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Performance Measurement Guide for Information Security: Pre-Draft Call for Comments

September 24, 2020

NIST is planning to update NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-55 Revision 1, Performance Measurement Guide for Information Security. For more details on an...

Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations: NIST Publishes SP 800-53, Revision 5

September 23, 2020

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-53, Revision 5, Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations, represents a multi-year effort to...

Quantum Matchmaking: New NIST System Detects Ultra-Faint Communications Signals Using the Principles of Quantum Physics

September 23, 2020

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have devised and demonstrated a system that could dramatically increase the performance...

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Spotlight: The Trek North for Precious Mucus Hormones in Salmon

September 23, 2020

Something smells fishy, and NIST postdoctoral researcher Erin Legacki is on the job to figure out what’s happening. The North American Atlantic salmon has seen...

Data Integrity: Recovering from Ransomware and Other Destructive Events--NIST Publishes SP 1800-11

September 22, 2020

Destructive malware, ransomware, malicious insider activity, and even honest mistakes all set the stage for why organizations need to quickly recover from an...

NIST Scientists Get Soft on 3D Printing

September 22, 2020

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new method of 3D-printing gels and other soft materials. Published in...

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Spotlight: Theorizing Between Postdoc and Adviser About the Future of DNA Origami

September 22, 2020

Some assembly required — NIST postdoctoral researcher Jacob Majikes takes the smallest fragments of life and combines them into new structures ... or rather...

Fall 2020 NICE eNewsletter Available

September 21, 2020

The Fall 2020 NICE eNewsletter is available now. The NICE eNewsletter is published quarterly to provide information on academic, industry, and government...

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Spotlight: Alejandra Collopy's Exploration of the Quantum World

September 21, 2020

It’s the little things that make all the difference for NIST postdoctoral researcher Alejandra Collopy ... and by little, we mean quantum. She’s part of a team...

The Phish Scale: NIST-Developed Method Helps IT Staff See Why Users Click on Fraudulent Emails

September 17, 2020

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new method called the Phish Scale that could help organizations better...

NIST and the Internet Keep Safe Coalition Join Forces on K12 Cybersecurity Education

September 16, 2020

The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have announced a new cooperative agreement with the Internet Keep Safe...

Quantum Economic Development Consortium Confirms Steering Committee

September 16, 2020

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C) has formally established its steering committee with the signing of participation...

NIST Scientists Reveal the Power Behind the Curtain — With Neutrons

September 16, 2020

In a potential step forward for imaging technology, scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Sandia National Laboratories...

Securing Home IoT Devices Using MUD: Final Public Draft of SP 1800-15 Now Available

September 16, 2020

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released the final public draft of the NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide, Draft SP 1800-15, Securing...

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Spotlight: The Challenges of Contactless Fingerprinting

September 16, 2020

Fingerprints are a great means for proving you are (or are not) who you say you are, and we’ve spent the past 2,200 years making progressively greater use of...

Mobile Device Security: Corporate-Owned Personally-Enabled (COPE)--NIST Publishes SP 1800-21

September 15, 2020

Today, NIST is publishing a new NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide-- Special Publication (SP) 1800-21, Mobile Device Security: Corporate-Owned Personally-Enabled...

Securing Property Management Systems: Draft SP 1800-27 Available for Comment

September 14, 2020

Hotels have become targets for malicious actors wishing to exfiltrate sensitive data, deliver malware, or profit from undetected fraud. Property management...

Guide to Enterprise Telework Security: Pre-Draft Call for Comments Available on Special Publication 800-46 Rev. 2

September 10, 2020

NIST requests review and comments on Special Publication (SP) 800-46 Revision 2, Guide to Enterprise Telework, Remote Access, and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)...

Improving Enterprise Patching for General IT Systems: Preliminary Draft of SP 1800-31A Available for Comment

September 10, 2020

Volume A of the preliminary draft practice guide, Improving Enterprise Patching for General IT Systems, is available for public comment. The National...

Three Universities Receive NIST Funding to Develop Standards Curricula

September 9, 2020

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has made three awards for approximately $225,000 to...

Draft White Paper: Trusted Internet of Things (IoT) Device Network-Layer Onboarding and Lifecycle Management

September 8, 2020

A Draft NIST Cybersecurity White Paper, Trusted Internet of Things (IoT) Device Network-Layer Onboarding and Lifecycle Management, is now available for public...

Painting With Light: Novel Nanopillars Precisely Control the Color and Intensity of Transmitted Light

September 4, 2020

By shining white light on a glass slide stippled with millions of tiny titanium dioxide pillars, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and...

Insights Into Behavior During Chimney Tops 2 Fire Could Improve Evacuation Planning

September 2, 2020

As global temperatures continue to rise, cities and towns not historically prone to large wildfires may begin to face greater threats. An unsuspecting Tennessee...

2020 NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference: Registration Open

September 1, 2020

2020 NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference Early Bird Registration is NOW OPEN. The 2020 NICE K12 VIRTUAL Cybersecurity Education Conference takes place...

NIST Cloud Computing Forensic Science Challenges: NISTIR 8006 Now Available

August 25, 2020

NIST announces the final publication of NISTIR 8006, NIST Cloud Computing Forensic Science Challenges, which defines and discusses a set of challenges related...

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