National Institute of Standards and Technology
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NIST has updated its Cybersecurity Recommendations for Government. Learn how your agency will be able to better manage information security risks from project leader for FISMA implementation, Ron Ross.
March 08, 2011 -
For the first time, NIST is seeking feedback on security controls for information systems in federal governnent.
March 07, 2011 -
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released the final version of its guidelines for information risk management.
March 04, 2011 -
OMB mandated departments implement continuous monitoring of their cyber networks by 2012. Part of meeting that goal is understanding what hardware and software currently reside on the computing backbone.
February 25, 2011 -
NIST cloud guidelines address security, privacy concerns We told you last week about the two draft cloud documents NIST published. This week, Federal News Radio spoke with NIST computer scientists Lee Badger and Tim Grance about those docs. Federal News Radio host Chris Dorobek also discussed how agencies can take advantage of the costs and [...]
February 13, 2011 -
NIST\'s Gregory Strouse explains why the agency wants to end the use of mercury.
February 11, 2011 -
NIST\'s Lee Badger and Tim Grance explain how the public can comment on two draft documents offering guidelines for public cloud use.
February 08, 2011 -
The public has until Feb. 28 to comment on two draft documents on cloud computing for the government.
February 08, 2011 -
Jeremy Grant shares his top priorities as the incoming
February 03, 2011 -
Two draft documents released by the National Institute of Standards and Technology define and set guidelines for government cloud computing.
February 02, 2011 -
The National Institute of Standards and Technology published two draft documents on cloud computing today. The first offers NIST’s definition of cloud computing and the second offers guidelines on security and privacy in cloud computing. Both documents are open for public comment through February 28, 2011. NIST also announced the launch of a new Cloud [...]
February 02, 2011 -
NIST\'s Sheila Frankel explains how agencies can be IPv6-compatible.
February 02, 2011 -
By Jason Miller Executive Editor Federal News Radio For the second time in six months, the National Institute of Standards and Technology snagged another expert from industry. NIST announced Monday that Jeremy Grant will manage…
February 01, 2011 -
As the day draws nearer for the world to run out of the unique addresses that allow us to use the Internet, NIST has some help for managers on how to make the shift securely. We get details from NIST\'s Sheila Frankel.
January 31, 2011 -
The White House agency will help coordinate the process around prize competitions, science and technology education efforts and online access to government data. The America Competes law details several news policy directives for OSTP and other federal scientific agencies.
January 27, 2011