NIST works with industry partners to advance the research, standardization and adoption of technologies necessary to increase the security, privacy, resilience and performance of networked systems. This includes resolving systemic vulnerabilities in existing and emerging critical network infrastructures and advancing the development of potentially disruptive technologies to improve the trustworthiness of future networks. NIST innovates and applies the measurement science necessary to establish a technical basis for trustworthy networks.
Challenges are technical, economic, often dominated by prevailing business models, complicated by massive installed bases, and fears of governmental interference.