- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Eduard Kovacs
- December 10th, 2013
White House Highlights Link Between Recent Hacks and Critical Infrastructure Security
The special assistant to the US president has published a blog post on whitehouse.gov
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 4th, 2013
New Safety Standards Proposed for Tornado Protection
NIST experts release the conclusions of a 2-year study on the issue
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 4th, 2013
New NIST Center of Excellence to Be Hosted at Northwestern University
A consortium of universities and companies will be involved in the project
- Sci Pry
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 28th, 2013
Detecting Buried Bodies Just Got Easier
New forensic method could help solve numerous cold cases
- Physics / Chemistry
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 26th, 2013
Quantum Entanglement Achieved Through Data Loss
New method suggests quantum computers should lose some data
- Nano-Biotechnology
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 6th, 2013
New Types of Multilayer Crystals to Revolutionize Communication Devices
The advanced materials were developed by an international collaboration
- Physics / Chemistry
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 6th, 2013
NIST Creates Atomic Clock That Uses Cold Rubidium Atoms
Only hot atoms were ever used in such devices before
- Sci Pry
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 6th, 2013
New Biometric Software Looks at the Whole Body
Previous versions only took facial features into account
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- October 24th, 2013
Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework for Critical Infrastructure Published by NIST
The final version will be released sometime in February 2014
- Internet Life
- By Gabriela Vatu
- September 20th, 2013
NSA Leaks Push Firm to Warn on Widely Used Security Formula Reuters
The leaks regarding the NSA-crafted formula prompt warnings regarding products using it
- Web Blog
- By Lucian Parfeni
- September 14th, 2013
US Government Agency Warns Against Using NSA-Weakened Encryption Standard
Despite denying the NSA had influenced the standardization process
- Internet Life
- By Lucian Parfeni
- September 12th, 2013
NSA Built Backdoor into Encryption Standard, Despite NIST Denials
New details have surfaced on the standards being tampered with by the NSA
- Web Blog
- By Lucian Parfeni
- September 11th, 2013
US Cryptography Body Denies NSA Deliberately Weakened Standards
NIST claims its standards aren't tampered with by the NSA
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- August 22nd, 2013
NIST Requests Comments on Supply Chain Risk Management Practices
Comments can be submitted via email until October 15, 2013
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 2nd, 2013
Help NIST Speed Up Responses of Computer Incident Teams
Submit your ideas for a new CSIRT guide by July 29, 2013
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- May 10th, 2013
After Nearly a Decade, NIST Reworks Federal Cybersecurity Standards
“Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations”
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 23rd, 2013
NIST to Sponsor Cybersecurity Federally Funded Research and Development Center
This is the first FFRDC that focuses on enhancing the security of information systems