The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) released its final project description, Mobile Application Single Sign-On, for the Public Safety/First Responder sector. A Federal Register notice (FRN) has also been published, inviting technology vendors to participate in the project build.

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) oversees approximately 800 waterfront facilities that, among other activities, transfer hazardous liquids between marine vessels and land-based pipelines, tanks or vehicles. These “maritime bulk liquid transfers” increasingly rely on computers to operate valves and pumps, monitor sensors and perform many other vital safety and security functions. This makes the whole system more vulnerable to cybersecurity issues ranging from malware to human error, and is the reason behind a new voluntary cybersecurity guide for the industry.

IT security departments have used guidance from NIST and other sources to help them defend the vulnerable connections between mobile devices and enterprise computer systems from malware, viruses and other types of attacks. Recently, organizations from both the public and private sectors have requested more specific information on threats and ways to mitigate them.

The draft Mobile Threat Catalogue (MTC) and the accompanying draft Assessing Threats to Mobile Devices & Infrastructure (NIST Interagency Report 8144 seek to answer those requests. To strengthen the catalogue, the authors request practitioners and experts in the field to review the catalogue and provide feedback and additional information. Please send comments on both projects to Nistir8144@nist.gov by October 12, 2016.

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a Federal Register Notice inviting interested parties to provide cybersecurity-related products and technical expertise for the Data Integrity project.