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NIST Withdraws Special Publication 800-102, Recommendation for Digital Signature Timeliness

July 1, 2025

NIST Requests Public Comments on SP 800-57 Parts 2 and 3 | Recommendation for Key Management

July 1, 2025

Analyzing Collusion Threats in the Semiconductor Supply Chain | NIST Cybersecurity White Paper 46

June 30, 2025

An RM for Assessing the Performance of Bioprocess Measurement Systems

June 30, 2025

After the release of NISTmAb RM 8671, the biopharmaceutical community noted that a monoclonal antibody (mAb) producing Chinese hamster ovary line (CHO) cell

Guidelines for API Protection for Cloud-Native Systems | NIST Releases SP 800-228

June 27, 2025

Approaching July 17 Deadline: Provide Your Comments on Proposed NICE Framework Updates

June 26, 2025

PROPOSED NICE FRAMEWORK UPDATES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT The NICE Program Office of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is pleased to publish

Research Under Pressure: NIST Scientists Make Definitive Measurement of the Optical Pascal

June 26, 2025

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have overcome a key obstacle to measuring gas pressure with a

Bioinspired Materials Can Take a Punch

June 24, 2025

Scientists develop new impact-resistant material based on the exoskeleton of the mantis shrimp.

Proposed Withdrawal of FIPS 198-1, Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC)

June 23, 2025

NIST Releases Extensive Video Update on Champlain Towers South Investigation

June 23, 2025

The update reviews the investigation’s history, shares preliminary findings and highlights potential impacts.

March 2025 NICE Community Coordinating Council Monthly Meeting Recap

June 20, 2025

#ICYMI - Monthly Meeting Recap Join us next week on June 24th at 3:30pm ET for the next NICE Community Coordinating Council meeting. In case you missed March's

NIST Names Shyam Sunder Associate Director for Laboratory Programs

June 20, 2025

In this role, Sunder will provide leadership and oversight to NIST’s laboratories, which provide vital measurement and research services that underpin

Now Available: NIST NCCoE Chatbot Internal Report

June 18, 2025

The NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has published NIST Internal Report (IR) 8579, Developing the NCCoE Chatbot: Technical and Security

Shaping the 6G Era

June 18, 2025

The National Institute of Standards and Technology Communications Technology Laboratory (NIST CTL) is at the forefront of 6G research, laying the foundation for

New NIST 5G Cybersecurity White Paper - Network Security Design Principles

June 17, 2025

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has published the sixth white paper in its series Applying 5G Cybersecurity and Privacy Capabilities

End-of-Life Announcement: NIST SCAP Validation Program

June 17, 2025

End-of-Life Announcement: NIST SCAP Validation Program The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announces the phased conclusion of the Security

Deadline Approaching: Funding Opportunity for Community-Based Cybersecurity Education and Workforce Development

June 17, 2025

CYBERSECURITY EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUNDING OPPORTUNITY The deadline is approaching to submit proposals in response to NIST's Notice of Funding

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NIST and Partners Use Quantum Mechanics to Make a Factory for Random Numbers

June 11, 2025

Broadcast as a free public service, the beacon can be used anywhere an independent source of random numbers would be useful, such as selecting jury candidates

Areas vulnerable to cyberattack including a head office, a remote worker’s office, a coffee shop employees visit, and a distant data center are arranged in a circle around the words Zero Trust Architecture.

NIST Offers 19 Ways to Build Zero Trust Architectures

June 11, 2025

The examples use off-the-shelf commercial technologies, giving organizations valuable starting points.

NIST Launches Development of Cryptographic Accordions

June 6, 2025

A cryptographic accordion is a tweakable block cipher mode that is itself a cipher on variable-length input. NIST proposes to develop three general-purpose

Metrics and Methodology for Hardware Security Constructs | NIST Publishes Cybersecurity White Paper 45

June 5, 2025

Although hardware is commonly believed to be security-resilient, it is often susceptible to vulnerabilities that arise from design and implementation flaws

Climbing Higher Together: Insights from the NICE 2025 Conference

June 5, 2025

The 16th Annual NICE Conference & Expo took place in Denver, Colorado, on June 1-3, 2025. The conference brought together over 450 participants and featured 4

Metrology and Calibration Services at NIST CTL: Past, Present, and Future

June 5, 2025

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), through its Communications Technology Laboratory (CTL), plays a key role in ensuring today’s

Open for Public Comment | Developing Security, Privacy, and Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management Plans for Systems

June 4, 2025

NIST has released the initial public draft (ipd) of Special Publication (SP) 800-18r2 (Revision 2), Developing Security, Privacy, and Cybersecurity Supply Chain

New NIST Standard Helps Deliver the Right Dosage of Cancer-Fighting Drugs

June 3, 2025

NIST is helping drug companies accurately measure the amount of radioactivity in their actinium-225 drugs.

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