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NIST Researchers Give Webinar on Manufacturing Cybersecurity Project to Manufacturing Sector Community of Interest

April 1, 2024

NIST researchers Timothy Zimmerman, Michael Pease, and Michael Powell, with MITRE staff, hosted a webinar with over 100 participants regarding their project

Balloting of IEEE 3388 Standard for the Performance Assessment of Industrial Wireless Systems

March 1, 2024

The IEEE draft standard, P3388 , titled “Standard for the Performance Assessment of Industrial Wireless Systems,” has been submitted for IEEE Standards

NIST Launches Exploratory Digital Twins Study

January 1, 2024

Digital Twins represent a growing global marketplace valued at over $8.6 billion in 2022 and forecasted to reach $138 billion by 2030. The NIST internal

NIST Industrial Wireless Systems Team Participates in ASTM F45 Committee Panel Discussion

December 1, 2023

NIST’s Rick Candell and Mohamed Hany were invited to participate in the ASTM F45.04 Robotics, Automation, and Autonomous Systems panel discussion on

NIST Publishes Guide to Operational Technology (OT) Security

September 28, 2023

The impact of cybersecurity breaches on infrastructure control system owners/operators is more significant and visible than ever before. Whether you work for an

NIST’s Industrial Wireless Systems Lab Adds Capability to Support IEEE Standards Effort

September 1, 2023

NIST’s Industrial Wireless Systems Lab is developing research testbed capabilities to support the IEEE standardization effort, P3388, the Standard for Radio

NIST Industrial Wireless Team and Ohio Training Center Discuss Possible Collaboration

September 1, 2023

NIST’s Rick Candell and Mohamed Hany met with representatives from the Ohio Laborers' Training Center (OLTC), serving the Ohio Valley Southern States Region

NIST Researchers Use AI Framework to Assess Industrial Wireless Systems Performance

August 1, 2023

Wireless communications can enable Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) and Internet of Things (IoT) systems that give industry greater flexibility in setting up and

NIST Leader Describes Cybersecurity Resources for Small Manufacturers in Manufacturing Extension Partnership Workshop

August 1, 2023

In a June 2023 presentation, NIST Networked Control Systems Group Leader, Keith Stouffer, described resources that could aid the Cybersecurity Workgroup

NIST Conducts Workshop on Enhancing Industrial Wireless Systems Performance

August 1, 2023

In June 2023, NIST’s Industrial Wireless System Team, as part of the NIST-led Industrial Wireless Technical Interest Group, held an online workshop on

NIST, Intel Researchers Win Best Paper at IEEE’s Factory Communications Systems Conference

May 1, 2023

NIST and Intel researchers were awarded best paper at the 19 th IEEE International Conference on Factory Communications Systems (WFCS 2023), in April 2023. The

NIST Staff Organize, Chair, and Present in Session on Industrial Wireless at IEEE Conference

May 1, 2023

NIST’s Industrial Wireless Systems project leader Rick Candell, and associate Kang Lee, attended the 19 th IEEE International Conference on Factory

NIST Researchers Automate Chamber Configuration, Quickly Replicating Industrial Settings for Wireless Systems Testing

March 1, 2023

NIST researchers developed an artificial intelligence protocol that can configure a test chamber to replicate the spatial characteristics of measured mmWave

On Panel: NIST Researcher Addresses Blockchain Uses, Considerations, and Future Research

March 1, 2023

In January 2023, the American Council for Technology-Industry Advisory Council conducted its Blockchain Use Case Summit. NIST researcher Michael Pease presented

How Digital Twins Could Protect Manufacturers From Cyberattacks

February 23, 2023

Detailed virtual copies of physical objects are opening doors for better products across automotive, health care, aerospace and other industries.

NIST, Industry Researchers Assess Factors Affecting Industrial Wireless Systems

February 1, 2023

Researchers from Emerson Automation, Spearix Technologies, and NIST's Industrial Wireless Systems team recently assessed wireless factors – or "aggressors" –

NIST, Defense Researchers Propose Ways to Improve Industrial Wireless Systems

February 1, 2023

Many see millimeter-wave (mmWave) bands as having potential to provide machine-to-machine communications advancing industrial wireless systems. Compared to

NIST Researchers Report on Industrial Wireless, Time-Sensitive Networking Demonstration

December 1, 2022

At the IECON 2022 Conference in Brussels, Belgium, October 2022, NIST's Industrial Wireless Systems researchers reported on their demonstration of wireless

test set up "Supervisor" wirelessly synchronizes timing of two robots' movements

NIST and Industry Researchers Make Advances in Wireless Time-Sensitive Networking

July 1, 2022

Advances in the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence are part of a new industrial revolution to make manufacturing faster, better, and cheaper. These

NIST Researcher Addresses IEEE Workshop on Wireless Systems' Future in Industry

July 1, 2022

On May 31, 2022, NIST's Rick Candell gave the keynote address to IEEE's workshop on Performance Assessment of Industrial Wireless Systems. The workshop was

NIST Industrial Wireless Technical Interest Group (IWSTIG)

May 17, 2022

In May 2017, NIST formed a technical working group to develop best practices guidelines in selecting and deploying industrial wireless solutions within

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

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

Protecting control systems against cyberattacks

NIST Releases Cybersecurity Guide for Manufacturing Control Systems

March 1, 2022

The IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2022 stated “For the first time in five years, manufacturing outpaced finance and insurance in the number of

NIST Researchers Receive Award for Manufacturing Cybersecurity Guidelines, Achieving Wider Use

February 15, 2022

On January 12, 2022, NIST presented the Department of Commerce Bronze Medal to Keith Stouffer, Timothy Zimmerman, CheeYee Tang, Michael Pease, and Jeffrey

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