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Information Technology Laboratory

Applied Cybersecurity Division

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NIST Releases Guidelines for Securing Records on Mobile Devices, Special Publication 1800-1

August 8, 2018

NIST released Special Publication 1800-1, Securing Electronic Health Records on Mobile Devices. Healthcare organizations wondering how to better secure...

NIST’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) Releases Second Draft of the NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide SP 1800-12 Derived Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Credentials

August 6, 2018

NIST’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) recently released a second draft of the NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide SP 1800-12 Derived Personal...

Registration Open: NICE Conference and Expo November 6-7 in Miami, Florida

July 26, 2018 - November 5, 2018

The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Conference and Expo 2018, hosted by Florida International University in partnership with New America...

Vetting the Security of Mobile Apps: NIST Releases Draft SP 800-163 Rev. 1 for Comment

July 23, 2018

NIST has released Draft Special Publication (SP) 800-163 Revision 1, which updates a process for vetting mobile applications. This process can be used to ensure...

Registration and a Call for Speakers are Open for the 2018 NIST Cybersecurity Risk Management Conference

July 10, 2018

Registration and a call for speakers are open for the 2018 NIST Cybersecurity Risk Management Conference, to be held November 7-9 in Baltimore, Maryland. The...

Register Now: The 2018 NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference

July 3, 2018 - December 2, 2018

The 2018 NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference, taking place December 3-4, 2018 at the Grand Hyatt in San Antonio, Texas, will be jam-packed with speakers...

NICE Released the Summer 2018 eNewsletter

June 26, 2018

The Summer 2018 NICE eNewsletter has been published to provide subscribers information on academic, industry, and government developments related to the...

New Data Shows Expansion in Cybersecurity Worker Shortage

June 6, 2018

CyberSeek, a free cybersecurity workforce and career resource, has been updated to include new data collected from April 2017 to March 2018. This new data...

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Report: U.S. needs immediate and sustained improvements in its cybersecurity workforce

May 30, 2018

WASHINGTON—In a report released by the White House today, the U.S. Departments of Commerce and Homeland Security urge immediate and sustained improvements in...

NIST is seeking public comments on Draft NISTIR 8204, Cybersecurity Framework Online Informative References (OLIR) Submissions: Specification for Completing the OLIR Template

May 17, 2018

NIST is seeking public comments on Draft NISTIR 8204, Cybersecurity Framework Online Informative References (OLIR) Submissions: Specification for Completing the...

Expanding Opportunities for Cybersecurity in Community Colleges

May 15, 2018

The National Science Foundation (NSF), in coordination with the Office of Personnel Management, has announced a Community College Cyber Pilot (C3P) program as...

2018 Center of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity Symposium

May 15, 2018

The Center of Academic Excellence (CAE) in Cybersecurity Symposium is designed to provide the CAE in Cybersecurity Community members and applicants the...

CALL FOR PROPOSALS | 2018 NICE Conference and Expo

May 14, 2018 - July 1, 2018

The NICE Conference 2018 program committee is seeking timely, topical, and thought-provoking presentations for the annual NICE Conference and Expo that will be...

NIST Releases for Comment Special Publication 1800-13, Mobile Application Single Sign-On: Improving Authentication for Public Safety First Responders

May 4, 2018

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence announced that it was accepting public comments on the draft NIST Special Publication 1800-13, Mobile...

National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence Announced That it Was Seeking Technology Vendors to Participate in the Development of an Example Solution for Two Projects

May 4, 2018

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence announced that it was seeking technology vendors to participate in the development of an example solution for...

Call for Proposals: 2018 National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference

May 3, 2018 - June 15, 2018

The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference is accepting proposals for its annual conference which will be...

NICE Joins Burning Glass and CompTIA for a Live Webinar: Hack the Cybersecurity Skill Gap with CyberSeek.org

April 27, 2018

A recording of this webinar will be available to all who register. Reserve your seat today! Cybersecurity workers protect our most important and private...

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NIST Releases Version 1.1 of its Popular Cybersecurity Framework

April 16, 2018

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released version 1.1 of its popular Framework for...

ITL’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence Releases a Draft of NIST Special Publication 1800-13, Mobile Application Single Sign-On: Improving Authentication for Public Safety and First Responders