As NIST opens a new round of pilot grants for identify verification schemes, a number of earlier NSTIC pilots already have proved their worth in solving the knotty problem of managing identities online. The National Institute of Science and Technology has announced its…

One year after publication, the administration’s Cybersecurity Framework remains a work in progress, but it is helping to drive and define discussions on the need for cybersecurity as an integral part in the risk management of our critical infrastructure. The administration’s Framework for…

The Commerce Department’s budget request for fiscal 2016 includes 7 percent increase in cybersecurity funding at NIST to support research and standards development to protect the nation’s IT systems and critical infrastructure. The additional $7 million would help fund 10 new full…

The first two-and-a-half years of FedRAMP—the government’s program to jump-start adoption of cloud computing through blanket security authorizations for service providers—has been a success; but the Federal CIO Council has created a two-year roadmap to speed agency adoption of cloud services, increase…

The administration has produced guidelines for protecting the nation’s critical infrastructure—a voluntary risk-based framework that tells system owners and operators what they should do to manage cybersecurity risks. Research from Waverley Labs and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte has developed…