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NIST Releases Latest Software for Modeling Manufacturing Systems

August 1, 2023

NIST released its newest software version of SimPROCESD, or Simulated-Production Resource for Operations and Conditions Evaluation to Support Decision-Making

NIST Leader Describes Cybersecurity Resources for Small Manufacturers in Manufacturing Extension Partnership Workshop

August 1, 2023

In a June 2023 presentation, NIST Networked Control Systems Group Leader, Keith Stouffer, described resources that could aid the Cybersecurity Workgroup

Big Improvements in New Probe Design for Smokestack Emission Monitoring

July 31, 2023

Each year, to meet requirements set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), coal-fired power plants must have their smokestack emissions audited by an

NIST Requests Public Comments on SP 800-135 Revision 1, Recommendation for Existing Application-Specific Key Derivation Functions

July 27, 2023

NIST is in the process of a periodic review and maintenance of its cryptography standards and guidelines. Currently, we are requesting public comments on the

NIST Requests Public Comments on FIPS 202, "SHA-3 Standard," and SP 800-185, "SHA-3 Derived Functions"

July 27, 2023

NIST is in the process of a periodic review and maintenance of its cryptography standards and guidelines. Currently, we are requesting public comments on the

Final Reminder! Comment on Proposed Competency Areas

July 27, 2023

We want to hear from you! Final reminder to submit comments! Last month, NICE released a new proposed list of NICE Framework Competency Areas for comment. This

A black and white image of a man in a gray suit standing next to a complex machine with a profusion of tubes, wires and lights.

Former NIST Director Lewis Branscomb Connected the Curiosity of Scientists With the Needs of the Nation

July 26, 2023

Described as "one of the fathers of publicly funded research in the U.S.,” Branscomb died in May at 96 years old.

Cryptographic Module Validation Program-Approved Security Functions and Methods: Publications Revised to Move Lists Online

July 25, 2023

The NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-140x series supports Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) Publication 140-3, Security Requirements for

Introduction to Cybersecurity for Commercial Satellite Operations: NIST IR 8270

July 25, 2023

Space operations are vital to advancing the security, economic prosperity, and scientific knowledge of the Nation. However, cyber-related threats to space

June 2023 NICE Community Coordinating Council New Leadership and Monthly Meeting Recap

July 24, 2023

Introducing New Leadership The work of the NICE Community Coordinating Council is supported by voluntary participation of the members and group co-chairs. In

Jay Lewis Joins the CHIPS for America Research and Development Office

July 21, 2023

Jay Lewis has joined the CHIPS for America Research and Development Office (CHIPS R&D) to provide executive leadership of the programmatic and functional areas

Two people wearing coveralls in a "clean room" lab look up at a disk-shaped object that one of them is holding.

Spotlight: Detecting the Inner Workings and Origins of Our Universe With NIST Researcher Tammy Lucas

July 20, 2023

NIST researcher Tammy Lucas is building tools to help astronomers and cosmologists look back in time to the earliest moments of our universe — and see what we

NIST researcher Jared Strait with a prototype hand-held KDFR

MEASURING UP: Kibble Dynamic Force Reference

July 18, 2023

Static force, such as the weight of a person standing motionless on a bathroom scale or the force that an office full of equipment exerts on a high-rise floor

Join Us for Cybersecurity Career Week - October 16-21

July 18, 2023

Cybersecurity Career Week October 16-21, 2023 nist.gov/nice/ccw WE’VE UPDATED OUR NAME! Cybersecurity Career Week (formerly Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week)

NIST Announces Additional Digital Signature Candidates for the PQC Standardization Process

July 17, 2023

In response to a September 2022 announcement calling for additional Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Digital Signature Schemes, NIST received 40 candidates that

New NIST Measurements Aim to Advance and Validate Portable MRI Technology

July 17, 2023

A new wave of smaller, less expensive MRI systems promises to expand the delivery of health care and the capabilities of medicine.

Now Available for Public Comment — Draft NIST IR 8473, Cybersecurity Framework Profile for Electric Vehicle Extreme Fast Charging Infrastructure

July 14, 2023

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) today released for public comment the initial public draft of NIST Internal Report (NIST IR) 8473

Office of the Director

News and Updates

NIST Releases Latest Software for Modeling Manufacturing Systems

NIST Leader Describes Cybersecurity Resources for Small Manufacturers in Manufacturing Extension Partnership Workshop

Big Improvements in New Probe Design for Smokestack Emission Monitoring

NIST Requests Public Comments on SP 800-135 Revision 1, Recommendation for Existing Application-Specific Key Derivation Functions

NIST Requests Public Comments on FIPS 202, "SHA-3 Standard," and SP 800-185, "SHA-3 Derived Functions"

Final Reminder! Comment on Proposed Competency Areas

Former NIST Director Lewis Branscomb Connected the Curiosity of Scientists With the Needs of the Nation

Cryptographic Module Validation Program-Approved Security Functions and Methods: Publications Revised to Move Lists Online

Introduction to Cybersecurity for Commercial Satellite Operations: NIST IR 8270

June 2023 NICE Community Coordinating Council New Leadership and Monthly Meeting Recap

Jay Lewis Joins the CHIPS for America Research and Development Office

Spotlight: Detecting the Inner Workings and Origins of Our Universe With NIST Researcher Tammy Lucas

MEASURING UP: Kibble Dynamic Force Reference

Join Us for Cybersecurity Career Week - October 16-21

NIST Announces Additional Digital Signature Candidates for the PQC Standardization Process

New NIST Measurements Aim to Advance and Validate Portable MRI Technology

Now Available for Public Comment — Draft NIST IR 8473, Cybersecurity Framework Profile for Electric Vehicle Extreme Fast Charging Infrastructure

Registration Now Open for the FISSEA Summer Forum: August 23, 2023

Highlights from the first 5x5: The Public Safety Innovation Summit

Lessons from an Experimental Brain Phantom

Less Than One Month Away! Deadline Approaching for Comments on Proposed Competency Areas

AI Can Accurately Predict Potentially Fatal Cardiac Events in Firefighters

Spotlight: The Creative Minds Working Behind the Scenes on Agents of MRI Contrast

NEW DEADLINE: JULY 28, 2023 | NICE K12 Conference Call for Proposals

Why Does Matter Exist? Roundness of Electrons May Hold Clues

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