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GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking feedback on proposed changes to...
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This news article is reproduced from a blog post that originally appeared in the NIST TAKING MEASURE Just a Standard Blog on December 16 th, 2020. By: Matthew...
NIST’s Cybersecurity for the Internet of Things program has published a summary report— NISTIR 8322—for the July 2020 workshop on the creation of a Federal...
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GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology has awarded nearly $4 million in grants to help accelerate...
The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program has released the 2021-2022 Baldrige Excellence Framework (Business/Nonprofit): Proven Leadership and Management...
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A new NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide, NIST SP 1800-24, is now available: Securing Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS): Cybersecurity for the...
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As the Internet of Things (IoT) grows to connect an amazing diversity of devices to electronic networks, four new publications from the National Institute of...
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Draft NISTIR 8286A, Identifying and Estimating Cybersecurity Risk for Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), is now available for public comment. This report...
Search, seek and define — NIST postdoctoral researcher Kathy Peter is on a mission to uncover chemical compounds that fall into the category of PFAS (per- and...
In a step toward making more accurate and uniform 3D-printed parts such as personalized prosthetics and dental materials, researchers at the National Institute...
In April 2019, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced the release of a Final Green Paper from its Return on Investment (ROI)...
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