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NIST to host public meeting on Cloud and mobility technologies on Oct. 1-3
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Why least privilege management is essential to the new NIST risk assessment guidelines
Paul Kenyon Top Priority Sector: it_security Image Caption: Paul Kenyon Last month, the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) updated its Guide for Conducting Risk Assessments to make it easier for federal organizations to respond effectively to cyber-related risks. Homepage position: 10 read more View full post on Government Security News View…
NIST has re-certified charismathics as compliant with FIPS 201
Top Priority Sector: it_security IT security supplier, charismathics, announced on Oct. 29 that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has re-certified the charismathics CSSI PIV Middleware as FIPS 201 compliant, according to NIST SP 800-73-3. CSSI PIV was not only the first PIV middleware validated FIPS 201 compliant…
New NIST software checks biometric ID performance against 2011 standard
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: border_security Image Caption: US-VISIT scanner A new software suite developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will let local and federal users to share biometric information more easily and accurately by checking it against the agency’s 2011 biometric standard. The software test…
NIST chooses winner in secure hash algorithm competition
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cyber_security NIST said “catch-ack” in selecting a new algorithm that could be used as part of a secure foundation for future information technologies. The agency announced the winner of its five-year-long Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA-3) Competition on Oct. 2, choosing “Keccak” – which it said…
NIST panel to weigh cyber topics in DC on Oct. 10-12
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: cyber_security NIST’s information security and privacy advisory board will hold three days of public meetings at a hotel in Washington, DC, on Oct. 10-12 to hear from the White House director of cyber security, the director of the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center, and…
NIST awards Cyber ID tech grants to budding pilot programs
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cyber_security Five companies working to develop trusted electronic identity technologies to combat identity theft, protect online transactions and secure information sharing were given $10 million in grants under NIST’s National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) program. Homepage position: 10 read more View full…
NIST guide aims to set foundation for Cyber risk assessment for infrastructure, law enforcement
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cyber_security Image Caption: NIST The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released its final version of Cyber risk assessment guidelines aimed at critical infrastructure entities, law enforcement and the military with information they need to secure their organization’s information security and information technology infrastructures….
NIST invites comments on latest version of FIPS 140 standard for cryptographic modules
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: cyber_security Eleven years after the most-recent version of FIPS-140 was issued, and seven years after it announced its intention to issue a third version, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is still wrestling with a handful of “gaps and inconsistencies” among the various…