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NIST Awards $1,074,000 to the MEP Center in Michigan

August 1, 2019

The U.S Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) has made one (1) cooperative...

NIST Releases Draft Security Feature Recommendations for IoT Devices

August 1, 2019

Appliances from refrigerators to thermostats are now available in models that interact with a wireless network, making them easier to control with a computer or...

Registration Open: NICE Conference and Expo November 18-20 in Phoenix, Arizona

July 30, 2019

Registration is Open! 2019 NICE Conference & Expo November 18 - 20, 2019 Sheraton Grand Phoenix | Phoenix, AZ The annual NICE Conference and Expo...

Federal Information Security Educator of the Year

June 28, 2019

Congratulations to Mr. Earl Fred Bisel, Jr, Naval Information Warfare Center – Atlantic, for being awarded the Federal Information Security Educators (FISSEA)...

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Before Connecting an IoT Device, Check Out a New NIST Report for Cybersecurity Advice

June 27, 2019

Seemingly every appliance we use comes in a version that can be connected to a computer network. But each gizmo we add brings another risk to our security and...

NICE Released the Summer 2019 eNewsletter

June 25, 2019

The Summer 2019 NICE eNewsletter has been published to provide subscribers information on academic, industry, and government developments related to the...

Global City Teams Challenge Smart and Secure City Expo Convenes July 10-12, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

June 20, 2019

WASHINGTON — Teams of innovators and municipal governments around the world who are using technology to address challenges such as disaster response, energy...

NIST Updates SP 800-171 to Help Defend Sensitive Information from Cyberattack

June 19, 2019

An update to one of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) information security documents offers strategies to help protect sensitive...

FISSEA 2019 Conference Agenda Announced

June 3, 2019

32nd Annual FISSEA Conference Agenda We are pleased to share with you our 2019 FISSEA Conference Agenda. Our Keynote speakers: Shayla Treadwell, Director of...

Call for new National Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week Commitments NOW OPEN—November 11-16, 2019

May 6, 2019

We invite you to join us in observing National Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week November 11-16, 2019 nist.gov/nice/nccaw 2019 Call for...

Executive Order on America’s Cybersecurity Workforce

May 2, 2019

The White House has released a new Executive Order on America’s Cybersecurity Workforce . The Executive Order will implement programs that will grow and...

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NIST Links Federal Encryption Testing to International Standard for First Time

April 30, 2019

Electronic device manufacturers should find it less time-consuming to bring their wares to both the U.S. and international markets as a result of new...

NICE Released the Spring 2019 eNewsletter

April 15, 2019

The Spring 2019 NICE eNewsletter has been published to provide subscribers information on academic, industry, and government developments related to the...

FISSEA Conference Registration is OPEN!

April 10, 2019

We invite you to join us for the 32nd annual FISSEA conference on June 27-28, 2019! This year’s theme is Innovations in Cybersecurity Awareness and Training: A...

New Ways to Bring Women Into and Up Through Cybersecurity Careers

March 28, 2019

In late Fall 2018, NICE staff participated in a convening of experts from corporate, academic, nonprofit, and government backgrounds to consider new ideas and...

NICE Conference and Expo 2019 Call for Proposals: Now Open!

March 21, 2019

2019 NICE Conference & Expo November 18 - 20, 2019 Sheraton Grand Phoenix | Phoenix, AZ The 2019 NICE Conference and Expo program committee is seeking...

FISSEA 2019 Call for Presentations

March 21, 2019

32 nd Annual FISSEA Conference Innovations in Cybersecurity Awareness and Training: A 360-Degree Perspective June 27-28, 2019 Call for...

NIST Announces 2019 Opportunities for Small Businesses

March 14, 2019

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced the fiscal year 2019 Small Business Innovation Research...

Connect with NICE at RSA Conference 2019

February 27, 2019

The NICE Program Office will be participating in the RSA Conference next week in San Francisco, California. See below for ways you can connect with us. We hope...

NIST Marks Fifth Anniversary of Popular Cybersecurity Framework

February 12, 2019

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—Five years after the release of the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, organizations across all sectors of the...

NIST: Blockchain Provides Security, Traceability for Smart Manufacturing

February 11, 2019

Engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) needed a way to secure smart manufacturing systems using the digital thread, so they...

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NIST Reveals 26 Algorithms Advancing to the Post-Quantum Crypto ‘Semifinals’

January 30, 2019

The field has narrowed in the race to protect sensitive electronic information from the threat of quantum computers, which one day could render many of our...

Holiday Greetings from NICE!

December 20, 2018

Between the NICE Conference & Expo and the NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference, over 1000 attendees came together to explore ways of developing a...

NICE Released the Winter 2018-19 eNewsletter

December 18, 2018

The Winter 2018-19 NICE eNewsletter has been published to provide subscribers information on academic, industry, and government developments related to the...

Secure Interdomain Traffic Exchange – Routing Robustness and DDoS Mitigation: NIST Releases Draft NIST SP 800-189

December 17, 2018

NIST has released Draft NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-189, Secure Interdomain Traffic Exchange: Routing Robustness and DDoS Mitigation, which provides...

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