National Institute of Standards and Technology
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The migration to Windows Vista in the Federal market has been slow, and Microsoft is already close to releasing Vista’s successor, Windows 7. The National Institute of Standards and Technology is looking at Windows 7…
July 16, 2009 -
Cybersecurity is a hot topic in Washington as we await the appointment of President Obama’s cyber czar. The House Science Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation asked four witnesses to testify about cybersecurity activities at NIST…
June 29, 2009 -
Issues of privacy can sometimes get lost in the Web 2.0 world we live in, so an advisory board for the National Institute of Standards and Technology is calling for an update to the Privacy…
June 01, 2009 -
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is giving $2 billion toward advancing health IT. But where exactly is that money going? Doctors, hospitals and clinics will get $300 million to create electronic health records. About…
May 28, 2009 -
Draft explanation kicks off effort to develop special publication for government architecture, strategies and security.
May 18, 2009 -
Mary Theofanos, NIST computer scientist, May 14, 2009
May 12, 2009 -
CIO Council offers advice on improving agency input on IT security
April 21, 2009 -
The National Institutes of Standards and Technology is updating a nearly four-year-old publication that guides how agencies protect their computer networks. NIST is trying to help agencies battle the changing nature of the cyber threat…
April 10, 2009 -
Dr. Ron Ross Project Leader, FISMA Implementation Project NIST March 31st, 2009
March 31, 2009 -
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From cell phones to Blackberrys to wireless cards in laptops, nearly every federal worker and contractor connects to the Internet wirelessly these days. But there is no federal standard for securing these connections.
February 13, 2009 -
While many agencies have addressed wireless security in one way or another, the approach has not been standard across the government. That’s why the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is giving agencies guidance…
February 13, 2009 -
Some experts are worried about the country’s infrastructure, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology is trying to help. NIST recently announced nine new awards for research projects to look at the structural health…
January 26, 2009 -
Four agencies to provide IT security certification and accreditation services
January 13, 2009 -
Four agencies to provide IT security certification and accreditation services
January 13, 2009