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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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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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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
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A Framework for Online Privacy

September 26, 2018
Naomi Lefkovitz
Online privacy is a growing concern. Companies are mining our personal information and preferences to sell us products and present us with other kinds of content that we will like. But as useful as the fruits of this data sharing can be, there is a dark side. Data breaches have exposed us to
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Small-Business Cybersecurity is Twice as Nice as Pumpkin Spice

October 10, 2017
Pat Toth
I think we’ve taken this pumpkin spice thing too far. Don’t get me wrong, I love fall. That first crisp evening when you need to put on a sweater, the crunch of leaves under your feet, homecoming football games, but pumpkin spice? It’s obvious that the pumpkin spice council’s marketing team has done
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'Cybersecuring' the Internet of Things

June 27, 2017
Donna Dodson
I recently had the chance to talk with the legendary Vint Cerf, one of the founding fathers of the internet. We had a wide-ranging discussion about the past, present and future of the internet, network security and what it would take to successfully, safely and reliably merge the digital and