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Information Technology Laboratory

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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...

New Web Site Lists Validated Software Security Tools for Federal IT

February 5, 2008

A new Web site launched by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) can help federal information systems managers maintain the security of...

March Conference Explores Building Trust on the Internet

January 23, 2008

Establishing trust in Internet transactions is a mutual process between user and service provider. In bank transactions, for example, customers want to be sure...

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Concrete Flow Researchers to Use Argonne Supercomputer

January 23, 2008

The Argonne National Laboratory of the Department of Energy (DoE) announced on Jan. 17, 2008, that a team of researchers at the National Institute of Standards...

January Workshop to Focus on Safeguarding Health Care Information

January 8, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in conjunction with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), is sponsoring a one-day...

'Combinatorial' Approach Squashes Software Bugs Faster, Cheaper

December 12, 2007

A team of computer scientists and mathematicians from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Texas, Arlington is...

New Scoring System Protects Credit Card Transactions

November 8, 2007

As this year's holiday season approaches, your credit card transactions may be a little more secure thanks to standards adopted by the payment card industry...

NIST Issues Call for a New 'Hash' Algorithm

November 8, 2007

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has opened a competition to develop a new cryptographic "hash" algorithm, a tool that converts a file...

Framework Document on Cybersecurity Open for Public Comment

October 25, 2007

Widely recognized as the engine that drives the U.S. economy, information technology enables the vast majority of organizations to carry out their missions and...

Researchers John Roberts and Oliver Slattery using the tactile graphic display device

NIST Licenses Systems to Help the Blind 'See' Images

October 25, 2007

A recently completed licensing agreement for two novel National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) technologies may help bring affordable graphic...

How to Protect Your Web Server from Attacks

October 11, 2007

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a new publication that provides detailed tips on how to make web servers more resistant...

NIST's high-speed fiber quantum key distribution (QKD) system

High-Speed Quantum Key System Wins Research Award

September 27, 2007

A high-speed quantum cryptography system that allows "Alice" and "Bob" to discuss things in absolute secrecy earned a 2007 R&D 100 Award for a team of...

Voting Standards Guidance Sent to Election Commission

September 13, 2007

Recommendations for a new set of requirements intended to make future voting systems more "secure, reliable, and easier for all voters to use" have been...

"Guide to Secure Web Services" Provides Blueprint to Safer Web 2.0

September 13, 2007

Many Web-based services, from shopping to online word processing, allow computer programs to talk to each other and exchange user data across several Web sites...

NIST Votes for U.S. 'Approval with Comments' on Office Open XML Standard to Meet International Voting Deadline

August 31, 2007

In preparation for the September 2 international voting deadline, the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has supported...

Upgraded Software Makes ID Verification Testing Easier

August 30, 2007

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released an improved version of its Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Data Generator, a...

NIST Measures Challenges for Wireless in Factories

August 30, 2007

Factories have much to gain from wireless technology, such as robot control, RFID tag monitoring, and local-area network (LAN) communications. Wireless systems...

Workshop Focuses on Digital Exchange of Biometric Info

August 16, 2007

"America's Most Wanted" meets Web 2.0 as researchers develop an additional implementation of a data format that allows disparate law enforcement agencies to...

New Tools to Help Configure Secure Operating Systems

August 3, 2007

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is making available "virtual machine images" of secure configurations of the Microsoft Windows XP and...

Comments Sought on New Security Publications

August 3, 2007

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released three draft Special Publications (SP) documents for public comment. Revision 1, Wireless...

Tailoring Computer Security for Industrial Controls

July 20, 2007

Electricity, power, water, communications, waste treatment—we call the facilities that supply these services our "critical" infrastructures because they truly...

Computer Guide May Boost Security Testing Efficiency

June 8, 2007

Providing strong security for complex federal information systems is a challenging job. But now there's a new version of a draft guide for assessing the...

New Quantum Key System Combines Speed, Distance

June 8, 2007

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built a prototype high-speed quantum key distribution (QKD) system, based on a new...

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