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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking participants for its next Text Retrieval Conference—TREC 2008. TREC is an annual evaluation
At the request of a worldwide Internet organization, a computer scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed an algorithm
Federal agencies have begun issuing a secure form of government-wide ID known as the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) card, mandated in 2004 by Homeland
A fingerprint identification technology for use in Personal Identification Verification (PIV) cards that offers improved protection from identity theft meets
Michael D. Schroeder, a pioneer researcher in computer security, will be presented with the 2008 National Computer Systems Security Award by the National
The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has voted for U.S. approval of a modified version of the proposed international
Douglas Montgomery and Stephen Quinn, two computer scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), have been named to this year's
An interagency subcommittee of the White House's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) issued a draft document today that lists recommended standards
A new Web site launched by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) can help federal information systems managers maintain the security of
The Argonne National Laboratory of the Department of Energy (DoE) announced on Jan. 17, 2008, that a team of researchers at the National Institute of Standards
Establishing trust in Internet transactions is a mutual process between user and service provider. In bank transactions, for example, customers want to be sure
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in conjunction with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), is sponsoring a one-day
A team of computer scientists and mathematicians from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Texas, Arlington is
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has opened a competition to develop a new cryptographic "hash" algorithm, a tool that converts a file
As this year's holiday season approaches, your credit card transactions may be a little more secure thanks to standards adopted by the payment card industry
Widely recognized as the engine that drives the U.S. economy, information technology enables the vast majority of organizations to carry out their missions and
A recently completed licensing agreement for two novel National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) technologies may help bring affordable graphic
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a new publication that provides detailed tips on how to make web servers more resistant
Many Web-based services, from shopping to online word processing, allow computer programs to talk to each other and exchange user data across several Web sites
Recommendations for a new set of requirements intended to make future voting systems more "secure, reliable, and easier for all voters to use" have been
In preparation for the September 2 international voting deadline, the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has supported
Factories have much to gain from wireless technology, such as robot control, RFID tag monitoring, and local-area network (LAN) communications. Wireless systems
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released an improved version of its Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Data Generator, a