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Associate Director for Laboratory Programs

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Global City Teams Challenge Smart and Secure City Expo Convenes July 10-12, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

June 20, 2019

WASHINGTON — Teams of innovators and municipal governments around the world who are using technology to address challenges such as disaster response, energy

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NIST Team Supersizes ‘Quantum Squeezing’ to Measure Ultrasmall Motion

June 20, 2019

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have harnessed the phenomenon of “quantum squeezing” to amplify and measure trillionths

Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information: Comment on Draft NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 2 and Draft NIST SP 800-171B

June 19, 2019

Summary NIST is seeking comments on Draft NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-171 Revision 2, Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal

NIST Updates SP 800-171 to Help Defend Sensitive Information from Cyberattack

June 19, 2019

An update to one of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) information security documents offers strategies to help protect sensitive

Attribute Considerations for Access Control Systems: NIST Publishes SP 800-205

June 18, 2019

Attribute-based access control systems rely upon enterprise-specific attributes to both define access control policy rules and enforce the access control

New NIST Reference Material Aims to Improve Food Safety in Corn Products

June 18, 2019

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new reference material that can be used to identify deadly toxins in

NCCoE Posts Two Draft Project Descriptions to Support Small and Medium Businesses and to Secure Industrial Control Systems in the Manufacturing Sector

June 17, 2019

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has posted two draft Project Descriptions for public comment: Detecting and Protecting Against Data

Guidelines for Participation in the 2020 MaCFP Condensed Phase Workshop

June 14, 2019

The Measurement and Computation of Fire Phenomena (MaCFP) Working Group of the International Association of Fire Safety Science (IAFSS) has released its “

Draft White Paper: Mitigating the Risk of Software Vulnerabilities by Adopting a Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF)

June 11, 2019

NIST is releasing a Draft NIST Cybersecurity White Paper for public comment, Mitigating the Risk of Software Vulnerabilities by Adopting a Secure Software

Draft White Paper: Mitigating the Risk of Software Vulnerabilities by Adopting a Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF)

June 11, 2019

NIST is releasing a Draft NIST Cybersecurity White Paper for public comment, Mitigating the Risk of Software Vulnerabilities by Adopting a Secure Software

A Bubbly New Way to Detect the Magnetic Fields of Nanometer-Scale Particles

June 10, 2019

As if they were bubbles expanding in a just-opened bottle of champagne, tiny circular regions of magnetism can be rapidly enlarged to provide a precise method

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NIST Infrared Frequency Comb Measures Biological Signatures

June 7, 2019

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and collaborators have demonstrated a compact frequency-comb apparatus that rapidly

A Methodology for Enabling Forensic Analysis Using Hypervisor Vulnerabilities Data: NIST Publishes NIST Internal Report 8221

June 5, 2019

Hardware/Server Virtualization is a foundational technology in a cloud computing environment and the hypervisor is the key software in that virtualized

OSAC Standards Bulletin, June 2019

June 4, 2019

This Bulletin provides an update on forensic science standards that are moving through the development process at Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs), and

FISSEA 2019 Conference Agenda Announced

June 3, 2019

32nd Annual FISSEA Conference Agenda We are pleased to share with you our 2019 FISSEA Conference Agenda. Our Keynote speakers: Shayla Treadwell, Director of

Flammability Reduction Group Members Present at the 2019 BCC Flame Meeting

June 1, 2019

Two members of the NIST Flammability Reduction Group (FRG) recently traveled to San Antonio, Texas for the 30th Annual Conference on Recent Advances in Flame

Withdrawal of SP 800-64 Rev. 2, Security Considerations in the System Development Life Cycle

May 31, 2019

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-64 Revision 2, Security Considerations in the System Development Life Cycle (October 2008), has been withdrawn. It includes

NIST Physicists ‘Teleport’ Logic Operation Between Separated Ions

May 30, 2019

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have teleported a computer circuit instruction known as a quantum logic operation

Improving Authentication for Public Safety First Responders: 2nd Draft of SP 1800-13 Available for Comment

May 29, 2019

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) at NIST is seeking comments on a revised draft of the practice guide NIST SP 1800-13, Mobile Application

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NIST Study Identifies Chemical Blends as Possible Alternative Refrigerants

May 29, 2019

More than a dozen chemical blends could serve as alternative refrigerants that won’t heat the atmosphere as much as today’s refrigerants do, or catch fire

Draft NISTIR 8183A is Available for Comment: Cybersecurity Framework Manufacturing Profile Low Security Level Example Implementations Guide

May 28, 2019

A draft implementation guide ( NISTIR 8183A) for the Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) Manufacturing Profile Low Security Level has been developed for managing

Associate Director for Laboratory Programs

News and Updates

Global City Teams Challenge Smart and Secure City Expo Convenes July 10-12, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

NIST Team Supersizes ‘Quantum Squeezing’ to Measure Ultrasmall Motion

Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information: Comment on Draft NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 2 and Draft NIST SP 800-171B

NIST Updates SP 800-171 to Help Defend Sensitive Information from Cyberattack

Attribute Considerations for Access Control Systems: NIST Publishes SP 800-205

New NIST Reference Material Aims to Improve Food Safety in Corn Products

NCCoE Posts Two Draft Project Descriptions to Support Small and Medium Businesses and to Secure Industrial Control Systems in the Manufacturing Sector

Guidelines for Participation in the 2020 MaCFP Condensed Phase Workshop

Draft White Paper: Mitigating the Risk of Software Vulnerabilities by Adopting a Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF)

Draft White Paper: Mitigating the Risk of Software Vulnerabilities by Adopting a Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF)

A Bubbly New Way to Detect the Magnetic Fields of Nanometer-Scale Particles

NIST Infrared Frequency Comb Measures Biological Signatures

A Methodology for Enabling Forensic Analysis Using Hypervisor Vulnerabilities Data: NIST Publishes NIST Internal Report 8221

OSAC Standards Bulletin, June 2019

FISSEA 2019 Conference Agenda Announced

Flammability Reduction Group Members Present at the 2019 BCC Flame Meeting

Withdrawal of SP 800-64 Rev. 2, Security Considerations in the System Development Life Cycle

NIST Physicists ‘Teleport’ Logic Operation Between Separated Ions

Improving Authentication for Public Safety First Responders: 2nd Draft of SP 1800-13 Available for Comment

NIST Study Identifies Chemical Blends as Possible Alternative Refrigerants

Draft NISTIR 8183A is Available for Comment: Cybersecurity Framework Manufacturing Profile Low Security Level Example Implementations Guide

Gas vs. Electric? NIST Says Fuel Choice Affects Efforts to Achieve Low-Energy and Low-Impact Homes

NIST Publishes Revision of Best Practices for Key Management Organizations: SP 800-57 Part 2 Revision 1

Draft White Paper on Combinatorial Methods for Explainability in AI and Machine Learning

New Release of the Access Control Policy Tool (ACPT)

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