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NIST releases latest cyber guide for agency networks
The Commerce Department has issued the latest word on how to spot cybersecurity weaknesses in federal computer systems: It's called the "Guide for Conducting Risk Assessments," and it's been published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Tags: Commerce , cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update
NIST plans future communications network for emergency responders
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is laying the foundation for what could eventually become a nationwide, interoperable network of emergency communications for the nation's first responders. The 4G network would replace a hodgepodge of proprietary, local radio systems that can't communicate with each other, and don't have good data capabilities. NIST is asking for public comments on what the baseline features of the system should be, as they try to determine what capabilities are already available from commercial industry and which ones will have to be created through R&D efforts.
Tags: technology , Meeting Mission Goals Through Technology
NIST, GSA setting up cloud validation process
The goal is for independent third party companies to affirm commercial cloud providers meet the FedRAMP cybersecurity requirements. The agencies will model its approach after the one used to accredit vendors to provide products and services under HSPD-12. FedRAMP will not be ready until the fall.
Tags: technology , cloud computing , Ron Ross , Dave McClure , GSA , FOSE , cybersecurity , FedRAMP , security controls , privacy , Jason Miller
Microsoft Vista Making Way For Windows 7
Tags: FDCC , Federal Desktop Core Configuration , OMB , Microsoft
NIST and DHS Activities Examined
Tags: House Science Subcommittee on Technology and Innov , DHS , Greg Wilshusen , Government Accountability Office , GAO , Symantec , Microsoft , Cato Institute
NIST to end mercury thermometer era
NIST's Gregory Strouse explains why the agency wants to end the use of mercury.
Tags: Gregory Strouse , mercury , thermometers , Dorobek Insider
NIST cloud guidelines address security, privacy concerns
NIST's Lee Badger and Tim Grance explain how the public can comment on two draft documents offering guidelines for public cloud use.
Tags: cloud computing , OMB , Tim Grance , Lee Badger , Dorobek Insider
$45M for cyber contests vanish
Senate Panel Tells NSF to Train More Cyber-Security Personnel
Tags: Federal Drive , Cybersecurity Update , America Competes Reauthorization Act , National Ecological Observatory Network , NSF
Cool Jobs: Fed holds weight of world on shoulders
Federal News Radio continues to highlight unorthodox ways that some feds spend their days with a visit to the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Tags: Federal Drive , Cool Jobs in Government , Max Cacas
Sammies Tracker: Quantum cryptography gets real
Quantum cryptography was first demonstrated in the laboratory in the 1980s and had largely been viewed as an experimental field due to a variety of practical difficulties. NIST's Joshua Bienfang made the dream come true.
Tags: Federal Drive , SAMMIES Tracker , quantum cryptography , Joshua Bienfang
