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NIST Researcher Leads Workshop on Whole Community Preparedness at Smart Cities Conference

April 1, 2025

On 16 April 2025, NIST researcher Michael Dunaway and colleagues organized and led a workshop on “Whole Community Preparedness for Smart, Connected Cities” at

Global Community Technology Challenge (GCTC) Establishes Online Resource for Smart Cities and Communities

April 1, 2025

Since its formation at NIST in 2014, the Global City Teams Challenge (GCTC) has evolved to become a collaborative platform for cities, communities, industry

NIST First Call for Multi-Party Threshold Schemes | IR 8214C 2pd Available for Public Comments

March 27, 2025

NIST requests public comments on NIST IR 8214C 2pd (second public draft), NIST First Call for Multi-Party Threshold Schemes, which will help the NIST Multi

OWM Welcomes Undergraduate Researchers

March 27, 2025

The Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) welcomes Yoon Thwel, a spring Professional Research Experience Program (PREP) intern and Matthew Kenzinger, a visiting

Guidelines for API Protection for Cloud-Native Systems | Draft SP 800-228 Available for Public Comment

March 25, 2025

The initial public draft (ipd) of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-228, Guidelines for API Protection for Cloud-Native Systems, is now available for public

NIST Trustworthy and Responsible AI Report Adversarial Machine Learning: A Taxonomy and Terminology of Attacks and Mitigations

March 24, 2025

Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems have been on a global expansion trajectory, with the pace of development and the adoption of AI systems accelerating in

January 2025 NICE Community Coordinating Council Monthly Meeting Recap

March 19, 2025

#ICYMI - Monthly Meeting Recap Join us next week on March 25th at 3:30pm ET for the next NICE Community Coordinating Council meeting. In case you missed January

5G Cybersecurity: Initial Public Draft of SP 1800-33A Cybersecurity Practice Guide

March 18, 2025

As 5G rolls out more widely, we must safeguard the technology from cyberattacks since 5G development, deployment, and usage continuously evolves. The NIST

Assuring the Accuracy of Metabolite Measurement and Identification

March 18, 2025

This reference material is intended to be used as quality assurance/quality control material for laboratory metabolomic measurements. Products of metabolism act

NIST Releases Reference Material to Aid Gut Microbiome Research

March 17, 2025

Researchers hope this material will help usher in a new era of diagnostics and treatments involving the gut microbiome.

Now Open for Public Comment | Multi-Factor Authentication for Criminal Justice Information Systems

March 13, 2025

The NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released released the initial public draft of NIST Internal Report (IR) 8523, Multi-Factor

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NIST Researchers Develop Material for Measuring Arsenic in Shellfish

March 13, 2025

NIST’s new standard reference material will help ensure that geoduck clams and other shellfish are safe to eat.

Draft CSF 2.0 Quick Start Guide: Cybersecurity, Enterprise Risk Management, and Workforce Management

March 12, 2025

NIST has posted the initial public draft of Special Publication 1308, NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0: Cybersecurity, Enterprise Risk Management, and Workforce

SHA-3 | NIST to Update FIPS 202 and Revise Special Publication 800-185

March 12, 2025

In July 2023, NIST's Crypto Publication Review Board initiated a review of the following publications: Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 202,  SHA

NIST PQC Standardization Process | HQC Announced as a 4th Round Selection

March 11, 2025

After a thorough evaluation in the Fourth Round of the NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Standardization Process, NIST has selected HQC for standardization

Register Now for the FISSEA Spring Forum: May 13, 2025

March 11, 2025

Register Now for the FISSEA Spring Forum The FISSEA Forums are quarterly meetings to provide opportunities for policy and programmatic updates, the exchange of

NIST Selects HQC as Fifth Algorithm for Post-Quantum Encryption

March 11, 2025

The new algorithm will serve as a backup for the general encryption needed to protect data from quantum computers developed in the future.

NICE Releases NICE Framework Components v2.0.0

March 10, 2025

NICE Framework Components v2.0.0 The NICE Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework) establishes a standard approach and common language for

Remarks at NICE Conference Local Stakeholder Engagement Event Colorado Springs, Colorado

March 7, 2025

Welcome to this annual NICE Conference Local Stakeholder Engagement Event. This year we are in Colorado Springs, Colorado – a community of stakeholders

New NIST Publication | Guidelines for Evaluating Differential Privacy Guarantees

March 6, 2025

NIST is pleased to announce the release of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-226: Guidelines for Evaluating Differential Privacy Guarantees! This publication

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NIST Finalizes Guidelines for Evaluating ‘Differential Privacy’ Guarantees to De-Identify Data

March 6, 2025

Using differential privacy can help organizations glean useful insights from databases while protecting individuals’ data.

Considerations for Achieving Crypto Agility: NIST Releases CSWP 39 for Public Comment

March 5, 2025

Advances in computing capabilities, cryptographic research, and cryptanalytic techniques periodically create the need to replace algorithms that no longer

A first-ever comparison between National Metrology Institutes in the kW-power regime

March 5, 2025

NIST has continuously positioned itself at the forefront of high-power laser calibrations for over three decades [1]. To better meet needs of the manufacturing

CTL Staff Advance O-RAN Standards

February 28, 2025

CTL staff made several technical contributions to the O-RAN Alliance face-to-face meeting on February 24-28 in the areas of security, testing, and RAN

Now Open for Public Comment | NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 Profile for Semiconductor Manufacturing

February 27, 2025

The comment period has been extended to Friday, May 30 (from April 14).

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