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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Communications Technology Laboratory (CTL) proudly participated in the 32nd Annual NIST Sigma Xi Early
Register Now for the FISSEA Spring Forum The FISSEA Forums are quarterly meetings to provide opportunities for policy and programmatic updates, the exchange of
Imaging antique coins with beams of low-energy neutrons, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have
In FY 2024, the Information Technology Laboratory’s (ITL) Cybersecurity and Privacy Program successfully responded to numerous challenges and opportunities in
The 2025 MBE Summit was hosted at MxD headquarters in Chicago, IL, April 15 - 18. NIST's Rosemary Astheimer organized technical content in conjunction with the
Using an electron beam to image the tiniest of defects and patterns on microchips, the scanning electron microscope (SEM) has long been a mainstay of the
The National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals ( NIIMBL) announces the selection of 100 first- and second-year college students to
Today, Commissioners from the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology (NSCEB), along with Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) and Representative Sarah
In a physics first, a team including scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has created a way to make beams of neutrons
NIST is pleased to announce the release of the Privacy Framework 1.1 Initial Public Draft (IPD)! The NIST Privacy Framework is a “living” tool meant to evolve
The NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released NIST CSWP 42, Towards Automating IoT Security: Implementing Trusted Network Layer
NIST announces the release of NIST Interagency Report (IR) 8552 Requirements for Cryptographic Accordions as an outgrowth of the public workshop that NIST
This outreach will help ensure that the team’s findings and recommendations lead to improvements to codes, standards and practices that can prevent similar
In November 2024, NIST's Crypto Publication Review Board initiated a review of NIST Special Publication 800-102, Recommendation for Digital Signature Timeliness
In June 2024, NIST's Crypto Publication Review Board announced the review of the following publications: SP 800-38B, Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of
The Domain Name System (DNS) plays an integral role in every organization’s security posture by translating domain names into IP addresses. It can serve as an
Incident response is a critical part of cybersecurity risk management and should be integrated across organizational operations. The six Functions of the NIST