SecureWorld News

JANUARY 23, 2023

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced plans to update its Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) to reflect changes in the evolving cybersecurity landscape. Here's what NIST said about the CSF 2.0 With this update, NIST is open to making more substantial changes than in the previous update."

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

3 Key Takeaways from the recently announced NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards madhav Thu, 09/07/2023 - 05:16 The world relies on many protective measures today, even if it isn’t something you notice. This is "as expected" and follows a long-time pattern for NIST.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Category Compliance, Guides Risk Level Are you a DIB company working toward CMMC compliance? Accelerate your efforts with our new NIST 800-171 Rev. rulemaking period is over, any company working on DoD contracts will need to work towards CMMC certification. 3 System Security Plan (SSP) template! Once the CMMC 2.0

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 23, 2023

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released the Initial Public Draft of its Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) version 2.0. Boyle is teaching PLUS Courses on the NIST CSF at all six in-person regional SecureWorld conferences this fall , including Denver on Sept. According to NIST, feedback on the CSF 2.0

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SC Magazine

MAY 25, 2021

NIST will finalize “post-quantum” cryptography standards later this year (NIST). With the prospect of both quantum computing and code breaking not too far over the horizon, officials at NIST have been working since 2016 to plan for what comes next. National Institute for Standards and Technology headquarters in Maryland.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 30, 2019

If your company is participating in the global supply chain, either as a first-party purchaser of goods and services from other organizations, or as a third-party supplier, sooner or later you’ll encounter the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. This includes not just the NIST CSF, but also the newly minted NIST Risk Management Framework 2.0,

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2022

The NIST contest began in 2016, with the goal of improving general encryption and digital signatures. The four new security standards selected by NIST will become part of a quantum-safe cryptography standard released as soon as 2024. Also read: Encryption: How It Works, Types, and the Quantum Future.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 29, 2021

Now, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has come up with the answer to this question. NIST definition: what is defined as critical software? First of all, NIST says it went into this process of defining critical software with two specific goals in mind: 1. NIST general definition of critical software.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The NIST PQC Initiative Standardization bodies have been working hard to provide much-needed guidance and resources to facilitate the transition to quantum safety worldwide. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has long played an active role in shaping cybersecurity best practices. In the U.S.,

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 10, 2022

On the road to risk management maturity, most organizations start with some kind of maturity framework, most likely the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (NIST CSF). In this post, I'm going to outline the differences between the NIST CSF and. What Are the Desired Outcomes for NIST CSF and FAIR Assessments?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 18, 2022

NIST Announced Four Quantum-Resistant Cryptographic Algorithms. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has selected the first collection of encryption tools designed to withstand the assault of a future quantum computer, which might compromise the security employed to preserve privacy in the digital systems we rely on.

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NSTIC

JUNE 9, 2022

With the update to the Cybersecurity Framework in full swing, NIST continues to prioritize international engagement through conversations and collaborations on cybersecurity. This work is critical to NIST’s efforts to ensure international alignment on cybersecurity and privacy resources. She spoke about current

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CSO Magazine

JULY 30, 2021

Learn what you need to know about defending critical infrastructure. | Both efforts aim to prepare the nation for the next significant cybersecurity incidents, making up for lost time due to the previous administration's relative inattention to the topic. Get the latest from CSO by signing up for our newsletters. ].

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 29, 2024

However, the development of PQC is in its early stages and still in the standardization process, with NIST, NSA, and GSMA leading the way. The development of QR primitives is already late, but a few have initiated work in the space. Figure 1: PQC Migration. Find Thales in Hall 2, Stand 2J30.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) helps thousands of organizations around the world to better understand and improve their information security posture. But that is just one of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) created frameworks in use by those in the industry. Metrics and measurements.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Recently IBM researchers revealed that there are about 31 billion IoT devices deployed around the globe, and the IoT deployment rate is now 127 devices per second. I look forward to continuing to work to get this bipartisan, bicameral bill across the finish line in the Senate.”.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

A graph representing the NIST Phish Scale scoring methodology. Introduced in September 2020, the NIST Phish Scale scores phishing emails based on certain key properties to determine their level of sophistication and deceptiveness. Some experts had additional suggestions for how NIST could even further improve its tool down the road.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

For this offering, GroCyber works as the independent third party to test and certify that the broadcast environments and components of Diversified customers are operating in accordance with the NIST Cyber Security Framework (CSF). Kidd The new Diversified-GroCyber cybersecurity solutions include: •Cyber certification.

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NSTIC

AUGUST 11, 2021

For years, NIST has been conducting research in the areas of human-centered design and evaluation, usable cybersecurity, public safety communication technology, augmented-reality usability, biometrics usability, human factors, and cognitive engineering.

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NSTIC

OCTOBER 12, 2021

How did you end up at NIST working on cybersecurity projects? I have been a computer scientist in ITL’s Visualization and Usability Group for about 10 years conducting research on the human aspects of information technology. At the end of 2019, an opportunity was presented to join the group’s Usable Cybersecurity program and

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 14, 2023

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released the Initial Public Draft of its Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) version 2.0? Here's the NIST press release. So, I'm sure v2 will work even better for them. It also places more emphasis on informing decisions about cybersecurity-related workforce needs and capabilities.

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Adam Shostack

MAY 15, 2021

I did want to talk about one small aspect, which is the way responders talk about Darkside. Information sharing is working, and what the heck does a Cyber Review Board have left to do? Today, each defender has to do this work for themselves, and there’s not enough hours in the day.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2022

It’s been detected an OS Command Injection, which has been identified from NIST as a Critical one, its score is 9,8. Below are the details that have been published on the institutional website and NIST ratings. NIST : [link] CVSv3 : 9.8 NIST : [link] CVSv3 : 5,3 Severity: MediumRESI Gemini-Net Web 4.2

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NSTIC

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Three years ago, NIST published the first version of Special Publication (SP) 800-181, the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Cybersecurity Workforce Framework. In the last year the way we think about how we do work has changed, too. Since then, cybersecurity has changed. Drastically.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

On June 2 and 3, 2021, the National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST) held a workshop where it consulted with federal agencies, the private sector, academics, and other stakeholders to start working on a definition of Critical Software. Critical Software Definition. The definition of EO-critical software.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Earlier this year, the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) published updated recommendations for phishing simulations in security awareness training programs. Combatting this false sense of confidence about users’ ability to spot phishing attacks requires making sure simulations aren’t too easy to spot.

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Adam Shostack

JULY 15, 2021

Earlier this week, NIST released a Recommended Minimum Standard for Vendor or Developer Verification of Code. I want to talk about the technical standard overall, the threat modeling component, and the what the standard means now and in the future. The technical work involved in each of these can be pretty small. The future.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

DHS And NIST Release Guidance for The Adoption of Post-Quantum Cryptography. If large-scale quantum computers are ever built, they will be able to break many of the public-key cryptosystems currently in use,” states NIST, which is leading the effort to standardize one or more quantum-resistant public-key cryptographic algorithms.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 29, 2021

Now, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has come up with the answer to this question. NIST definition: what is defined as critical software? First of all, NIST says it went into this process of defining critical software with two specific goals in mind: 1. NIST general definition of critical software.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Industry standards organizations, such as NIST and ISO, are developing standards and frameworks for addressing quantum ready algorithms and management frameworks. To address this risk, academic researchers have proposed quantum-resistant cryptography and NIST is working to standardize secure, safe versions.

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Veracode Security

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

HowTo: How Does It Work? If you want to learn more about how ECC works and compares against other public key generation mechanisms, I have listed some links in references section below. Not yet standardized by government authorities (NIST), but it’s on its way. Summarizing, Choose Edward Curves as Signature Algorithm.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 2, 2022

I had the chance to sit down with their CISO, Dave Stapleton, to learn more about the latest advancements in TPRM security solutions. Questionnaire answers get cross referenced against cybersecurity best practice protocols put out by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, namely NIST 800-53 and NIST 800-171.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 17, 2021

Commonly used cybersecurity terms such as “blacklisting” and “whitelisting” may be discontinued if the National Institute of Standards and Technologies (NIST) efforts are successful. The use of bias-free language, NIST says, allows everyone to feel included in discussions, “avoids false assumptions and permits more precise wording.”

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NSTIC

MAY 19, 2021

Today’s blog is from Michaela Iorga, Senior Technical Lead of the Computer Security Division (CSD) in the Information Technology Laboratory at NIST. Michaela’s team at NIST is working with the industry to develop the Open Security Controls Assessment Language (OSCAL). OSCAL is a set of formats expressed in XML, JSON, and YAML.

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IT Security Guru

JULY 23, 2021

We have had years to understand and learn what works and what doesn’t with password policies. Recent guidance from regulatory bodies like the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has organizations considering throwing away password expiry rules. Don’t throw away password expiry. periodically).

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NSTIC

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In July, NIST announced the third-round candidates for the Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Standardization Project, intended to determine the best algorithms to help form the first post-quantum cryptography standard. We asked Dr. Robinson several questions about her work with post-quantum cryptography

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Here’s a closer look at what happened, and some ideas about how to avoid a repeat of this scenario going forward. ” In short, NIST says it makes sense to force an across-the-board password reset following a breach — either of a specific user’s account or the entire password database. periodically). .”

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