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Leadership Insights from the Credit Union That Won the Baldrige Award Twice

July 20, 2021

When Elevations Credit Union was named a 2020 Baldrige Award recipient last November, the Colorado-based nonprofit became the first financial services

Commonly Misused Terms in Cybersecurity

June 25, 2021

Words are hard. English is hard. How we manage to communicate anything is nigh a miracle. Sometimes I wish I was Oscar Wilde or Mark Twain or any of the other

Barbara Ware

Barbara Ware is a lead outreach and communications specialist for the MITRE Corporation working alongside NIST staff at its National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence. She is a communications and marketing professional with nearly 20 years of experience supporting various companies and non-profits in the healthcare and cybersecurity sectors. Prior to joining MITRE, she was director of communications for the Center for Internet Security, Inc.

Small Devices Can Cause Big Problems: Improving Enterprise Mobile Device Security

June 29, 2021

Mobile phones—those mini-computers in our pockets—are a permanent fixture in today’s workplace. Managing and securing them is no simple task. Gema Howell

Creating a PFAS-Contaminated Meat SRM: A Q&A With NIST Chemists Melissa Phillips and Ben Place

June 23, 2021

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) research chemists Melissa Phillips and Ben Place are working to create a Standard Reference Material (SRM)

Daniel Kifer

Daniel Kifer is a professor of Computer Science at Penn State University. He is working with the U.S. Census Bureau to design the disclosure avoidance system for the 2020 Decennial Census. His work on privacy has won two test-of-time awards and a best paper award, and he is currently serving on the Committee on National Statistics.

Independence Day 2021

June 29, 2021

From Your Friends at the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program.

Digital Supply Chain Assessment Sets Stage for Optimizing Performance

June 10, 2021

The premise for the NIST MEP Digital Supply Chain Network project is familiar to MEP Centers — many small and medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs) are often not

The US Cyber Games Launch First-Ever US Cybersecurity Team

June 16, 2021

Many of you might know me as the director of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE). NICE, it is a public-private partnership between

50 Years of the ‘Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data’: A Q&A With Editors Allan Harvey and Don Burgess

June 16, 2021

Reference data’s connection to the public is indirect yet often very important. For example, a town’s electricity could come from a steam power plant in which

Keith Stouffer

Keith Stouffer is a supervisory mechanical engineer and has been at the National Institute of Standards and Technology since 1989, focusing on industrial control system (ICS) and OT cybersecurity since 2000. He leads the Cybersecurity for Operational Technology Systems Team and is the lead author of NIST Special Publication 800-82, Guide to Operational Technology (OT) Security, which provides guidance on how to secure OT while addressing their unique performance, reliability and safety requirements.

Testing for Differential Privacy Bugs

June 22, 2021

We are excited to introduce our third guest author in this blog series, Dan Kifer, Professor of Computer Science at Penn State. Dr. Kifer’s research spans many

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NIST Releases Tips & Tactics for Control System Cybersecurity

June 9, 2021

The impact of cybersecurity breaches on infrastructure control system owners/operators is more visible than ever before. Whether you work for an infrastructure

Passing Photons Through Chicken, VR for First Responders, and 3D-Printed Metal: A Sample of Stories on NIST Social Media

June 9, 2021

Sending “spooky” pairs of photons through biological materials, using virtual reality to test emergency communications technology, bolstering confidence in the

The Rules Have Changed; the Outcome Is the Same

July 13, 2021

In 2015, I blogged about buying a mattress and likened it to buying a used car. I also said that I bought mattresses less often than I buy cars (gladly)

Through Integration, Redesign, Health System Cares for "Loved Ones"

August 17, 2021

“What would be important to you in the care of your daughter?” John Chessare, president of Baldrige Award recipient GBMC HealthCare, Inc. (GBMC), asked a

Marcus Steele

Marcus is a 21-year-old student from Frederick Community College. He is currently working towards a degree in Cybersecurity.

Maintaining Your Online Privacy

May 28, 2021

It might not be the most important subject on your mind when running your business, but online privacy is becoming increasingly important as we move closer to a

Introducing the MEP Workforce Database

May 26, 2021

This blog is the third in a monthly series brought to you by the new America Works initiative. As a part of the MEP National Network’s goal of supporting the

Creating and Commercializing a Human ‘Body Cube’ for Testing New Drugs

May 28, 2021

Growing up, I always had a love for living things, so I went off to college and got an undergraduate degree in biology. After that, I realized I wanted to

Robert Barnes

Robert is currently an Administrative Assistant with the NIST MEP Extension Services Division (ESD). In addition to his normal duties, he assists the working group service leads with the coordination and running of meetings for the ESD working groups. Robert is a recent addition to the program and graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies, with focuses in Economics and International Studies. Robert is currently attending the University of Maryland Global Campus, working towards a Master’s Degree in Cybersecurity.