National Institute of Standards and Technology
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The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology is planning a healthcare project to establish best practices for security and privacy in telehealth situations.
October 17, 2022 -
As federal agencies and contractors come to grips with the burden of protecting their software supply chain, understanding who had a hand in the development of their software products has taken on increasing importance. It comes down to pedigree. Where did your software come from? Was it domestic or international? Who had a hand in developing it?
October 13, 2022 -
Industry groups seem to support the Biden administration Sept. 14 memo on secure software development and acquisition
October 05, 2022 -
Challenges still exist in securing critical infrastructure against cyber attacks.
September 22, 2022 -
Chris DeRusha, the federal chief information security officer in OMB, said agencies and vendors need time to understand and implement NIST’s new Secure Software Development Framework.
September 19, 2022 -
OMB wants to avoid a future SolarWinds by requiring federal software vendors to self-certify that they’re following secure development practices.
September 14, 2022 -
What the federal government can do to protect against the threat of quantum computing
September 13, 2022 -
NSA released a suite of “post-quantum algorithms” that will eventually be requirements for national security systems, along with a series of deadlines for the transition.
September 08, 2022 -
Also in today's Federal Newscast, the Biden administration takes action to make sure public research results are available to the public. And the Air Force is partnering with NASA for experiments aboard the International Space Station.
August 26, 2022 -
Since the June 2021 Champlain Towers collapse a team from the National Construction Safety Team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology has been on the case.
August 22, 2022 -
Kiosks are like robots that don't move. They replace people for high-volume, repetitive tasks like checking people in or issuing paperwork. Now the General Services Administration is looking for ideas for using kiosks to identify people or issue credentials, remotely.
August 08, 2022 -
Also in today's Federal Newscast, the Federal Labor Relations Authority has issued a complaint against EEOC over office-reentry policies. And the Air Force is embracing privacy during pregnancy.
August 05, 2022 -
The Senate will continue debating the Chips Bill this week. Find out more about that and other important happenings on Capitol Hill, Tom Temin talked with Bloomberg Government deputy news director Loren Duggan.
July 25, 2022 -
Also in today's Federal Newscast, NIST is updating cybersecurity standards, and a U.S. Fish and Wildlife employee gets caught lying about PPP loans.
July 21, 2022 -
The theory is quantum will be so powerful it will easily crack encryption algorithms conventional computers would take thousands of years to crack.
July 15, 2022