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Projects/Programs

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5G/6G Core Networks and Services

Ongoing
This program aims to advance networking and measurement sciences and promote consensus standards and best practices for the evolution from 5G to 6G, focusing on

High Assurance Domains

Ongoing
NIST is working with the Internet industry to design, standardize and foster deployment of technologies to improve the security and robustness of enterprise

Internet Infrastructure Protection

Ongoing
ITL’s Internet Infrastructure Protection (IIP) program, led by the Advanced Network Technologies Division (ANTD), works with industry to develop the measurement

Robust Inter-Domain Routing

Ongoing
We live in a network-centric society that increasingly relies on the Internet’s routing infrastructure to facilitate human communication, connect users to

Software Defined Virtual Networks

Ongoing
NIST is working to develop test and measurement techniques to advance the state of the art in network virtualization, network service function chaining

Trustworthy Networks Program

Ongoing
NIST works with industry partners to advance the research, standardization and adoption of technologies necessary to increase the security, privacy, resilience

Trustworthy Networks of Things

Ongoing
NIST is working with industry to design, standardize, test and foster adoption of network-centric approaches to protect IoT devices from the Internet and to

USGv6 Program

Ongoing
NIST is Working with other USG agencies and industry to develop and maintain the standards, test program, deployment guidance and test and measurement tools

Zero Trust Networks

Ongoing
NIST is working with industry to define the fundamental tenets of Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) and research, develop and standardize the technologies and