to provide a public update on the status of revision 4. As part of that session

Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2022: Using Strong Passwords and a Password Manager

October 13, 2022

The key behavior that we are highlighting this week for Cybersecurity Awareness Month is using strong passwords and a password manager. In today’s blog we