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NewsNIST releases NSTIC pilots solicitation
Federal efforts to build an online identity ecosystem moved forward Feb. 1 with a National Institute of Standards and Technology call for proposals for five to eight pilot projects lasting up to 2 Read more...
White House standards memo sends strong signal, says Saunders
A Jan. 17 White House memo on the importance of private sector involvement in standards-setting sends an important message to federal agencies and foreign governments, said Mary Saunders, director of Read more...
NIST issues security, privacy guidance for public cloud
Many of the features that make public cloud-computing services attractive run up against government's traditional security models and controls, according to the National Institute of Standards and Read more...
Critical infrastructure companies drowning in cybersecurity guidance, says GAO
The Homeland Security Department isn't doing enough to distill, promote and disseminate cybersecurity guidance to entities within the critical-infrastructure sectors DHS is required to assist under Read more...
FedRAMP baseline controls released
Federal officials released Jan. 6 security controls that constitute the basis of governmentwide authorization and accreditation of cloud computing systems. The controls (.zip), part of a program Read more...
NIST embraces assertion-based remote e-authentication
An updated special publication from the National Institute of Standards and Technology on remote e-authentication includes more detail about identity assertions and permits protocols not included in Read more...
NIST details trusted root BIOS verification model
The National Institute of Standards and Technology outlines in a draft specification posted online Dec. 9 how a "roots of trust" cybersecurity model might operate at the level of computer BIOS. Roots Read more...
Audio: Steven VanRoekel announces FedRAMP
Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel spoke with reporters Dec. 8 to make an announcement about the launch of FedRAMP, a governmentwide cloud computing security standard for low- and Read more...
Minibus makes science cuts; NSTIC survives
A multi-agency funding bill signed into law Nov. 18 by President Obama will make cuts to science and research programs relative to the budget request made earlier this year, but only a few agencies Read more...
NICE releases cybersecurity workforce taxonomy
Cybersecurity functions can be divided into seven broad categories of jobs, says the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education, which released Nov. 8 a draft taxonomy of the cybersecurity Read more...
| Press ReleasesNIST Seeks Comments on National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education Draft Strategic PlanAugust 11, 2011Contact: Evelyn Brown (301) 975 5661 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today issued for public comment a draft strategic plan for the National Initiative for Read more >> SEAGATE FIRST TO ACHIEVE GOVERNMENT FIPS SECURITY CERTIFICATION FOR SELF-ENCRYPTING ENTERPRISE HARD DRIVESSCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. - October 5, 2010 - Seagate (NASDAQ:STX) today announced that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the U.S. federal agency focused on promoting product Read more >> IEEE Fellow John McDonald Gives Testimony on Progress of Standards Development and Cyber Security for Smart GridIEEE Smart Grid Expert Addresses U.S. House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation PISCATAWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- IEEE, the world's largest professional association for Read more >> (ISC)2® Appoints Devon Bryan, CISSP, as Co-Chair of U.S. Government Advisory Board for Cyber SecurityIRS' Deputy Associate Chief Information Officer for Cybersecurity and New Members from the Department of State and Postal Service Commence Service at 7th Anniversary Gathering of AdvisorsPALM HARBOR, Read more >> Thales Datacryptor® high-speed optical network encryptors achieve FIPS 140-2 Level 3 certificationWESTON, Fla. & CAMBRIDGE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Thales (Paris: HO), leader in information systems and communications security, announces that its Datacryptor high speed SONET/SDH and Read more >> |
