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The first open source web application for managing the mobile app vetting process is available for free from the National Institute of Standards and Technology...
Following a public comment period and review, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has removed a cryptographic algorithm from its draft...
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology seeks collaborators to address key security...
On April 9 and 10, 2014, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host a workshop that focuses on developing "privacy engineering" to...
Three employees of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently received awards for their national and international contributions to...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published two draft documents for public comment that describe processes that federal employees...
NIST's National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has proposed two new building blocks, one to help organizations develop capabilities for attribute...
As part of a review of its cryptographic standards development process, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting public comment...
To help organizations charged with providing the nation's financial, energy, health care and other critical systems better protect their information and...
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) is inviting comments on a Partial Draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for a contractor to operate a...
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting comments on its updated draft publication on information technology and cybersecurity...
National Institute for Standards a Technology (NIST) Fellow Ron Ross has been awarded the inaugural Lynn F. McNulty Tribute U.S. Government Information Security...
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The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today released its Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework (PDF) to help...
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded more than $2 million in grants to the states of Pennsylvania and Michigan to test new...
National Academies of Science Study: Professionalizing the Nation's Cybersecurity Workforce: Criteria for Decision-MakingProfessionalizing the Nation's...
The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced more than $7 million in grants to support the National...
Recent news reports have questioned the cryptographic standards development process at NIST. We want to assure the IT cybersecurity community that the...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued an updated version of the standard specification Personal Identification Verification (PIV)...
The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) is hosting its fourth annual "Shaping the Future of Cybersecurity Education Workshop" September 17-19...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has updated two of its series of computer security guides to help computer system managers protect...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced more than $2.3 million in Phase I and Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)...