Tag Archives: National Institute of Standards and Technology

Virtual NetCom and the National Institute of Standards and Technology will collaboratively test the use of 5G distributed systems in public safety operations as part of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between the COMSovereign subsidiary and the agency.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has found during a study that a satellite time and location service developed by Satelles could serve as a source of timing data, even in deep indoor places that global navigation satellite systems cannot reach. NIST presented data from its performance review of Satelles' STL offering at the Workshop on Synchronization and Timing Systems hosted by the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions.

Tom Van Meter, federal systems engineering director at Juniper Networks, said the federal government could strengthen the security of its information technology through implementation of zero trust architecture, supply chain defense and security assurance certifications as well as compliance with the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Cybersecurity Framework could also help secure federal networks.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is looking for potential sources of research and development services to help inform the NIST Information Technology Laboratory's cybersecurity and information security efforts. NIST said in a notice posted Thursday that it plans to issue an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to support the ITL Computer Security Division's work establishing standards, practices and tools for ensuring the security of U.S. systems.

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.