Information Technology Laboratory

Cultivating Trust in IT and Metrology through measurements, standards, and testing

WELCOME TO THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY

The Information Technology Laboratory (ITL), one of seven research laboratories within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), is a measurement and testing laboratory encompassing a wide range of areas of computer science, mathematics, statistics, and systems engineering. ITL collaborates with other NIST laboratories, the Department of Commerce, government agencies, the private sector, standards development organizations, and other national and international stakeholders to develop and implement standards, tests, and metrics. The standards and metrics developed help make information systems more secure, usable, interoperable, and reliable. The resulting measurement and standards infrastructure accelerates innovation in IT and IT-related measurement science, which drive progress across scientific, technology, and commercial applications.

News and Updates

Update to NIST Special Publication 800-160, Systems Security Engineering

January 03, 2018

NIST Special Publication 800-160, Systems Security Engineering — Considerations for a Multidisciplinary Approach in the...

Candidate Quantum-Resistant Cryptographic Algorithms Publicly Available

December 28, 2017

NIST posted Round 1 of comments on the Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization process. The 69 submissions are...

NIST Releases "Guide to LTE Security" Special Publication

December 21, 2017

NIST releases Guide to LTE Security (NIST SP 800-187) , a report that provides information to organizations about the...

Animation showing two laser beams creating a parabola-shaped curve and a small vertical slit that moves back and forth within the curve.

New NIST Spectrometer Measures Single Photons with Great Precision

December 18, 2017

Future communications networks that are less vulnerable to hacking could be closer to reality with an invention that...

Events

NICE Webinar: Writing Cybersecurity Position Descriptions for the Greatest Impact

January 17, 2018

Speakers: Keith Hall Principal Security Architect Cybersecurity Solutions Division Office of the Chief Information Security Officer Department of Homeland...

NSCI Seminar: Ten Years of Exascale – Are We There Yet?

January 25, 2018

The first set of exascale workshops were held ten years ago in the Spring of 2007. Very quickly it was recognized that reaching the next big performance level...

2018 NICE Conference and Expo - Save The Date

November 05, 2018 to November 09, 2018

2018 NICE CONFERENCE AND EXPO SAVE THE DATE TENTATIVE DATES: NOVEMBER 5 - 9, 2018 LOCATION: TBD The NICE Conference and Expo features thought leaders from...

2018 NICE K-12 Cybersecurity Education Conference - Save The Date

December 03, 2018 to December 04, 2018

2018 NICE K-12 CYBERSECURITY EDUCATION CONFERENCE SAVE THE DATE DATE: DECEMBER 3 - 4, 2018 LOCATION: SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS The NICE K-12 Cybersecurity Education...

Industry Impacts

NIST Impacts: Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity

Despite the threats of cyberattack on computer-controlled industrial systems, utilities and other users of these systems can be hesitant to adopt common...

NIST Impacts: Online Security

Mobile computing, e-commerce and the proliferation of connected devices bring unprecedented benefits to our lives. But to protect individuals, businesses and...

Computer scientist Murugiah Souppaya investigates security techniques for protecting virtuallized computing environments and cloud computing systems.

NIST Impacts: Cybersecurity

Cyber attacks cost businesses an estimated $400B per year globally from direct damage and post-attack operation disruption. To give companies a way to evaluate...