Crypto experts begin review of NIST standards
The National Institute of Standards and Technology announced today a new advisory committee — consisting of experts from Google, Microsoft and several leading universities — which began a…
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NIST awards $9M in grants to bolster manufacturing, innovation performance
Nineteen grants were awarded today by the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop technology roadmaps aimed at strengthening U.S. manufacturing and innovation performance across industries. The…
Threat Matrix: Episode 13 – Who’s ultimately responsible for national cybersecurity?
Threat Matrix brings you weekly insight into the latest news and trends impacting the cyber and national security communities. https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2014_03_ThreatMatrix-Episode-13.mp3 This week, I want to know who…
Administration defends voluntary nature of cybersecurity framework
Senior officials from the White House and Department of Homeland Security on Thursday defended the administration’s hands-off approach to improving critical infrastructure cybersecurity, arguing that mandatory regulations…
NIST releases preliminary cybersecurity framework as ‘living document’
The National Institute of Standards and Technology today released its preliminary cybersecurity framework to help critical infrastructure owners and operators identify security best practices and reduce cybersecurity…
NIST to redraft encryption standard in question
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is “strongly” recommending companies no longer follow one of its encryption guidelines until the agency can redraft the guideline with new…
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TechTake: Embracing the cloud
TechTake explores the bigger issues and trends in the federal IT community, and twice-monthly features a “Women in Technology” segment. https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2013_09_MP3TechTake-NIST-director.mp3 As the federal government moves more…
TechTake: Embracing the cloud
TechTake explores the bigger issues and trends in the federal IT community, and twice-monthly features a “Women in Technology” segment. As the federal government moves more of…
Gallagher: NIST ‘not deliberately working to weaken encryption technologies’
Standing in front of more than 2,000 people, Patrick Gallagher addressed what he referred to as the “elephant in the room.” Gallagher, director of the National Institute for…
After introducing cyber bill, Senate hears from NIST, private sector
Senators, government employees and private sector representatives all praised each other for the work each had done on cybersecurity at a Senate hearing Thursday, but stressed the…