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A new publication from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) provides a basic model aimed at helping researchers better understand the
When responding to the more than 1.2 million blazes reported annually, the nation's firefighters usually start with a dangerous disadvantage: They often lack
Going wireless is appealing to a growing number of manufacturers. Using wireless sensor networks to monitor and control equipment and processes eliminates the
A new white paper by an international team surveys the role of wireless sensor networks in the evolution of the Internet of Things (IoT). The report catalogs
Researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) have observed electromagnetically induced transparency at room temperature and
If designed and built efficiently, flexibly and securely, next-generation cyber-physical systems (CPS) now sprouting from interconnections that join the digital
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued the final version of the Guide to Bluetooth Security (NIST Special Publication 800-121 Rev
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released for public comment a draft "roadmap" that is designed to foster federal agencies'
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued for public review and comment two draft guides to securing wireless communication networks
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded today a $1 million cooperative agreement to the University of Maryland at College Park (UMD)
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has joined in a new public-private partnership to spur cybersecurity innovation in the financial
On November 4 and 5, 2010, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host the Cloud Computing Forum and Workshop II to give government and
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) are seeking partners in the
On July 15, 2010, two Department of Commerce Agencies—the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Telecommunications and
Verifying the accuracy of network analyzers--instruments that are used to measure key performance characteristics of electronic networks--was once an awkward
A DRAFT of NIST Special Publication 500-267, A Profile for IPv6 in the U.S. Government - Version 1.0 (Draft 2), is now available for public comment. This
January 2009 - The IEEE 802.21 standard was published on January 21, 2009. This is the final realization of a multi-year project to standardize a media
March 2009 - NIST has drafted an update to the "Secure Domain Name System (DNS) Deployment Guide" (NIST Special Publication 800-81 Rev 1),the key Secure DNS
Data breaches are a recurring nightmare for IT managers responsible for securing not only their company's confidential data, but possibly also sensitive
Electronic commands passed from machine to machine over data networks increasingly drive today's precisely timed and sequenced manufacturing production lines
If you have done an Internet search, bought anything from a Web site or subscribed to a news alert service, chances are you used a special computer document
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has posted the results of the NIST 2006 Machine Translation Evaluation (MT-06), part of an ongoing
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is requesting comments on a new draft guide that is intended to help organizations make wireless local area
Technology in today's fast-moving telecommunications industry is all about convergence. The "next big thing" are the so-called Next Generation Networks (NGN)