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Software Security in Supply Chains: Software Verification

NIST’s third initiative in response to EO 14028 resulted in the July 2021 release of the Minimum Standards for Vendor or Developer...

Software Security in Supply Chains: Attesting to Conformity with Secure Software Development Practices

NIST’s attestation guidance in response to Section 4(e) outlined minimum recommendations that software purchasers should require of...

Software Security in Supply Chains: Software Cybersecurity for Producers and Users

Section 4(e) of EO 14028 outlines 10 actions and outcomes to further secure software development. Since most subsections in this Appendix...

Software Security in Supply Chains: EO-Critical Software and Security Measures for EO-Critical Software

Following the EO’s directive, NIST’s definition for critical software reflects “the level of privilege or access required to function” and...

Software Security in Supply Chains: Guidance, Purpose, Scope, and Audience

This guidance informs the acquisition, use, and maintenance of third-party software and services for agencies’ information technology (IT)...

Past Events

This page lists past interactive events hosted by the NIST Cybersecurity for IoT Program. On June 18, 2025, NIST held "Discussion Forum...

Presentations

This page lists Presentations (non-interactive events) hosted by the NIST Cybersecurity for IoT Program. Other pages list upcoming events...

News Releases

News Article: Department of Commerce Seeks Internet of Things Experts for New Advisory Board News Article: NIST Releases Draft Guidance on...

Blogs

The Cybersecurity for IoT program regularly posts on the NIST Cybersecurity Insights blog page and other NIST blogs: SSDF and IoT...

Announcement History

NIST Selects ‘Lightweight Cryptography’ Algorithms to Protect Small Devices (February 7, 2023) Initial Meeting of the IoT Advisory Board to...

2021 Arthur S. Flemming Award - Bala Muralikrishnan

Dr. Bala Muralikrishnan is recognized for his seminal research in precision dimensional metrology, which is accelerating the adoption of

Building that has been destroyed by a tornado

NIST, NSF Award More Than $7.6 Million to Support Disaster Resilience Research

May 4, 2022

The agencies are funding 20 projects to be conducted across 24 institutions through the Disaster Resilience Research Grant (DRRG) program, which they manage

Study Links Urbanization to Poor Ecological Knowledge, Less Environmental Action

May 4, 2022

A new study by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and collaborators highlights a sharp contrast between urban and suburban

Recognition of Jose A. Torres Ferrer

José Torres Ferrer has been an invaluable assistant and lead instructor for over 140 seminars and nearly 1500 students in the past twenty

Software Security in Supply Chains

Introduction The Executive Order (EO) on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity released on May 12, 2021 acknowledges the increasing number of...

NIST Seeks Inputs on its Draft Guide to Operational Technology Security

April 26, 2022

NIST has released its public draft of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-82r3, Guide to Operational Technology (OT) Security. This is the third revision of NIST

Improving Resource Efficiency for the Textile Industry

Introduction A circular economy (CE) approach aims to more efficiently leverage our existing resources to create domestic and sustainable...

From a circle reading 5G, lines extend outward to smaller images representing some of 5G's applications, which include telemedicine and autonomous vehicles.

NIST Requests Public Comment on Draft Guidance for 5G Cybersecurity

April 26, 2022

As wireless networks transition to 5G technology, they could enable a host of new capabilities — but they also will place new cybersecurity demands on industry.

Smart Connected Systems Division Newsletters

Smart Connected Systems Division Newsletters April 2025 March 2025 February 2025 January 2025 December 2024 November 2024 October 2024...

Leadership to the IEEE P3388 Standard Working Group (previously IEEE P1451.5p)

September 1, 2021

NIST researchers Rick Candell, Karl Montgomery, Mohamed Hany, and Kang Lee are providing technical leadership to the IEEE P3388 standard committee (previously

Reliable, High Performance Industrial Wireless Systems: Wi-Fi and TSN

Smart Manufacturing Systems provide a vision of future manufacturing systems that incorporate highly dynamic physical systems, robust and responsive

2022 Excellence in Research Award in Physical and Information Sciences - Alexey Gorshkov

In recognition for pioneering, fundamental contributions to the understanding, design, and control of large, interacting quantum systems

ACMD Seminar: A Volterra Integral Equation Approach to the Time Dependent Schrödinger Equation

Ryan Schneider Department of Mathematics, UC San Diego Tuesday, May 24, 2022, 3:00-4:00 EDT (1:00-2:00 MDT) A video of this talk is...

The Force Behind the Mask: How American Ingenuity is Saving the U.S. from a PPE Disaster

April 21, 2022

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded AFFOA (Advanced Functional Fabrics of America) and 16 cross

Space Cybersecurity Symposium III: Cybersecurity – Global and Applied Topics

Thu, Jun 16 2022

The Department of Commerce (DOC) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) invite you to their jointly hosted space

NIST Releases Study on Blockchain and Related Technologies for Manufacturing Supply Chain Traceability

April 20, 2022

Manufacturing supply chains are increasingly susceptible to disruptions and are targets for bad actors seeking to steal proprietary information and/or sabotage

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