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An innovative filtering material may soon reduce the environmental cost of manufacturing plastic. Created by a team including scientists at the National...
GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and National Technical Information Service (NTIS) have...
Many semiconductor fabricators and research labs are under increasing pressure from, of all things, vacuum. These facilities need to remove greater amounts of...
NIST invites comments on Draft Special Publication (SP) 800-179 Revision 1, Guide to Securing macOS 10.12 Systems for IT Professionals: A NIST Security...
In today’s computing environment, the security of all computing resources, from network infrastructure devices to users’ desktop and laptop computers, is...
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. App., notice is hereby given that the ISPAB will meet Thursday, November 01, 2018, from 9...
Emergency managers, industry professionals, and other staff from Salt Lake County (SLCo) and local jurisdictions gathered on Oct. 10, 2018, in West Valley, Utah...
The Internet of Things (IoT) has exciting new potential to improve human life, but can you trust it? IoT refers to systems that connect humans, non-human...
MML Project Leader Enrico Lucon, from the Applied Chemicals and Materials Division, led an ASTM Task Group in the development of an Annex to ASTM E1820...
In recognition of October as National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the NICE Workforce Management subworking group we co-lead has released a guidebook, “...
Transport Layer Security (TLS) provides mechanisms for protecting data during electronic dissemination across the Internet. Draft NIST Special Publication (SP)...
This Bulletinprovides an update on forensic science standards that are moving through the development process at Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs), and...
Recipes for three-dimensional (3D) printing, or additive manufacturing, of parts have required as much guesswork as science. Until now. Resins and other...
National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) – observed every October – was created to ensure every American has the resources they need to stay safer and...
NIST announces the publication of NISTIR 8202, Blockchain Technology Overview, a high-level technical publication that examines the history, scope, and...
After performing an internal review of some of its older publications, NIST’s Computer Security Division has decided to withdraw three (3) SP 800 publications...
NIST announces the final public draft Special Publication 800-37, Revision 2, Risk Management Framework for Information Systems and Organizations--A System Life...
The full agenda for the 2018 NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference has been announced!
Join us for the conference on December 3-4, 2018 at the Grand...
PSCR awarded three applicants to the Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program Point Cloud City funding opportunity totaling over $750,000. The City of...
GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has made two awards totaling $150,000 to support...
The NCCoE published its first draft of the NIST SP 1800-18, Privileged Account Management for the Financial Services Sector . Comments are being accepted from...
Privileged accounts provide elevated, often unrestricted access to an organization's underlying information systems and technology, making them rich targets for...
11/14/2018: Comment Period Extension: Comments are now due by December 21, 2018. Since the release of Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 39 in 1976...
GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has signed a cooperative research and development...
Dr. Isaac Leventon recently returned from Nancy, France, where he attended the 2018 European Symposium on Fire Safety Science (ESFSS 2018) to deliver a lecture...