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Cybersecurity Careers Go Beyond Coding

September 30, 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 professionals.
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How Secure Is Your DNA?

May 19, 2022
Ronald Pulivarti
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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Post-Quantum Cryptography: A Q&A With NIST’s Matt Scholl

October 19, 2021
Quantum computing algorithms seek to use quantum phenomena to perform certain types of calculations much more efficiently than today’s classical, binary, transistor-based computers can. If and when a powerful enough quantum computer is built, it could run algorithms that would break many of the
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The NIST Summer Undergraduate Fellowship Program Goes Virtual

January 27, 2021
Brandi Toliver
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) designed the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program to inspire undergraduate students to pursue careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) through a unique research experience that supports our mission
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Need Some Good News? NIST’s 2020 Highlights

December 16, 2020
Mark Esser
2020 has been a challenging year, but we at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have worked as hard as we can to fulfill our mission for the American people: to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in
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Lightweight Crypto, Heavyweight Protection

November 27, 2020
Meltem Sonmez Turan
Logic puzzles, brain teasers and mathematical riddles fascinated me throughout my childhood, so I feel lucky that I ended up with a career that never lacks for mathematical challenges. Part of my job at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) involves reviewing the cryptographic
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Zero Trust Cybersecurity: ‘Never Trust, Always Verify’

October 23, 2020
Alper Kerman
Huh? What? At least that was my response the first time I heard the words “zero trust” when I started working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) in the fall of 2018. Mind you, I was also making a fresh start with an
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Making Sure Virtual Doctor Visits Are Private and Secure

August 20, 2020
Jennifer Cawthra
“Telehealth” refers to a wide range of technologies to connect patients to health care services through videoconferencing, remote monitoring, electronic consultations and wireless communications. Just like you would expect your virtual conversation with your doctor to be private and secure, you
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Cybercrime: It’s Worse Than We Thought

June 24, 2020
Douglas S. Thomas
The cyber world is relatively new, and unlike other types of assets, cyber assets are potentially accessible to criminals in far-off locations. This distance provides the criminal with significant protections from getting caught; thus, the risks are low, and with cyber assets and activities being in
Donna Dodson

A Life in Public Service: A Q&A With NIST's Donna Dodson

May 6, 2020
After 33 years in public service, NIST Fellow Donna Dodson retired from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on May 8, 2020. Over her career, she has played a critical leadership role in a number of areas related to cybersecurity, including artificial intelligence, the internet
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Top 6 NIST News Stories of 2019

November 25, 2019
Mark Esser
Measurement is a subject that touches upon just about everything, from the food we eat and the medicines we take to our investigations of the fundamental phenomena of the universe, so naturally, the news from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is widely varied. That’s what
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Differential Privacy: A Q&A With NIST's Mary Theofanos

August 7, 2019
Mary Theofanos
Emergency response generates a lot of data, including people's names, addresses, phone numbers, ages and sex, which is necessary for assessing and addressing the situation. Some of that data may also be useful for treating future emergencies, but right now there's no secure way to disentangle