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Nicolas Papernot

December 17, 2021
… Nicolas Papernot is a Research Scientist at Google Brain, and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Department of Computer Science at the … at the Schwartz Reisman Institute. His research interests span the security and privacy of machine learning. Nicolas is a Connaught …

Claire McKay Bowen

November 16, 2021
… Claire McKay Bowen  is the Lead Data Scientist for Privacy and Data Security at the Urban Institute. Her research focuses on … the quality of differentially private data synthesis methods and science communication. In 2021, the Committee of Presidents of …
René Peralta

René Peralta

November 1, 2021
… in academia, mostly as a professor of cryptology, algorithmics and computational number theory. In 2005 he moved to NIST. He is currently a scientist with the Computer Security Division. Among the projects he is currently involved in are … Beacon, Circuit Complexity, Privacy Enhancing Cryptography, and Post-Quantum Cryptography. …
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Luís T.A.N. Brandão

November 1, 2021
… Physics Engineering from Technical University of Lisbon, and a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He is currently with the NIST cryptographic technology group, computer security division, as a foreign guest researcher (contractor from …

Barbara Ware

June 24, 2021
… Barbara Ware is a lead outreach and communications specialist for the MITRE Corporation working … National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence.  She is a communications and marketing professional with nearly 20 years of experience supporting … MITRE, she was director of communications for the Center for Internet Security, Inc. …
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Back to the Basics: Announcing the New NICE Framework

November 16, 2020
Danielle Santos
… changed, too. Drastically. In order to keep pace with these changes and increase flexibility of the NICE Framework so that it meets the needs of multiple stakeholder groups across both public and private sectors, NIST announced in 2019 a year-long effort to review and update the NICE Framework. This effort has come to a close and we …

Marisa Harriston

October 26, 2020
… Marisa Harriston is a Senior Communications and Outreach Strategist for the MITRE Corporation. She has worked with … of Excellence on projects in the areas of hospitality, mobile device security and finance. She has more than 10 years of digital communications …
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Dylan Gilbert

August 19, 2020
… Privacy Engineering Program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce. In this role, he advances the development of privacy engineering and risk management processes with a focus on the Privacy Framework and … of external stakeholders on issues ranging from consumer IoT security to the development of comprehensive federal privacy …
David Darais

David Darais

July 24, 2020
… David Darais is a Principal Scientist at Galois, Inc. and supports NIST as a moderator for the Privacy Engineering … focuses on tools for achieving reliable software in critical, security-sensitive, and privacy-sensitive systems. David received his B.S. from the …
Joseph Near

Joseph Near

July 24, 2020
… Space. His research interests include data privacy, computer security, and programming languages. Joseph received his B.S. in computer science from Indiana University, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in computer science from MIT. …
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Susanne Furman

July 15, 2020
… Susanne Furman  is a Cognitive Scientist in the Visualization and Usability Group at NIST. She works on and investigates usability for both cybersecurity and biometric devices for agencies such as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. She has worked at the …
Jeff Greene, NCCOE Director

Jeff Greene

March 12, 2020
… Jeff Greene, former vice president of global government affairs and policy at Symantec, began a new role as director of the National … Center of Excellence (NCCoE) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on February 3, 2020. For several years, Greene has served as an appointed member of NIST’s Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board, and as a special government …

Milissa McGinnis

February 6, 2020
… McGinnis is a MITRE contractor working as a Senior Communications and Outreach Strategist alongside NIST staff at its National … for reducing counterfeit medicines, decreasing gender-based violence, and increasing global food security, among many others. She received her B.A. in International …

SP 800-63 errata is now published! Corrections and clarifications are here!

December 4, 2017
Paul Grassi
… Guidelines suite to provide additional clarification on requirements and informative sections that many of you had questions about. The errata – a list of corrections and clarifications - does not change any requirements – but instead … nimbly updating these guidelines at a pace that works for government and industry. Stakeholders should feel free to provide feedback through …
Ellen Nadeau

Ellen Nadeau

September 28, 2017
… the Founder of Coralline. She works with NIST in developing privacy and security risk management guidance and tools. Previously, she led the Privacy Engineering and Data …

A previously unknown vulnerability.

April 1, 2016
… “There is no doubt that over time, people are going to rely less and less on passwords. People use the same password on different systems, they write them down and they just don't meet the challenge for anything you really want to … The first known computer password heist occurred 54 years ago and the situation is arguably worse than it was in 1962. The 2015 …

Summer homework: NIST welcomes comments until 7/31 on draft privacy risk management framework

May 29, 2015
Naomi Lefkovitz
… 8062, Privacy Risk Management for Federal Information Systems , and is seeking comments on that draft. This report introduces a privacy risk management framework (PRMF) for anticipating and addressing privacy risks that result from the processing of personal … three privacy engineering objectives—predictability, manageability, and disassociability—and a privacy risk model. In developing the PRMF, …

Foundations, Hurricanes and Forward Progress

November 14, 2012
Jeremy Grant
… The last two weeks have been full of activity around NSTIC implementation – and thanks to the weather, have challenged NSTIC stakeholders to be … Rules of Association, which will govern how the IDESG will organize and function in crafting an Identity Ecosystem Framework. The vote moved … Foundations, Hurricanes and Forward Progress …

Baby Steps and Big Leaps

October 16, 2012
… taking place all focused on advancing the Identity Ecosystem, and ultimately achieving our shared goal of enhancing online choice, efficiency, security, and privacy. Over a thousand individuals representing more than four … Baby Steps and Big Leaps …

NSTIC Welcomes Trusted Federal Systems as Secretariat of the Identity Ecosystem Steering Group (IESG)

July 12, 2012
… We’re pleased today to announce a major milestone in the implementation of the NSTIC:  the award of a two-year grant to an organization that will serve as the formal convener and secretariat for the soon-to-be-established Identity Ecosystem … stakeholders to help drive the creation of consensus standards and best practices that can advance national priorities.  Under a …

Identity Ecosystem Steering Group Webinar July 12 at 1PM

July 6, 2012
… Steering Group will be the focal point for stakeholders to convene and collaborate on a framework to enable the Identity Ecosystem … a general overview of the proposed governance documents that will guide the Steering Group, discuss the initial meeting and answer questions from participants. Get Involved in the National …

REMINDER: 8th IDESG Plenary Meeting in Silicon Valley, April 1-3

March 11, 2014
… headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., April 1 - April 3.  In-person and virtual participation is free and open to all stakeholders interested in building an environment that ensures transparency, confidence and privacy online in a way that is easy to use and understand for …
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