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Save the Date for the 6th Annual NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference

February 19, 2020

6th ANNUAL NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference SAVE THE DATE: December 7-8, 2020 LOCATION: St. Louis, Missouri Visit the Conference Website We are...

Connect with NICE at RSA Conference 2020

February 18, 2020

At this year's RSA Conference in San Francisco, CA, NIST staff will be hosting a number of presentations, interactive meetings, demos, and panels. The following...

Save the Date for the 11th Annual NICE Conference and Expo

February 12, 2020

11th ANNUAL NICE CONFERENCE AND EXPO SAVE THE DATE: November 16-18, 2020 LOCATION: Atlanta, Georgia Visit the Conference website We are excited to announce that...

NICE Director Participates as Witness During U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Hearing

February 11, 2020

Rodney Petersen, the Director of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE), participated as a witness during the House Science Subcommittee on...

NVD Metadata Submission Guidelines for CVE Numbering Authorities and Authorized Data Publishers: Draft NISTIR 8246 Available for Comment

February 10, 2020

The number of Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures identifiers (CVE IDs) created year over year has rapidly increased, and this trend is expected to continue...

NIST Offers Strategies to Help Businesses Secure Their Cyber Supply Chains

February 4, 2020

Reducing the cybersecurity risk to one of the most vulnerable aspects of commerce — global supply chains — is the goal of a new publication by the National...

NIST Special Publication 800-161 Revision 1, Pre-Draft Call for Comments

February 4, 2020

Since NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-161, Supply Chain Risk Management Practices for Federal Information Systems and Organizations, was published in 2015...

NIST Releases Draft NISTIR 8276 for Comment, “Key Practices in Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management: Observations from Industry,” and Publishes Cyber SCRM Case Studies

February 4, 2020

NIST requests feedback on Draft NISTIR 8276, Key Practices in Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management: Observations from industry. This publication is based on an...

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NIST Tests Forensic Methods for Getting Data From Damaged Mobile Phones

January 28, 2020

Criminals sometimes damage their mobile phones in an attempt to destroy evidence. They might smash, shoot, submerge or cook their phones, but forensics experts...

NIST Seeks Comments on Draft Guidance for the National Cybersecurity Online References (OLIR) Program: Draft NISTIR 8278

January 24, 2020

In a general sense, an informative reference indicates how one document relates to another document. The National Cybersecurity Online Informative References...

Building Secure Microservices-Based Applications Using Service-Mesh Architecture: Draft SP 800-204A is Available for Comment

January 17, 2020

As microservices-based applications are increasingly adopted within large enterprises and cloud-based environments, there is a need for a dedicated, scalable...

NIST Releases Version 1.0 of Privacy Framework

January 16, 2020

Our data-driven society has a tricky balancing act to perform: building innovative products and services that use personal data while still protecting people’s...

NIST Publishes "A Taxonomic Approach to Understanding Emerging Blockchain Identity Management Systems"

January 14, 2020

Traditional identity management has typically involved the storing of user credentials (e.g., passwords) by organizations and third parties, which often results...

Assessing Information Security Continuous Monitoring (ISCM) Programs: NIST Releases Draft SP 800-137A for Comment

January 13, 2020

Federal agencies, under the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) circulars and memoranda...

NICE Released the Winter 2019-20 eNewsletter

January 9, 2020

The Winter 2019-20 NICE eNewsletter has been published to provide subscribers information on academic, industry, and government developments related to the...

NIST Releases Second Draft of NISTIR 8259, "Recommendations for IoT Device Manufacturers"

January 7, 2020

An incredible variety and volume of Internet of Things (IoT) devices are being produced. Manufacturers can help their customers by improving how securable the...

NIST Study Evaluates Effects of Race, Age, Sex on Face Recognition Software

December 19, 2019

How accurately do face recognition software tools identify people of varied sex, age and racial background? According to a new study by the National Institute...

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NIST Releases Data to Help Measure Accuracy of Biometric Identification

December 12, 2019

New biometric research data — ranging from fingerprints to facial photographs and iris scans — is now available from the National Institute of Standards and...

Recommendation for Stateful Hash-Based Signature Schemes: Draft NIST SP 800-208 Available for Comment

December 11, 2019

NIST invites comments on Draft NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-208, Recommendation for Stateful Hash-Based Signature Schemes. All of the digital signature...

NIST Releases SP 800-160 Vol. 2: Developing Cyber Resilient Systems – A Systems Security Engineering Approach

November 27, 2019

The United States continues to have complete dependence on information technology deployed in critical systems and applications in both the public and private...

Automation Support for Security Control Assessments—Software Vulnerability Management: Draft NISTIR 8011, Vol. 4 Available for Comment

November 20, 2019

When known software vulnerabilities are unmanaged, uncorrected, or undetected, attack vectors are left open to exploit the software. As a result, vulnerable...

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Information Technology Laboratory

News and Updates

Save the Date for the 6th Annual NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference

Connect with NICE at RSA Conference 2020

Save the Date for the 11th Annual NICE Conference and Expo

NICE Director Participates as Witness During U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Hearing

NVD Metadata Submission Guidelines for CVE Numbering Authorities and Authorized Data Publishers: Draft NISTIR 8246 Available for Comment

NIST Offers Strategies to Help Businesses Secure Their Cyber Supply Chains

NIST Special Publication 800-161 Revision 1, Pre-Draft Call for Comments

NIST Releases Draft NISTIR 8276 for Comment, “Key Practices in Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management: Observations from Industry,” and Publishes Cyber SCRM Case Studies

NIST Tests Forensic Methods for Getting Data From Damaged Mobile Phones

NIST Seeks Comments on Draft Guidance for the National Cybersecurity Online References (OLIR) Program: Draft NISTIR 8278

Building Secure Microservices-Based Applications Using Service-Mesh Architecture: Draft SP 800-204A is Available for Comment

NIST Releases Version 1.0 of Privacy Framework

NIST Publishes "A Taxonomic Approach to Understanding Emerging Blockchain Identity Management Systems"

Assessing Information Security Continuous Monitoring (ISCM) Programs: NIST Releases Draft SP 800-137A for Comment

NICE Released the Winter 2019-20 eNewsletter

NIST Releases Second Draft of NISTIR 8259, "Recommendations for IoT Device Manufacturers"

NIST Study Evaluates Effects of Race, Age, Sex on Face Recognition Software

NIST Releases Data to Help Measure Accuracy of Biometric Identification

Recommendation for Stateful Hash-Based Signature Schemes: Draft NIST SP 800-208 Available for Comment

NIST Releases SP 800-160 Vol. 2: Developing Cyber Resilient Systems – A Systems Security Engineering Approach

Automation Support for Security Control Assessments—Software Vulnerability Management: Draft NISTIR 8011, Vol. 4 Available for Comment

NIST Seeking Input on Updates to NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

Stem Cells and AI: Better Together

To Measure Bias in Data, NIST Initiates ‘Fair Ranking’ Research Effort

National Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week is Here!

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