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Cybersecurity Insights

a NIST blog

RSA Conference 2021 to Showcase Resilience, Featuring NIST Experts

May 13, 2021

Kristina Rigopoulos

RSA Conference 2021 kicks off virtually May 17, and NIST’s cybersecurity experts will be on hand out of the gate to discuss the latest in cybersecurity guidance, practical solutions, and metrics. The

Differentially Private Synthetic Data

May 3, 2021

Joseph Near and David Darais

In this series, we've examined several different ways to answer queries over data using differential privacy. So far each approach requires changing the way we answer queries - usually by adding noise

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Join the Team! Announcing the Launch of the NIST Privacy Workforce Public Working Group

April 14, 2021

Dylan Gilbert

When it comes to managing privacy risks, workforce is a key consideration. According to a recent IAPP/FairWarning report , on average, even mature privacy programs have only three employees dedicated

Differential Privacy for Complex Data: Answering Queries Across Multiple Data Tables

March 25, 2021

Xi He

We are excited to introduce our second guest author in this blog series, Xi He, assistant professor of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo, whose research represents the state of the art in

Stakeholders: The “Be-All and End-All” of NIST’s Cybersecurity and Privacy Work

March 24, 2021

Kevin Stine

When it comes down to it, NIST’s cybersecurity and privacy work is all about its stakeholders. Our researchers and other staff can do the most extraordinary work to advance the state of the art or