The National Institute of Standards and Technology is establishing the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, a public-private collaboration aimed at accelerating the widespread adoption of integrated cybersecurity tools and technologies. NIST Director Patrick Gallagher, at ceremonies on Feb. ...
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released its recommendations for a new, privately led steering group to tackle the complex policy and technical issues necessary to create an online environment where individuals and organizations will be able to better trust one another. In ...
To jump-start investments in identity protection, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has just offered US$10 million worth of grants to commercial companies and other organizations for research on improved identity security technologies....
via SearchSecurity.com The Obama administration’s recently released plan to create a government-directed electronic “identity ecosystem” is designed to reduce online fraud, identity theft and give users confidence in online transactions. But can it really work? And what impact will...
via Broadband Breakfast WASHINGTON, June 9, 2011 — The Department of Commerce released its Cybersecurity, Innovation and the Internet Economy green paper on Wednesday, advising cooperation between the government and private sector to implement ways to address cybersecurity issues. The Internet...
via Help Net Security The U.S. Department of Commerce today released a report that proposes voluntary codes of conduct to strengthen the cybersecurity of companies that increasingly rely on the Internet to do business, but are not part of the critical infrastructure sector. The report, “Cybers...
via CMIO.net The Obama Administration has unveiled a national strategy to safeguard internet users against fraud and identity theft and enhance individuals’privacy by creating trusted entities that develop unique credentials for each user. The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cybers...