National Institute of Standards and Technology
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has inked a deal with the Education Department and the National Cybersecurity Education Council to better promote formal cybersecurity education.
November 10, 2011 -
George Arnold of the National Institute of Standards and Technology talks about establishing a more efficient electric power system.
November 04, 2011 -
The Homeland Security Department and NASA moving to the cloud to support mission needs and reduce the cost and effort to support back-office systems. Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel said he is focusing on four areas of cloud: agencies, procurement, international and cybersecurity.
November 03, 2011 -
While telemedicine may sound like science fiction, it is already a reality, Scholl said. And NIST is working on standards to make the overlaying technology work.
November 02, 2011 -
The agency issued draft of version 1 of the technology roadmap seeking to create cloud computing standards. The document details 10 cloud requirements that agencies need help on to adopt the emerging technology.
November 01, 2011 -
The NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards 2.0 builds upon the first cyber outline the agency released.
October 28, 2011 -
Charles Romine has been selected to replace Furlani as the head of the NIST IT lab.
October 27, 2011 -
OPM developing competency models for performance improvement officers and chief operating officers as part of its requirements under the GPRA Modernization Act. DHS moves to agile development to fix the HSIN program. NIST to update HSPD-12 card requirements to meet mobile needs.
October 25, 2011 -
Karen Scarfone, one of the authors of the Wireless LAN publication, shares highlights from the guidance.
October 03, 2011 -
NIST has four new publications on improving cybersecurity.
September 29, 2011 -
Fred Whiteside, project manager for the cloud computing program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and Wolf Tombe, chief technology officer, Customs and Border Protection joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris for a panel discussion on cloud computing in government.
September 28, 2011 -
The Homeland Security Department and the National Institute of Standards and Technology are teaming up to create a \"botnet playbook,\" which will act as an industry \"code of conduct\" for dealing with the cyber threat.
September 22, 2011 -
The Commerce Department has issued the latest word on how to spot cybersecurity weaknesses in federal computer systems: It\'s called the \"Guide for Conducting Risk Assessments,\" and it\'s been published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
September 21, 2011 -
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is laying the foundation for what could eventually become a nationwide, interoperable network of emergency communications for the nation\'s first responders. The 4G network would replace a hodgepodge of proprietary, local radio systems that can\'t communicate with each other, and don\'t have good data capabilities. NIST is asking for public comments on what the baseline features of the system should be, as they try to determine what capabilities are already available from commercial industry and which ones will have to be created through R&D efforts.
September 19, 2011 -
The goal is for independent third party companies to affirm commercial cloud providers meet the FedRAMP cybersecurity requirements. The agencies will model its approach after the one used to accredit vendors to provide products and services under HSPD-12. FedRAMP will not be ready until the fall.
July 21, 2011