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How Digital Twins Could Protect Manufacturers From Cyberattacks

February 23, 2023

Detailed virtual copies of physical objects are opening doors for better products across automotive, health care, aerospace and other industries.

Hardware Enabled Security: Draft NIST IR 8320D Available for Comment

February 23, 2023

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released a draft report, NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 8320D, Hardware Enabled Security: Hardware

Call for Feedback: NIST IR 8011 Series Adoption

February 22, 2023

NIST Interagency Report (IR) 8011, Automation Support for Security Control Assessments, provides guidance on automating the assessment of controls that can be

Cybersecurity Skills Journal to Publish NICE Framework Special Issue: Submit Your Ideas Now!

February 21, 2023

CYBERSECURITY SKILLS JOURNAL NICE FRAMEWORK SPECIAL ISSUE Have you used the NICE Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework) to support cybersecurity

〈Q|School Single Photonics Short Course: Sources, Detectors and Measurements

February 21, 2023

In cooperation with researchers and metrologists from around the world, the University of Colorado and NIST Boulder presented a short course consisting of

NIST receives a top Tech Transfer honor

February 21, 2023

NIST has received the prestigious Interagency Partnership Award for Technology Transfer from the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC), our nation’s premier

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Spotlight: The Big Career Switch to Information Technology for NIST Administrative Professional Serena Martinez

February 19, 2023

One trip to a conference for women in tech changed everything.

U.S. Department of Commerce Announces CHIPS for America Leaders and Staff

February 17, 2023

The U.S. Department of Commerce today announced leaders and staff joining the CHIPS for America team who will play key roles implementing the bipartisan CHIPS

Spotlight: Toot, Toot! NIST Innovation in 3D Printing Takes a Familiar Form for the Industry

February 13, 2023

Do you know Benchy the Boat? The 3D-printing design is helping NIST researchers make waves with a technique called vat photopolymerization.

Spotlight: Researcher Aly Artusio-Glimpse Opens a Quantum Window Into RF Measurements

February 11, 2023

Antennas need lots of calibration steps for consistent, accurate measurements of radio frequency (RF) fields. But there’s a new way.

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Spotlight: NIST/JILA Fellow Ana Maria Rey’s Entrance Into Theoretical Physics

February 10, 2023

For the International Day of Women and Girls in Science tomorrow, we’re bringing her story to you.

Liam Connolly sits next to a computer monitor and smiles for a photograph.

Spotlight: Quantum Connections for Recent Postdoctoral Researcher Liam G. Connolly

February 10, 2023

The NRC Research Associateship Programs at NIST gave him an opportunity to try something new.

2023-2024 Baldrige Excellence Education and Health Care Frameworks Now Available

February 10, 2023

The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program has released the 2023–2024 Baldrige Excellence ® Framework (Education) and 2023–2024 Baldrige Excellence Framework ®

NIST Director Laurie Locascio Elected to National Academy of Engineering

February 8, 2023

The recognition is one of the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer.

Announcement of Proposal to Update NIST SP 800-38E, Using the XTS-AES Mode for Confidentiality on Storage Devices

February 8, 2023

In August 2021, NIST's Crypto Publication Review Board announced the review of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-38E, Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of

NIST Cloud Computing Forensic Reference Architecture: NIST Requests Public Comments on SP 800-201

February 8, 2023

The initial public draft of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-201, NIST Cloud Computing Forensic Reference Architecture, is now available for public comment

Lightweight Cryptography Standardization Process: NIST Selects Ascon

February 7, 2023

The NIST Lightweight Cryptography Team has reviewed the finalists based on their submission packages, status updates, third-party security analysis papers, and

NIST Selects ‘Lightweight Cryptography’ Algorithms to Protect Small Devices

February 7, 2023

The algorithms are designed to protect data created and transmitted by the Internet of Things and other small electronics.

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News from CHIPS Incentives and R&D

February 7, 2023

Since President Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act, the U.S. Department of Commerce has been standing up a CHIPS for America team to implement this landmark

High-Performance Computing (HPC) Security: Draft NIST SP 800-223 is Available for Public Comment

February 6, 2023

NIST is requesting public comments on the initial public draft of Special Publication (SP) 800-223, High-Performance Computing (HPC) Security: Architecture

NIST Revises the Digital Signature Standard (DSS) and Publishes a Guideline for Elliptic Curve Domain Parameters

February 3, 2023

Today, NIST is publishing Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 186-5, Digital Signature Standard (DSS), along with NIST Special Publication (SP) 800

Spotlight: Understanding Human-Tech Interactions With Computer Scientist Shanée Dawkins

February 3, 2023

Meet Shanée Dawkins, a computer scientist whose expertise in the way people interact with technology extends in multiple directions, from phishing to public

NIST Researchers Extend Model to Predict Minimum Investment for Optimum Cybersecurity Across Large, Weakly Connected Networks

February 1, 2023

Previously, NIST researchers developed a model for predicting the minimum investment needed to achieve the optimum cybersecurity for large networks. Basically

NIST, Defense Researchers Propose Ways to Improve Industrial Wireless Systems

February 1, 2023

Many see millimeter-wave (mmWave) bands as having potential to provide machine-to-machine communications advancing industrial wireless systems. Compared to

NIST, Industry Researchers Assess Factors Affecting Industrial Wireless Systems

February 1, 2023

Researchers from Emerson Automation, Spearix Technologies, and NIST's Industrial Wireless Systems team recently assessed wireless factors – or "aggressors" –

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