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Associate Director for Laboratory Programs

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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.

New CyberSeek Updates Reveal 57,000 Increase in Cybersecurity Job Openings

June 2, 2025

CyberSeek expands cybersecurity workforce data coverage and enhances user experience Today at the at the 2025 NICE Conference & Expo in Denver, Colorado, Tim

Proposed NICE Framework Updates for Public Comment – Cybercrime Investigation and AI Security

June 2, 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

NIST’s Kibble balance: A Mass revolution

June 2, 2025

NIST engineer Leon Chao never dreamed his childhood fascination with LEGOs would fit together with his professional life. But a working LEGO model he and his

Usable Cybersecurity and Privacy for Immersive Technologies | Workshop Report

May 23, 2025

NIST has released Internal Report (IR) 8557 for the Virtual Workshop on Usable Cybersecurity and Privacy for Immersive Technologies run by NIST and hosted by

BIPM 150th Anniversary Standout Poster

May 23, 2025

World Metrology Day (20 May 2025) marked the sesquicentennial, or 150th anniversary, of the Meter Convention. NIST and the Office of Weights and Measures (OWM)

A researcher in a lab coat and safety glasses uses lab equipment as another researcher looks on.

Spotlight: NIST Hosts Training Course on Sequencing of Bacterial Genomes Using Both Single Bacterial Strains and Stool Samples

May 22, 2025

NIST recently hosted a training course for graduate students and early-career researchers at its lab in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The participants learned about

Navigating Autonomy: NIST CTL and the Road to Trusted Autonomous Vehicles

May 21, 2025

The transition from automation to autonomy is a significant technological leap reshaping multiple sectors—most notably the automotive industry with the

NIST Moonlight Data Will Help Satellites Get a More Accurate Look at Earth

May 20, 2025

Reliable measurements of the light from our planet can help industries from agriculture to meteorology to mining.

Likely Exploited Vulnerabilities: NIST Publishes Cybersecurity White Paper 41

May 19, 2025

Organizations need a clear metric for predicting and quickly responding to both software and hardware vulnerabilities. Prioritizing those vulnerabilities that

Advancing U.S. Public Safety Innovation: NIST PSCR Facilitates BroadImPort Project with Domestic and International Expertise

May 19, 2025

The Public Safety Research Communications (PSCR) Division is leading the charge in enhancing U.S. public safety communications. Through the BroadImPort project

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Associate Director for Laboratory Programs

News and Updates

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

NIST Offers 19 Ways to Build Zero Trust Architectures

NIST Launches Development of Cryptographic Accordions

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

Climbing Higher Together: Insights from the NICE 2025 Conference

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

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

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

New CyberSeek Updates Reveal 57,000 Increase in Cybersecurity Job Openings

Proposed NICE Framework Updates for Public Comment – Cybercrime Investigation and AI Security

NIST’s Kibble balance: A Mass revolution

Usable Cybersecurity and Privacy for Immersive Technologies | Workshop Report

BIPM 150th Anniversary Standout Poster

Spotlight: NIST Hosts Training Course on Sequencing of Bacterial Genomes Using Both Single Bacterial Strains and Stool Samples

Navigating Autonomy: NIST CTL and the Road to Trusted Autonomous Vehicles

NIST Moonlight Data Will Help Satellites Get a More Accurate Look at Earth

Likely Exploited Vulnerabilities: NIST Publishes Cybersecurity White Paper 41

Advancing U.S. Public Safety Innovation: NIST PSCR Facilitates BroadImPort Project with Domestic and International Expertise

Foundational Cybersecurity Activities for IoT Product Manufacturers | IR 8259r1 ipd and IR 8572

Call for Proposals Now Open | 2025 NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference

Unlocking Cybersecurity at the Physical Layer

High-Performance Computing (HPC) Security Overlay | NIST Invites Comments on SP 800-234

Small Business Cybersecurity: Non-Employer Firms | Comment on NIST IR 7621 Revision 2

RAMP'ing Up: Funding Opportunity for Community-Based Cybersecurity Education and Workforce Development

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