The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced on Monday that it has named Melissa Midzor the new director of the agency’s Communications Technology Laboratory (CTL). […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is continuing to lead the charge in the transition to post-quantum cryptography (PQC) standards, publishing a draft report on Tuesday that outlines how it plans to replace cryptographic algorithms vulnerable to quantum computers with quantum-resistant ones. […]
A National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) advisory board is urging the agency to scale and implement support for its national cyber vulnerability database to protect national security interests. […]
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Director and Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology Laurie Locascio is stepping down from those posts in January to become president and CEO of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced on Tuesday that it has awarded $15 million to the global standards organization ASTM International for a center of excellence to support U.S. engagement in international standardization for critical and emerging technologies (CETs). […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute (AISI) is seeking information on the development and use of chemical and biological (chem-bio) artificial intelligence models. […]
Since the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act was signed into law in August 2022, the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has hit the ground running to reach its goal of the United States being the only country in the world that invents, designs, manufactures, and packages leading edge chips by 2030. […]
The U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute (AISI), housed within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), announced today it has signed first-of-their-kind research and testing agreements with Anthropic and OpenAI – a key step in allowing the government to access and assess the companies’ latest AI models. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has put out a call for comment on a revised version of digital identity guidelines which the agency said aim “to ensure security, privacy and accessibility during the identity-proofing process for people accessing government services.” […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) is looking for feedback on its new whitepaper series focused on safeguarding 5G wireless technology. […]
Conrad Stosz has permanently moved to the National Institute of Science and Technology’s (NIST) AI Safety Institute (AISI) as the head of policy. […]
The Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today unveiled its first set of three encryption algorithms designed to withstand cyberattacks from a quantum computer – noting that, after nearly a decade of research, they are ready for immediate use. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) is looking for feedback on the fourth version of its preliminary draft practice guide, Implementing a Zero Trust Architecture. […]
The Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) officially opened this week its competition for a new Manufacturing USA institute focused on artificial intelligence, offering up to $70 million in Federal funds for the new institute over five years. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting feedback on a new draft roadmap released Wednesday to implement the U.S. Government National Standards Strategy for Critical and Emerging Technology (USG NSSCET). […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on Monday launched a collaborative project to adapt NIST’s digital identity guidelines to support public benefits programs, such as those designed to help beneficiaries pay for food, housing, medical, and other basic living expenses. […]
A new House bill aims to establish a nonprofit foundation that would help the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) better engage with academia, industry, and civil society organizations. […]
The Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) launched a new pilot program Tuesday that aims to assess the societal risks and impacts of AI systems. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released newly updated guidelines for Federal agencies on how to protect their controlled unclassified information (CUI) when it resides on private-sector systems. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is creating a new CHIPS Manufacturing USA institute that will use digital twins approaches to greatly speed the development and validation of next-generation semiconductor manufacturing, advanced packaging, assembly, and test processes. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued a supplement on April 22 to its digital identity guidance that offers interim guidance to agencies looking to use “syncable authenticators” – such as passkeys – in both enterprise-facing and public-facing use cases. […]
The Department of Commerce has announced the appointment of five new members to the executive leadership team of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) U.S. AI Safety Institute (AISI). […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking industry comment on incident response recommendations that make up part of the agency’s latest draft of its NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking industry comment on incident response recommendations that make up part of the agency’s latest draft of its NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has tapped Kevin Stine to serve as the new director of its Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) – one of NIST’s six research laboratories. […]
The Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is planning to launch a competition for a new Manufacturing USA institute focused on artificial intelligence, offering up about $70 million in Federal funds for the new institute over five years. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today unveiled its Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0 along with a suite of cyber resources, providing the first major update to the voluntary framework in over a decade. […]
The Biden-Harris administration this week announced the creation of the AI Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC), which will unite more than 200 AI creators and users, academics, government and industry researchers, and civil society organizations in support of the development and deployment of safe and trustworthy AI. […]
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo on Feb. 7 announced key members of the executive leadership team to lead the U.S. AI Safety Institute (AISI) – which will be established at the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST). […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced it is looking to update its Privacy Framework to Version 1.1, four years after the release of its original framework in January 2020. […]