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White House National Security Memo Issued | NIST & DHS Developing Cybersecurity Performance Goals for Critical Infrastructure Control Systems

July 29, 2021

President Biden on July 28, 2021, signed a new National Security Memorandum, “Improving Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure Control Systems which directs

Technical Contributions to AI Governance

NIST provides scientific and technical expertise and contributions to national and international discussions on AI governance. NIST plays a...

Benchmarks & Metrics

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PSCR Webinar: UAS Triple Challenge - Drones for First Responders

Tue, Aug 24 2021, 10:00 - 11:00am MDT (12:00 - 1:00pm EDT)

This August, NIST’s Public Safety Communications Research Division will host a webinar featuring the First Responder UAS

2021 First Responder UAS Triple Challenge

The First Responder Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Triple Challenge from NIST PSCR served to help save lives faster and support advancing...

AI Risk Management Framework - Engage

NIST has developed the voluntary AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF) through a consensus-driven, open, transparent, and collaborative...

AI Risk Management Framework - Resources

Translations of the NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF) NIST AI Risk Management Framework (Arabic) NIST AI Risk Management Framework...

AI Risk Management Framework FAQs

What is the AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF)? The Framework is intended to help developers, users and evaluators of AI systems better...

ACMD Seminar: GMRES Convergence and Spectral Properties of Approximate Preconditioners for KKT matrices

Josef Sifuentes University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Tuesday, August 17, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT (1:00 PM MDT) A video of this talk is available...

ACMD Seminar: Legendre functions: New formulas, identities, and transformations

Robert Maier University of Arizona Tuesday, August 3, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT (1:00 PM MDT) A video of this talk is available to NIST staff in the...

NIST Delivers Two Key Publications to Enhance Software Supply Chain Security Called for by Executive Order

July 9, 2021

NIST today fulfilled two of its assignments to enhance the security of the software supply chain called for by a May 12, 2021, Presidential Executive Order on

Workshop and Call for Papers on Cybersecurity Labeling Programs for Consumers: Internet of Things (IoT) Devices and Software

NOTE: This workshop has taken place. Nearly 550 participants joined the September 14-15 virtual event, with many actively involved by posing...

Cybersecurity Labeling for Consumers: Internet of Things (IoT) Devices and Software - News & Updates

NIST releases summary report on the consumer cybersecurity labeling initiatives under the EO (May 24, 2022) Our Quest: Advancing Product...

Cybersecurity Labeling for Consumers: Internet of Things (IoT) Devices and Software - Engage

NIST relied heavily on input from stakeholders in carrying out its assignments on cybersecurity labeling programs for consumers related to...

Cybersecurity Labeling for Consumers: Internet of Things (IoT) Devices and Software Resources

ABC’s of Conformity Assessment ( NIST Special Publication 2000-01 ) Conformity Assessment Considerations for Federal Agencies ( NIST Special...

Cybersecurity Labeling for Consumers: Internet of Things (IoT) Devices and Software FAQs

Q1. What past work has NIST done related to these labeling-related efforts? NIST carries out a cybersecurity-oriented Internet of Things...

Cybersecurity Labeling for Consumers: Internet of Things (IoT) Devices and Software

The May 12, 2021, Presidential Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity (14028) directs NIST to initiate two labeling...

Security Measures for “EO-Critical Software” Use

Publishing guidance that outlines security measures for critical software use – including applying practices of least privilege, network...

Security Measures for “EO-Critical Software” Use Under Executive Order (EO) 14028 - FAQs

The following FAQs provide additional information on the guidance. Are all of the security measures appropriate for all EO-critical software...

Security Measures for EO-Critical Software Use

The table below defines the security measures for EO-critical software use. The security measures are grouped by objective. The columns in...

Security Measures for “EO-Critical Software” Use Under Executive Order (EO) 14028 - Guidance Purpose & Scope

Recent incidents have demonstrated the need to better protect the EO-critical software that federal agencies use on-premises, in the cloud...

Security Measures for “EO-Critical Software” Use Under Executive Order (EO) 14028

Introduction Executive Order (EO) 14028 on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity, May 12, 2021, directs the National Institute of Standards...

NIST Prize Challenge Launches Research for Unmanned Aircraft in Search and Rescue

July 7, 2021

BOULDER, Colo. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has launched a new prize competition to advance the use

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Spotlight: Finding the Fix to Wireless Connectivity on the Fritz With Susanna Mosleh

June 29, 2021

When the Wi-Fi is wonky or there’s bad cellphone reception, Susanna Mosleh can’t ignore it. After all, her research at NIST is about finding solutions to those

ACMD Seminar: Semantic Preserving Translations between NIST's Digital Library of Mathematical Functions and Computer Algebra Systems

André Greiner-Petter University of Wuppertal, Germany and National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 10:00 AM...