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Fiscal Year 2023 Cybersecurity and Privacy Annual Report

May 20, 2024
Author(s)
Patrick D. O'Reilly, Kristina Rigopoulos
During Fiscal Year 2023 (FY 2023) – from October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023 –the NIST Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) Cybersecurity and Privacy Program successfully responded to numerous challenges and opportunities in security and privacy

Assessing Security Requirements for Controlled Unclassified Information

May 14, 2024
Author(s)
Ronald S. Ross, Victoria Yan Pillitteri
The protection of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) is of paramount importance to federal agencies and can directly impact the ability of the Federal Government to successfully conduct its essential missions and functions. This publication provides

Evaluating the security of CRYSTALS-Dilithium in the quantum random oracle model

April 29, 2024
Author(s)
Kelsey Jackson, Carl A. Miller, Daochen Wang
In the wake of recent progress on quantum computing hardware, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is standardizing cryptographic protocols that are resistant to attacks by quantum adversaries. The primary digital signature scheme that

Security Advantages and Challenges of 3D Heterogenous Integration

March 6, 2024
Author(s)
Yuntao Liu, Daniel Xing, Isaac McDaniel, Olsan Ozbay, Abir Ahsan Akib, Mumtahina Islam Sukanya, Sanjay (Jay) Rekhi, Ankur Srivastava
Three-dimensional heterogeneous integration offers compelling opportunities to enhance the security and trust in the current semiconductor chain while new attack surfaces may emerge.

Staging Cybersecurity Risks for Enterprise Risk Management and Governance Oversight

March 6, 2024
Author(s)
Stephen Quinn, Nahla Ivy, Matthew Barrett, Greg Witte, R.K. Gardner
This document is the third in a series that supplements NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) 8286, Integrating Cybersecurity and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM). This series provides additional details regarding the enterprise application of

Non-Fungible Token Security

March 1, 2024
Author(s)
Peter Mell, Dylan Yaga
Non-fungible token (NFT) technology provides a mechanism to enable real assets (both virtual and physical) to be sold and exchanged on a blockchain. While NFTs are most often used for autographing digital assets (associating one's name with a digital

National Online Informative References (OLIR) Program: Overview, Benefits, and Use

February 26, 2024
Author(s)
Nicole Keller, Stephen Quinn, Karen Scarfone, Matthew Smith, Vincent Johnson
Information and communications technology (ICT) domains – such as cybersecurity, privacy, and Internet of Things (IoT) – have many requirements and recommendations made by national and international standards, guidelines, frameworks, and regulations. An

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0: Resource & Overview Guide

February 26, 2024
Author(s)
Kristina Rigopoulos, Stephen Quinn, Cherilyn Pascoe, Jeffrey Marron, Amy Mahn, Daniel Topper
The NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0 can help organizations manage and reduce their cybersecurity risks as they start or improve their cybersecurity program. The CSF outlines specific outcomes that organizations can achieve to address risk. Other

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0: Small Business Quick-Start Guide

February 26, 2024
Author(s)
Daniel Eliot
This guide provides small-to-medium sized businesses (SMB), specifically those who have modest or no cybersecurity plans in place, with considerations to kick-start their cybersecurity risk management strategy by using the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF

The NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0

February 26, 2024
Author(s)
Cherilyn Pascoe, Stephen Quinn, Karen Scarfone
The NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0 provides guidance to industry, government agencies, and other organizations to manage cybersecurity risks. It offers a taxonomy of high-level cybersecurity outcomes that can be used by any organization —

High-Performance Computing Security Architecture, Threat Analysis, and Security Posture

February 9, 2024
Author(s)
Yang Guo, Ramaswamy Chandramouli, Lowell Wofford, Rickey Gregg, Gary Key, Antwan Clark, Catherine Hinton, Andrew Prout, Albert Reuther, Ryan Adamson, Aron Warren, Purushotham Bangalore, Erik Deumens, Csilla Farkas
Security is essential component of high-performance computing (HPC). HPC systems often differ based on the evolution of their system designs, the applications they run, and the missions they support. An HPC system may also have its own unique security

Cybersecurity Framework Election Infrastructure Profile

February 1, 2024
Author(s)
Gema Howell, Mary C. Brady, Julie Snyder, David Weitzel, M. Schneider, Christina Sames, Joshua Franklin
This document is a Cybersecurity Framework Profile developed for voting equipment and information systems supporting elections. This Election Infrastructure Profile can be utilized by election administrators and IT professionals managing election
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