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Dr. Virgil Gligor, one of the country's pioneering figures in computer security, will be presented with the 2006 National Information Systems Security Award by...
Information technology has made it simpler and more convenient to handle a myriad of tasks online, such as booking a hotel, paying bills and ordering clothes...
Today, federal agencies use computer systems and networks to store information and to interact with industry, private citizens and other governments both in...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology would like comments on proposed changes to a Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) issued in...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Enterprise Integration Inc. (EII) are sponsoring a conference on how computer programs for...
The Biometrics Consortium Conference 2005 will address the latest trends in research, development, testing and application of biometric technologies, especially...
Widespread electronic attacks on computer systems have become commonplace with threats ranging from remotely launched attacks on network services to malicious...
Ask any handyman what's the most important thing he needs to get the job done and he'll probably say his toolbox. Thanks to the National Institute of Standards...
Handheld devices such as personal digital assistants are becoming indispensable tools for today's highly mobile workforce. Small and relatively inexpensive...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed guidelines for federal agencies to use in planning and designing certification and...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced that it is running the Iris Challenge Evaluation (ICE), the first large-scale evaluation...
Cyber attackers are constantly scanning the Internet looking for vulnerabilities in computer systems that will enable them to take control and use the systems...
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have used charged atoms (ions) to demonstrate a quantum physics version of computer...
Software that is poorly designed, inappropriate for specific tasks or just difficult to use can be frustrating, unproductive and costly for both businesses and...
To help federal agencies improve their information technology security and comply with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) of 2002, the...
To help federal agencies comply with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) of 2002, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)...
GAITHERSBURG, Md.—Computer scientists at the U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today released for public comment...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is soliciting papers, presentations and other submissions for a workshop on Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 2005, in...
President Bush has set a goal of widespread adoption of electronic health records within 10 years so that health information will follow patients throughout...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has established a program for accrediting laboratories that will test voting systems and components in...
Computers just respond to commands, never "thinking" about the consequences. A new software language, however, promises to enable computers to reason much more...
Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez recently approved the withdrawal of the Data Encryption Standard (Federal Information Processing Standard 46-3) and two...
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) economists have released risk assessment software that building owners and managers can use to identify...
The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today released its final version of recommended security controls for federal...
A practical method for automatically correcting data-handling errors in quantum computers has been developed and demonstrated by physicists at the National...