Contractors and other organizations that do business with the federal government now have clearer, more straightforward guidance for protecting the sensitive data they handle. These guidelines require ...

The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is currently working on an update to its Digital Identity Guidelines. I feel for them, as this is a guideline that is in constant need to ...

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has drafted updated guidelines to help the nation combat fraud and cybercrime while fostering equity and ...

NIST has a new draft out of a long-awaited update to its digital identity guidelines. Published Wednesday, the standards contain “foundational process and technical requirements” for digital identity, ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released the first public draft of a set of guidelines to help organizations address Advanced Persistent Threats. NIST Special Publication ...

For the past three years, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been substantially revising its password guidelines. Many of these revisions stem from NIST’s recognition that ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology, the federal agency responsible for defining security standards and practices for the government, plans to issue new guidelines pertaining to ...

On June 11, 2019, the National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) released an updated white paper, detailing several action plans (https://csrc.nist.gov) for reducing software vulnerabilities ...