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New! Announcing NICE Framework Success Stories

February 11, 2021

ANNOUNCING NICE FRAMEWORK SUCCESS STORIES The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework)

NIST's Key Practices in Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management: Observations from Industry--NISTIR 8276

February 11, 2021

NIST announces the release of NISTIR 8276 , Key Practices in Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management (C-SCRM): Observations from Industry. This final document

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NIST Announces 2021 R&D Opportunities for Small Businesses

February 10, 2021

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced its fiscal year 2021 Small Business

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Accelerating Ideas Toward Commercialization

February 9, 2021

The start of the new year in the Technology Partnerships Office (TPO) brings with it innovative ideas and projects pushing the TPO and NIST mission forward. One

NIST Publishes NISTIR 8301: Blockchain Networks—Token Design and Management Overview

February 9, 2021

Traditional data and operations management across organizations and on the web can involve inefficient transaction reconciliation between siloed databases

Ontology for Authentication: Draft NISTIR 8344 is Available for Comment

February 8, 2021

NIST announces the release of Draft NISTIR 8344, Ontology for Authentication, for public comment. This draft document is the result of an effort to define

New Working Groups Launched for NICE Community Coordinating Council

February 8, 2021

NEW NICE WORKING GROUPS The NICE Community Coordinating Council (previously NICE Working Group) is pleased to announce new working groups that align with the

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NIST Offers Tools to Help Defend Against State-Sponsored Hackers

February 2, 2021

Nations around the world are adding cyberwarfare to their arsenal, employing highly skilled teams to launch attacks against other countries. These adversaries

NIST Releases SP 800-172, "Enhanced Security Requirements for Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information: A Supplement to NIST Special Publication 800-171"

February 2, 2021

Also see NIST Offers Tools to Help Defend Against State-Sponsored Hackers NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-172 provides federal agencies with a set of enhanced

5G Cybersecurity: Preliminary Draft of NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide SP 1800-33A

February 1, 2021

NIST’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has posted for comment a Preliminary Draft—the first of three volumes of an upcoming practice guide

Presidential Innovation Fellow Joins NIST’s AI Team

January 29, 2021

NIST’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) team is taking advantage of insights from a member of the 2021 class of Presidential Innovation Fellows (PIF), now deployed

NICE Launches New NICE Framework Users Group

January 27, 2021

NEW NICE FRAMEWORK USERS GROUP In November 2020, NICE released a revision to the Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework). The revision updates

Attribute-based Access Control for Microservices-based Applications Using a Service Mesh: Draft SP 800-204B is Available for Comment

January 27, 2021

Deployment architecture in cloud-native applications now consists of loosely coupled components (microservices), with all application services provided through

Managing the Security of Information Exchanges: Draft NIST SP 800-47 Revision 1 Available for Comment

January 26, 2021

Organizations frequently share information through various information exchange channels based on mission and business needs. In order to protect the

NIST Releases Supplemental Materials for SP 800-53 and SP 800-53B: Control Catalog and Control Baselines in Spreadsheet Format

January 26, 2021

New and updated supplemental materials for NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-53, Revision 5, Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and

ITL Staff Recognized at 48th Annual NIST Awards Ceremony

January 14, 2021

On January 13, 2021, 41 ITL staff members were honored for their exceptional accomplishments during the 2020 NIST Awards Ceremony. The following ITL staff

NIST publishes NISTIR 8322: Workshop Summary Report for “Building the Federal Profile for IoT Device Cybersecurity” Virtual Workshop

January 7, 2021

NIST’s Cybersecurity for the Internet of Things program has published a summary report— NISTIR 8322—for the July 2020 workshop on the creation of a Federal

Defining IoT Cybersecurity Requirements: Draft Guidance for Federal Agencies and IoT Device Manufacturers (SP 800-213, NISTIRs 8259B/C/D)

December 15, 2020

An incredible variety and volume of Internet of Things (IoT) devices are being produced. IoT devices are ever more frequently becoming integral elements of

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