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Draft NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 8200, Interagency Report on Status of International Cybersecurity Standardization for the Internet of Things (IoT) Released for Comment

February 14, 2018

The Interagency International Cybersecurity Standardization Working Group (IICS WG), which was established in December 2015 by the National Security Council's...

NIST Publishes The Technical Specification for the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) (NIST SP 800-126 Rev. 3)

February 14, 2018

NIST publishes The Technical Specification for the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) (NIST SP 800-126 Rev. 3) and an annex to this publication, SCAP 1...

Public-Private Partnership to Develop Standards for Regenerative Medicine

February 13, 2018

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Standards Coordinating Body for Gene, Cell and Regenerative Medicines and Cell-based Drug...

A Map App to Track Stem Cells

February 13, 2018

Researchers who work with stem cells have ambitious goals. Some want to cure cancer or treat heart disease. Others want to grow the tissues and organs that...

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How Good a Match is It? Putting Statistics into Forensic Firearms Identification

February 8, 2018

On February 14, 1929, gunmen working for Al Capone disguised themselves as police officers, entered the warehouse of a competing gang, and shot seven of their...

NIST Publishes Attribute Metadata: A Proposed Schema for Evaluating Federated Attributes (NIST Internal Report 8112)

February 2, 2018

NIST publishes Attribute Metadata: A Proposed Schema for Evaluating Federated Attributes (NIST Internal Report 8112), which contains an attribute that can be...

ITL Staff Recognized as 2018 Federal 100 Award Winners

January 31, 2018

Donna Dodson, NIST’s Chief Cybersecurity Advisor and NIST Fellow; Josh Franklin, IT Security Engineer in ITL’s Applied Cybersecurity Division; and Naomi...

Cybersecurity Apprenticeships Enhance Cybersecurity Infrastructure

January 31, 2018

The cybersecurity field is suffering from a severe shortage in talent, with an estimated 285,681 job openings today according to CyberSeek – an interactive...

NICE Released the Winter 2018 eNewsletter

January 31, 2018

The Winter 2018 NICE eNewsletter has been published to provide subscribers information on academic, industry, and government developments related to the...

Thanks, Bob: Expanding the Repertoire of NIST’s World-Class Coordinate Measuring Machines

January 30, 2018

The National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST) is home to one of the most sensitive machines in the world for measuring objects’ dimensions...

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Study Identifies Metallic Antiferromagnet with Potential for Memory Devices

January 29, 2018

Antiferromagnets have generated significant interest for future computing technologies due to their fast dynamics, their ability to generate and detect spin...

NIST Publishes a White Paper on Security Considerations for Code Signing

January 26, 2018

NIST publishes Security Considerations for Code Signing , a White Paper that describes features and architectural relationships of typical code-signing...

NIST’s Superconducting Synapse May Be Missing Piece for ‘Artificial Brains’

January 26, 2018

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built a superconducting switch that “learns” like a biological system and could...

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NIST Report on Blockchain Technology Aims to Go Beyond the Hype

January 24, 2018

Beguiling, baffling or both—that’s blockchain. Aiming to clarify the subject for the benefit of companies and other organizations, the National Institute of...

NIST Releases Security Recommendations for Hypervisor Deployment on Servers (NIST SP 800-125A)

January 23, 2018

NIST released Security Recommendations for Hypervisor Deployment on Servers (NIST SP 800-125A), a report that provides recommendations on ensuring the secure...

CNST Releases Fall Winter 2017 Edition of the CNST News

January 18, 2018

The NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) is pleased to announce the release of the Fall/Winter 2017 edition of the CNST News. This quarterly...

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Thanks for the Memory: NIST Takes a Deep Look at Memristors

January 18, 2018

In the race to build a computer that mimics the massive computational power of the human brain, researchers are increasingly turning to memristors, which can...

A Stopwatch for Nanofluids: NIST Files Provisional Patent Application for Measuring Nanoliter Flow Rates

January 17, 2018

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has filed a provisional patent application for a microflow measurement system, about the size of a...

Detecting Chemical Agents with Confidence

January 17, 2018

The Joint Chemical Agent Detector (JCAD) has become an important defense tool on battlefields and in war-torn cities over the last few years. About the size and...

NIST Releases Draft NISTIR 7511 Revision 5, Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) Version 1.3 Validation Program Test Requirements

January 16, 2018

NIST releases DRAFT NISTIR 7511, Revision 5: Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) Version 1.3 Validation Program Test Requirements. The National...

Sticking Together

January 16, 2018

NIST helps to ensure the strength of buildings, bridges, roadways, and other critical structures all over the world. The Material Measurement Lab at NIST makes...

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Four Universities Receive NIST Funding to Develop Standards Curricula

January 16, 2018

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has made four awards totaling approximately $266,000 to...

ITL’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence Releases a Draft Project Description, Energy Sector Asset Management

January 16, 2018

ITL’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence releases a draft project description, Energy Sector Asset Management , to enhance the energy sector’s asset...

ITL’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence Releases Domain Name System-Based Electronic Mail Security (NIST SP 1800-6)

January 16, 2018

ITL’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence releases Domain Name System-Based Electronic Mail Security (NIST SP 1800-6), a guide that contains a set of...

NIST Releases Attribute Metadata – A Proposed Schema for Evaluating Federated Attributes (NIST IR 8112)

January 12, 2018

NIST releases Attribute Metadata – A Proposed Schema for Evaluating Federated Attributes (NIST IR 8112), a report that contains a metadata schema for attributes...

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