Taking Measure Blog: Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity Careers Go Beyond Coding

October 16, 2024

You don’t have to be a coder or have a technical background to work in cybersecurity. Learn about the career stories of three of our NIST cybersecurity

Miles Walker poses smiling in front of the spiral staircase in the NIST library.

‌A Summer of Studying Cybersecurity — and Human Error’s Role in Attacks

August 21, 2024

A NIST intern spent his summer researching cybersecurity — and the human errors that can jeopardize it.

Stay Safe and Secure Online During Cybersecurity Awareness Month — and All Year

October 25, 2023

For advice you can use about online security and privacy, check out these tips from NIST experts.

Portrait of NIST researcher Shanée Dawkins

My Research Can Help Protect You — and Your Company — From Hackers Trying to Steal Your Money and Information

October 18, 2023

During Cybersecurity Awareness Month, learn how NIST is helping organizations improve their phishing training - keeping all of our information safer.

Being a Mom Helps Me Protect Our Communication Infrastructure

May 10, 2023

Jeanne Quimby's kids are the reason she came up with her team’s idea for how to detect cybersecurity events on our U.S. critical communication infrastructure.

Apostol Vassilev poses for a photo with a computer monitor in the background.

Powerful AI Is Already Here: To Use It Responsibly, We Need to Mitigate Bias

February 15, 2023

As the power of AI grows, businesses, governments and the public will have to manage AI’s impact on society.

NIST’s Researchers Look Ahead to High-Tech Trends in 2023 and Beyond

December 27, 2022

They study topics that impact all of us, from indoor air quality to cybersecurity.

Left: Machine that looks like an old fashioned typewriter in a box. Right: picture of Alan Turing along with a bio. Both are from a museum exhibit.

Alan Turing’s Everlasting Contributions to Computing, AI and Cryptography

June 23, 2022

Suppose someone asked you to devise the most powerful computer possible. Alan Turing, whose reputation as a central figure in computer science and artificial

Alexey Gorshkov poses at a whiteboard, holding a marker.

What’s So Great About Quantum Computing? A Q&A With NIST Theorist Alexey Gorshkov

June 1, 2022

The NIST theorist discusses his efforts toward designing quantum computers, revealing their possible capabilities, and showing why we all should be excited

How Secure Is Your DNA?

May 25, 2022

Is genomic data distinct from other data types? How should cybersecurity protection be tailored to genomic data? NIST is working to find the answers.

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