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Belgium to Host First Conference for New Hash Algorithm Competition

December 9, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced the first conference on an open cryptographic competition to select a new "hash"...

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Sevenfold Accuracy Improvement for 3-D 'Virtual Reality' Labs

December 9, 2008

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed software that improves the accuracy of the tracking devices in its...

facial image obtained by facial recognition system

Saying 'Cheese' for More Effective Border Security

November 25, 2008

Facial recognition systems perform some very challenging tasks such as checking an individual's photo against a database of known or suspected criminals. The...

NIST Receives 64 Submissions for New 'Hash' Algorithm

November 12, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has received a total of 64 submissions for a competition to develop a new cryptographic "hash"...

Updated Specification Issued for PIV Card Implementations

October 14, 2008

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) scientists have released an updated technical specification for Personal Identity Verification (PIV) cards...

Upgraded Vulnerability Database Enables Advances in Security Automation

September 16, 2008

Facilitating efforts to automate important computer security tasks, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has upgraded the National...

Biometric Consortium Conference 2008 Will Be Held Sept. 23-25

September 3, 2008

The Biometric Consortium Conference 2008, to be held in Tampa, Fla., Sept. 23-25, will focus on biometric technologies for homeland security, identity...

NIST To Host 4th Security Automation Conference and Workshop

September 3, 2008

From Sept. 22-25, 2008, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host a conference and accompanying workshops demonstrating the use of...

NIST Requests Comments on Next Generation C/A Process for Information Systems

August 19, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released for public review and comment a major revision to its security certification and...

Updated Information Security Performance Measurement Guide Published

August 6, 2008

The quintessential guide to evaluating the effectiveness of security controls applied to information systems and information security programs has been updated...

Vegas 'Quantum Spookshow' Demos On-the-Fly Encryption of Streaming Video

August 6, 2008

Las Vegas shows often are on the cutting edge. Following this tradition, researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their...

Illustration of paths an attacker can take to penetrate a network

How Secure Is Your Network? NIST Model Knows

July 22, 2008

Data breaches are a recurring nightmare for IT managers responsible for securing not only their company's confidential data, but possibly also sensitive...

New NIST Pub Can Help IT Managers Assess Security Controls

July 9, 2008

A new publication released by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on June 30 can help information system managers negotiate the often...

Software Helps Developers Get Started with PIV Cards

July 9, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed two demonstration software packages that show how Personal Identity Verification (PIV)...

Wake-Up Call: Draft Security Pub Looks at Cell Phones, PDAs

July 9, 2008

In recent years cell phones and PDAs—"Personal Digital Assistants"—have exploded in power, performance and features. They now often boast expanded memory...

Visual representation of a Hankel function for complex variables

NIST Releases Preview of Much-Anticipated Online Mathematics Reference

June 24, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a five-chapter preview of the much-anticipated online Digital Library of Mathematical...

Text Retrieval Trials Focus on Searching Blogs and Legal Documents

May 28, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking participants for its next Text Retrieval Conference—TREC 2008. TREC is an annual evaluation...

Photo collage of internet top-level domain names.

NIST Tool Helps Internet Master Top-level Domains

May 13, 2008

At the request of a worldwide Internet organization, a computer scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed an algorithm...

Comments Requested on Risk Management Publication

April 15, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the second public draft of NIST Special Publication 800-39, Managing Risk from...

Michael D. Schroeder to Receive NIST/NSA Security Award

April 1, 2008

Michael D. Schroeder, a pioneer researcher in computer security, will be presented with the 2008 National Computer Systems Security Award by the National...

Infographic showing four areas of increasing security in a facility (unrestricted, controlled, limited, and exclusion) and recommended authentication methods for passing through access points that separate them

New NIST Publication Recommends Best Fits Between Federal 'Locks' and 'Keys'

April 1, 2008

Federal agencies have begun issuing a secure form of government-wide ID known as the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) card, mandated in 2004 by Homeland...

Illustration of wireless fingerprint identification technology

NIST Shows On-card Fingerprint Match Is Secure, Speedy

April 1, 2008

A fingerprint identification technology for use in Personal Identification Verification (PIV) cards that offers improved protection from identity theft meets...

NIST Votes for U.S. Approval of the Modified Office Open XML Standard

March 18, 2008

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has voted for U.S. approval of a modified version of the proposed international...

Two NIST Researchers named to 'Federal 100'

February 19, 2008

Douglas Montgomery and Stephen Quinn, two computer scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), have been named to this year's...

Biometrics Standards Registry for U.S. Government Issued for Public Comment; Deadline is March 10

February 8, 2008

An interagency subcommittee of the White House's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) issued a draft document today that lists recommended standards...

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