Tag Archives: National Institute of Standards and Technology

The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program management office released a white paper that outlines a threat-based scoring approach for authorization processes and asked for industry feedback and comments.

CyberSheath Services International has begun offering a suite of information technology services intended to help contracting firms manage compliance with existing and new requirements for securing Department of Defense assets.

The General Services Administration has selected Kantara Initiative to perform third-party evaluation of the federal government's unified login service against digital identity protection standards set forth by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has named Allison Carter, director of Guidehouse's national security group, as chair of the judging panel for the National Institute of Standards and Technology's 2020 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

Gigamon has secured a Level 2 FIPS 140-2 validation status from the National Institute of Standards and Technology for an inline decryption technology based on transport layer security and secure sockets layer protocols.

Dan Chenok, executive director of the IBM Center for the Business of Government, wrote in a commentary published Thursday on FCW that frameworks and other resources from the National Institute of Standards and Technology provide government agencies a “strong road map” towards improving their cybersecurity posture.

The Social Security Administration has asked information on potential vendors that can support SSA’s need for a new identity credential and access management platform for external users.

A National Institute of Standards and Technology-backed collaborative hub for cybersecurity has asked 10 vendors to develop an approach for the manufacturing sector to protect integrity of data in industrial control systems.

Unisys has announced the U.S. government certification of Unisys Stealth to protect information as it flows between Stealth-enabled endpoints, the company reported on Wednesday. 

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is asking organizations to share their products and technical expertise in support of a project that seeks to demonstrate how components of the 5G network architecture can offer security capabilities to meet industry’s compliance requirements and reduce identified risks.

Exostar has unveiled a risk management tool that will help organizations under the Defense Industrial Base that intend to independently conform to the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Special Publication 800-171 security controls.

Telos has secured a potential $66.4M contract to provide cybersecurity modules and kits to the U.S. Air Force.

ColdQuanta has secured a $7.4M award to create cold-atom-based quantum computing technology for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has unveiled a funding opportunity to back rapid initiatives that will assist U.S. response efforts against COVID-19.

ECS has agreed to resell encryption technology products made by Cipherloc’s QuantaNova division.