Cybersecurity
Challenge.gov takes wing
Steve Kelman contends that a recent report on agencies' prize challenges tells only half the success story.
Cybersecurity
NIST takes a stab at defining IoT
A new NIST model helps developers better understand the Internet of Things and its security challenges by breaking down the IoT into manageable building blocks.
Cybersecurity
Two years after Heartbleed, an improved OpenSSL aims for government approval
A much-improved version of the cryptographic building block lacks FIPS 140-2 validation, but SafeLogic is stepping in to change that.
Digital Government
BYOD is evolving for a cyber-conscious age
Bring-your-own device policies were envisioned as a way to save money during a time of budget cuts, but policies are pivoting as government gets increasingly security conscious.
Digital Government
NIST database goes ballistic
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has rolled out a new forensics database that gives law enforcement detailed, three-dimensional profiles of a vast sea of bullet ballistic data to help crack cases.
Cybersecurity
Why should feds care about blockchain?
Federal standards setters can't predict how blockchain might serve government ends, but secure voting, health records and identity management are possible applications.
Cybersecurity
Naval Research Lab wants cyber risk help
The Naval Research Laboratory has plenty of IT systems that need certifying for cyber risk.
Digital Government
Britain takes digital ID out of beta as U.S. lags
The United Kingdom will go live with its governmentwide digital identity platform, GOV.UK Verify, in the coming days. The U.S. government will need a little more time.
Cybersecurity
NIST looks to transform federal authentication
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is planning "transformational" changes to its technical guidelines for digital authentication.
People
AT&T's Chris Boyer to chair NIST privacy board
Chris Boyer of AT&T will take over leadership of NIST's Information Security and Privacy Advisory board from Google's Peter Weinberger.
Cybersecurity
NIST looks to reengineer thinking about cyber
NIST is set to release an overhauled systems security engineering document it hopes will spur construction of better cybersecurity systems from the start.
Cybersecurity
Obama’s cyber commission looks to next administration and beyond
The group's recommendations should be a "down payment for the next administration," Lisa Monaco, Obama's top counterterrorism adviser, told the inaugural meeting of the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity.
Cybersecurity
NIST pledges 'global acceptability' in crypto standards
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is trying to reassert its credibility as a trusted technical agency when it comes to cryptographic standards, almost three years after Edward Snowden's disclosures.
Cybersecurity
Why data privacy is up to developers
Many users lack the tools, knowledge or inclination to control the flow of their data through the Internet of Things, which means developers are responsible for keeping data safe.
Cybersecurity
NIST is looking for a few good cryptographers
NIST's Computer Security Division wants to hire 15 cryptographers over the next five years to tackle emerging areas such as quantum and lightweight cryptography.
Cybersecurity
Presidential cybersecurity commission gets a director
A private-sector security evangelist will be writing the cyber report President Barack Obama requested by the end of the year.
Cybersecurity
NIST: Time to take telework's cyber risks seriously
With telework and BYOD on the rise, NIST is updating its guidelines from 2009 to address how organizations and individuals can protect themselves from cyberattacks.
Cybersecurity
Can Obama’s cyber commission outlast his administration?
President Obama's recently announced Commission for Enhancing National Cybersecurity has ambitions to produce an actionable framework that will carry over to the next administration and seeks to invigorate a younger, more diverse cybersecurity workforce pipeline.
Cybersecurity
NIST looks to strengthen crypto backbone
NIST is looking to increase trust in the technical underpinnings of encryption, by strengthening cryptographic random bit generators.
Digital Government