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NIIMBL Selects Largest eXperience Program Cohort to Date

April 27, 2023

The National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL) has announced the selection of 44 college freshman and sophomores to

NICE K12 Education Conference: Call for Speakers Now Open!

April 27, 2023

CALL FOR PROPOSALS NOW OPEN! DESIGNING K12 LEARNING EXPERIENCES TO BUILD A DIVERSE AND SKILLED CYBERSECURITY WORKFORCE The NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education

NIST Releases Draft NIST IR 8460: State Machine Replication and Consensus with Byzantine Adversaries

April 26, 2023

Most applications on the internet are run by centralized service providers that are a single point of failure: if the provider crashes or is malicious, users

NIST’s SBIR Program Could be for You

April 26, 2023

Fascination with technological innovation is built into America’s DNA. Today’s legions of U.S. scientific and engineering researchers are directly connected to

CHIPS for America Outlines Vision for the National Semiconductor Technology Center

April 25, 2023

Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a paper outlining its vision and strategy for a National

Implementing Data Classification Practices: Draft NIST SP 1800-39A Available for Comment

April 25, 2023

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released a preliminary draft of NIST Special Publication (SP) 1800-39A, Implementing Data

Update on the Revision of NIST SP 800-66, Implementing the HIPAA Security Rule

April 25, 2023

NIST to Finalize Special Publication (SP) 800-66 Revision 2 and Collaborate on Resources for Small, Regulated Entities For the past 18+ months NIST, in

Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography: NIST SP 1800-38A Preliminary Draft Available for Comment

April 24, 2023

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has published for comment Preliminary Draft NIST SP 1800-38A, Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography

Feedback Appreciated | NIST CSF 2.0 Core - Discussion Draft

April 24, 2023

NIST is updating the Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) which is widely used to help organizations better understand, manage, reduce, and communicate cybersecurity

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Spotlight: Physical Scientist Christina Cecelski Goes From In-Flight to In-the-Lab Experiences

April 20, 2023

Coming from flights of fancy (instruments), physical scientist Christina Cecelski has landed at a place that matches her personality: NIST.

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Spotlight: Industrial Engineer Nehika Mathur’s Journey Into the Circular Economy

April 19, 2023

Sustainability is easier said than done. NIST industrial engineer Nehika Mathur learned this lesson with an eye-opening experience that spurred an early-career

Executives Embark on Year-Long Fellowship, with Baldrige Framework as Foundation

April 19, 2023

In April 2023, 17 executives began a year-long leadership development journey in the prestigious Baldrige Executive Fellows Program, the only leadership

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Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Triple Challenge

April 19, 2023

Imagine hiking in a forest with a friend. As the sun begins to set, the path to the trailhead becomes difficult to see, and the landscape’s topography has

A Zero Trust Architecture Model for Access Control in Cloud-Native Applications in Multi-Location Environments: NIST SP 800-207A Available for Comment

April 18, 2023

The initial public draft of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-207A, A Zero Trust Architecture Model for Access Control in Cloud-Native Applications in Multi

NIST competition seeks UAS 3D map researchers to compete in grand prize challenge

April 18, 2023

NIST is launching its fifth prize competition to continue advancing UAS technology for first responder search and rescue operations, with a total prize purse of

Comments Requested on Proposed Updates to NICE Framework Work Role Categories and Work Roles

April 18, 2023

CALL FOR COMMENTS In our continuing effort to improve the Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework) as a fundamental reference resource, the

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope collaboration, which includes scientists from NIST, Unveils New Map of Dark Matter

April 17, 2023

A groundbreaking new image taken by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) in Chile reveals the most detailed map ever taken of the distribution of dark matter

CHIPS for America's Strong Start

April 14, 2023

Since releasing the first CHIPS for America funding opportunity in February 2023, the Department of Commerce’s CHIPS Program Office has received widespread

Baldrige Executives Explore Best Practices, Leadership Challenges as They Complete Yearlong Fellowship

April 14, 2023

Fourteen senior leaders from a variety of U.S. organizations recently joined more than 135 other executives as graduates of the Baldrige Executive Fellows

NIST Scientists Develop Novel CT Scan Device for Integrated Circuits

April 14, 2023

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have developed a novel tabletop device that takes three

Discussion on the Full Entropy Assumption of the SP 800-90 Series: NIST Interagency Report 8427

April 14, 2023

NIST Interagency Report (IR) 8427, Discussion on the Full Entropy Assumption of the SP 800-90 Series, is now available. This report supports the NIST Special

NICE Conference Preliminary Agenda Now Online

April 12, 2023

The preliminary agenda for the 2023 NICE Conference and Expo is now available online. The agenda will be updated regularly and is subject to change. View Agenda

Manipulating Multiple Lasers on a Single Chip: Paving the Way for a New Generation of Quantum Devices

April 10, 2023

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed chip-scale devices for simultaneously manipulating the color, focus

Security Segmentation in a Small Manufacturing Environment: Cybersecurity White Paper Now Available

April 6, 2023

NIST's National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released Security Segmentation in a Small Manufacturing Environment (NIST Cybersecurity

NIST Announces Funding Opportunity for Standards Curricula Development Program 2023

April 6, 2023

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will award funding for the development of

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