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July 2026 NICE Community Coordinating Council Meeting Recap

November 10, 2026

#ICYMI - Meeting Recap Join us next week on November 17, 2026, at 3:30pm ET for the next NICE Community Coordinating Council meeting. In case you missed May's...

Building Intelligence for First Responders: From Foundation Models to Interoperable Indoor Data

November 5, 2026

When a disaster strikes outdoors, first responders are able to capture data from a variety of sources to adequately prepare their response. Satellite imagery...

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Self-Employed? Solopreneur? NIST Has a Cybersecurity Guide Just for You

November 2, 2026

The guide is designed to help solopreneurs prioritize and implement a selection of actions from the NIST Cybersecurity Framework that would best help their...

Cybersecurity Career Week 2026 Recap

October 30, 2026

THANK YOU FOR MAKING CYBERSECURITY CAREER WEEK 2026 A SUCCESS! Whether you hosted or attended an event, distributed information, or engaged with others through...

Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning (PPFL) Testbed and Curated Dataset

October 29, 2026

Today, the NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) released the open-source Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning (PPFL) Testbed, along with a...

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NIST CTL Announces New Low-Uncertainty Broadband Antenna Gain Calibrations

October 29, 2026

Standard gain horn (SGH) antennas are widely used as the industry standard for low-uncertainty antenna gain calibrations, much like a calibrated weight on a...

NIST Report Provides Guidelines for Transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards

October 27, 2026

This report describes the timelines and migration activities for federal agencies, and it can serve as a key resource for technology providers and organizations...

Day Five of Cybersecurity Career Week: It’s Not Too Late to Get Involved

October 23, 2026

Cybersecurity Career Week October 19-24, 2026 nist.gov/nice/ccw Cybersecurity Career Week is coming to a close, but there are still ways YOU can get involved...

Day Four of Cybersecurity Career Week: Explore the New Cyber Careers Community of Interest Project

October 22, 2026

Cybersecurity Career Week October 19-24, 2026 nist.gov/nice/ccw The NICE Cyber Careers Community of Interest (COI) is excited to launch the new Open One Door...

Day Three of Cybersecurity Career Week: Explore #CyberCareerWeek Resources

October 21, 2026

Cybersecurity Career Week October 19-24, 2026 nist.gov/nice/ccw EXPLORE CYBERSECURITY CAREER RESOURCES & TOOLS Did you know there are many types of...

Day Two of Cybersecurity Career Week: Exploring Cyber Careers

October 20, 2026

Cybersecurity Career Week October 19-24, 2026 nist.gov/nice/ccw Did you know the NICE Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework) provides a...

WPEC 2026: NIST Workshop on Privacy-Enhancing Cryptography 2026

October 19, 2026

WPEC 2026 brings together multiple perspectives of privacy-enhancing cryptography (PEC) in a learning environment. The three-day virtual workshop is organized...

2026 Cybersecurity Career Week is Here! | October 19-24, 2026

October 19, 2026

Cybersecurity Career Week October 19-24, 2026 nist.gov/nice/ccw Today marks the start of Cybersecurity Career Week, an effort to promote the discovery of...

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New Chip-Based ‘Tape Measure’ for Light Could Revolutionize Mobile Timekeeping and Enhance National Security

October 16, 2026

The new device could help provide vital navigation signals when GPS is either unavailable or has been jammed.

SHA-3 Derived Functions: Draft Revision of SP 800-185 Available for Public Comment

October 8, 2026

NIST has released a draft revision of Special Publication (SP) 800-185, SHA-3 Derived Functions: cSHAKE, KMAC, TupleHash, and ParallelHash. Revision 1...

NIST Publishes Reports on Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) Security

October 8, 2026

NIST IR 8625 Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) Near-Real Time RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) Security The RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) allows the RAN...

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NIST Study Shows How the Toxic Substances Mixed Into Fentanyl Vary Across the U.S. and Change Over Time

October 8, 2026

Alerting first responders and law enforcement to the presence of these dangerous chemicals in local supplies of fentanyl can help save lives.

EVSE Training for Weights and Measures Officials and Service Agents

October 7, 2026

On September 1 to 4, 2026, several NIST Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) staff members participated as trainers in the National Council on Weights and...

Celebrate Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Spark Your Cyber Career!

October 5, 2026

Happy Cybersecurity Awareness Month! As we recognize the critical importance of staying secure online, we are excited to spotlight the people, pathways, and...

Physicist Jun Ye Wins Wolf Prize in Physics

October 5, 2026

The award cites Ye’s achievement in “transformative, widely applicable advances in the control of ultracold atomic systems.”

OWM Recognizes Proficiency Testing Coordinators of the 2025 RMAPs

October 2, 2026

The Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) Laboratory Metrology Program operates an ISO/IEC 17043 compliant Proficiency Testing (PT) services that assesses the...

Draft 5G White Paper Now Available: False Base Station

September 30, 2026

The NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released the initial public draft Cybersecurity White Paper (CSWP) 36G, False Base Station...

Comments on Software and Agentic AI Identity Concept Paper

September 29, 2026

The NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released a summary of comments received on the Software and Agentic Artificial Intelligence (AI...

NIST Provides Updates on National Construction Safety Team Activities

September 28, 2026

The presentations highlighted the importance of NIST applying its own expertise and the expertise of others through collaborations and contracts.

NIST Threshold Call Preview Talks #3 (Virtual)

September 25, 2026

Join NIST on September 30 and October 6–7, 2026, for Threshold Call Preview Talks #3 (TCPT3). Hosted virtually by the NIST Multi-Party Threshold Cryptography...

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