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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
While pursuing the goal of turning a cloud of ultracold atoms into a completely new kind of circuit element, physicists at the National Institute of Standards
To help organizations charged with providing the nation's financial, energy, health care and other critical systems better protect their information and
Tiny, self-powered sensors that can be embedded in bridge structures and networked wirelessly to continuously monitor the structure's health. Little fly-by-wire
Computer security systems may one day get a boost from quantum physics, as a result of recent research from the National Institute of Standards and Technology
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) is inviting comments on a Partial Draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for a contractor to operate a
Using nanofabricated waveguides in a silicon-based platform, researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) have developed a
The 2014 Cybersecurity Innovation Forum, to be held January 28-30, 2014, at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Md., will focus on the existing threat
Every week seems to bring news of yet another website hacked, user accounts compromised, or personal data stolen or misused. Just recently, many Facebook users
Three employees in the Information Technology Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) were chosen as among top "forward-thinking
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
U.S. national and economic security depends on the reliable functioning of critical infrastructure. In recognition of that dependence, President Obama issued an
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting public comments on the first revision to its guidelines for secure implementation of
The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today released its Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework (PDF) to help
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
REVISED NOV. 15, 2013: The comment period has been extended to January 17, 2014. Comments should be submitted to conmon-nccoe [at] nist.gov (conmon-nccoe[at]nist[dot]gov) According to one of the
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