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The U.S Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) has made one cooperative agreement
After the optical frequency comb made its debut as a ruler for light, spinoffs followed, including the astrocomb to measure starlight and a radar-like comb
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) plans to award funding for cooperative agreements for curricula development that will educate students
Information security continuous monitoring (ISCM) programs provide an understanding of risk tolerance and help officials set priorities and consistently manage
A new practical cybersecurity guide from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) can help hotel owners reduce the risks to a highly vulnerable
In recent years criminals and other attackers have compromised the networks of several major hospitality companies, exposing the information of hundreds of
Making elections secure means protecting against ever-evolving threats to information technology — which scans in-person and mail-in ballots, supports voter
When you bump into someone in the workplace or at your local coffee shop, you might call that an “encounter.” That’s the scientific term for it, too. As part of
A new method for monitoring biopharmaceutical product quality was recently put to the test by The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and 28
NIST has completed the review of the second-round candidates in NIST's lightweight cryptography standardization process. After careful consideration, the ten
To help secure our elections, NIST has released Draft NISTIR 8310, Cybersecurity Framework Election Infrastructure Profile. This Profile provides a voluntary
The latest exercise in NIST's Health Assessment Measurements Quality Assurance Program ( HAMQAP) is open for registration. HAMQAP, a collaboration with the
More than 150 years ago, the Sun blasted Earth with a massive cloud of hot charged particles. This plasma blob generated a magnetic storm on Earth that caused
Some of the most dangerous fires are the ones you don’t see coming. That goes not only for fires in buildings but for those kilometers off the ground, aboard
In a significant advance toward the future redefinition of the international unit of time, the second, a research team led by the National Institute of
The secret to building superconducting quantum computers with massive processing power may be an ordinary telecommunications technology — optical fiber
NIST’s Applied Economic Office released a “ Guide for Environmentally Sustainable Investment Analysis” based on ASTM E3200. This guide presents techniques for
The Technology Maturation Accelerator Program (TMAP) was begun at NIST in 2019 to provide a platform for NIST scientists and engineers to help propel their lab
In order to facilitate the development of applications and middleware that support the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Card, the National Institute of
Twenty-three middle-school girls from the St. Vrain Valley School District in Longmont, Colorado, have logged on to their school tablets and laptops for a
Many organizations now support their employees' use of personal mobile devices to remotely perform work-related activities. This increasingly common practice
Call for Comments: Please send comments on draft NISTIR 8355 and the draft List of Competencies to NICEFramework [at] nist.gov (NICEFramework[at]nist[dot]gov) no later than 11:59pm. ET on May 3
The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) has released draft supplemental content to the Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework)