Digital Government
Need to deploy DNSSEC? NIST publishes its how-to
NIST has updated guidelines for securing the Domain Name System, including the use of DNSSEC to cryptographically sign zone information to ensure the availability and integrity of DNS data.
Cybersecurity
Back to school: Meet NIST's leader for national cybersecurity education
Federal Computer Week spoke today with Ernest McDuffie, who is leading the National Institute of Standards and Technology's coordination of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education.
Modernization
Can the Apple iPad get any workplace respect?
Apple's iPad tablet computer is attracting some interested glances from government
Cybersecurity
Senator wants cybersecurity center at NIST
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) is pushing to establish a new cybersecurity center of excellence at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Digital Government
Training security personnel remains a challenge
Agencies are required under FISMA to provide training for IT security personnel, and the need to husband limited resources puts a high priority on matching appropriate levels of training with personnel. NIST offers some suggestions on meeting the challenge.
Digital Government
Better cybersecurity depends on better information management
National Security Agency official Tony Sager says that sharing security information is not enough; information must be better managed to ensure that the right information about threats and vulnerabilities gets into the hands of those who need it.
Digital Government
J.K. Rowling, eat your heart out: NIST updates a bestseller
After a decade of preparation, NIST has released the updated "Handbook of Mathematical Functions," accompanied by its companion online version, the Digital Library of Mathematical Functions.
Digital Government
21 years later, public safety networks still can't talk to each other
After more than two decades of development, the P25 suite of interoperability standards for public safety radio networks remains incomplete, House panel is told.
Digital Government
Next steps for continuous network monitoring
Developments reflect the conclusion that agencies must move beyond current Federal Information Security Management Act requirements.
Digital Government
GSA solicitation solidifies cloud commitment
Efforts advance to make cloud computing services accessible to federal agencies with new RFQ, the launch of a web site, and new support for FedRAMP program.
Digital Government
Cloud security: Feds on cusp of change
Experts assess the future of certification in cloud computing and the types of security agencies must address.
Cybersecurity
NIST will coordinate national cybersecurity education program
The National Institute of Standards and Technology will work with agencies on a new program to improve cybersecurity education.
Digital Government
Feds, industry to hash out cloud standards at May summit
The Cloud Summit, to be hosted on May 20 by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, will turn attention to creating standards for data interoperability, portability and security.
Digital Government
Feds prepare RAMP for cloud
A new program could make it easier for agencies to get authorization to move to their IT operations to the cloud.
Digital Government
NIST to map road to digital record preservation
NIST is hosting the first of an important series of meetings next week as a first step toward developing a national road map to digital record preservation.
Digital Government
NIST creating tools to test health IT products
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is taking on an IT product testing role related to the distribution of $17 billion in economic stimulus funds for health IT.
Digital Government
NIST guidelines: Broccoli and cheese
NIST's FISMA project leader explains how agencies can team up to hack away at the time and effort needed to qualify IT products and services for purchase.
Cybersecurity
House votes to boost cybersecurity research, education
The House today passed a bill designed to improve reseach, development, education, and standards related to cybersecurity.
Modernization