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Cybersecurity Insights

a NIST blog

Preventing Eavesdropping and Protecting Privacy on Virtual Meetings

March 17, 2020

Jeff Greene

Conference calls and web meetings—virtual meetings—are a constant of modern work. And while many of us have become security-conscious in our online interactions, virtual meeting security is often an

NIST and RSAC 2020: Back in our Element

February 21, 2020

Kristina Rigopoulos

We are thrilled to join the cybersecurity community once again this year at RSA Conference (RSAC) 2020 on February 24-28th at the Moscone Center in San Francisco! Our team will be showcasing our work

Data Security: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going

February 7, 2020

Milissa McGinnis

Cybersecurity threats are nothing new. There have been so many media reports about data breaches and how they affect our daily lives that it can be overwhelming. Can organizations stop these breaches

Improving the IoT Cybersecurity Baseline with Stakeholder Input: Draft (v2) NISTIR 8259 Available for Public Comment

February 4, 2020

Katerina Megas

NIST received more than 450 comments on Draft NISTIR 8259 during the public comment period, which closed September 30, 2019. To all those who commented, thank you! Your comments helped strengthen and

Welcome to the World, NIST Privacy Framework 1.0!

January 28, 2020

Naomi Lefkovitz and Kaitlin Boeckl

As we celebrate Data Privacy Day 2020, let’s take a moment to reflect on the changes to privacy as a discipline — not just here at NIST, but as a community. A decade ago, conversations among privacy