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Cybersecurity Insights

a NIST blog

How to deploy machine learning with differential privacy

December 21, 2021

Nicolas Papernot and Abhradeep Guha Thakurta

We are delighted to introduce the final guest authors in our blog series, Nicolas Papernot and Abhradeep Thakurta, research scientists at Google Brain, whose research explores applications of

NIST Launches New International Cybersecurity and Privacy Resources Website

December 15, 2021

Amy Mahn

Every day, NIST cybersecurity and privacy resources are being used throughout the world to help organizations manage cybersecurity and privacy risks. To assist our international colleagues, NIST has

Convergent Evolution: SP 800-213, the Federal Profile, and the IoT Cybersecurity Catalog

December 2, 2021

Katerina Megas

NIST has been engaged for several years in developing guidance for Internet of Things (IoT) cybersecurity. We’ve held workshops, talked with stakeholders, published drafts, listened to your feedback

Utility Metrics for Differential Privacy: No One-Size-Fits-All

November 29, 2021

Claire McKay Bowen

In previous posts we discussed different ways to implement differential privacy, each of which offers some trade-off between privacy and utility. But what does “utility” mean, and how do we know we

Privacy-Enhancing Cryptography to Complement Differential Privacy

November 3, 2021

Luís T.A.N. Brandão and René Peralta

In previous posts we discussed many aspects of differential privacy: what it is, what it is useful for, and how it is applied to data analysis problems. All of those ideas can be applied once you get