NIST’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has proposed two new building blocks, one to help organizations develop capabilities for attribute based access control, the other to help enterprises address security issues that result from the use of mobile devices to access company resources. The NCCoE invites the public to comment on the draft documents. The comment period is open until March 28, 2014.
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February 24, 2014
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February 23, 2014
On Tuesday, February 18, 2014, at the Maryland State House, U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski (Md.), Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, Montgomery County Maryland Executive Isiah Leggett and Maryland’s Secretary of Economic Development Dominick Murray joined Under Secretary of Commerce and NIST Director Patrick Gallagher to celebrate the signing of the Partnership Intermediary Agreement. Leaders of Intel, Cisco, and Hewlett-Packard, three of the center’s 19 National Cybersecurity Excellence Partners, also attended the ceremony.
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February 23, 2014
Juniper Networks, Red Hat and Lumeta are the latest companies to become National Cybersecurity Excellence Partners. These organizations have pledged their hardware, software and expertise to the development of standards-based, example solutions to the intractable cybersecurity challenges faced by U.S. businesses. They join 16 other IT market leaders in supporting the mission of the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence at NIST.
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December 23, 2013
A notice today at FedBizOpps.gov "provides portions of a Draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for non-commercial services posted in accordance with FAR 15.201 for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). This notice is posted in regards to the proposed establishment of a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) to support the mission of the NIST, National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE)."
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December 22, 2013
ID/DataWeb is the most recent and sixteenth company to become a National Cybersecurity Excellence Partner, pledging to work with the NCCoE to advance the rapid adoption of secure technologies.
National Cybersecurity Excellence Partners contribute hardware, software and expertise to the development of example solutions to the intractable cybersecurity challenges that affect American businesses.
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November 18, 2013
The NCCoE is inviting comments from industry on two proposed use cases detailing cybersecurity challenges faced by the financial services sector. Resolving these challenges will provide a set of tools to improve the security of financial networks and systems by providing comprehensive IT asset management and unified access control mechanisms.
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October 21, 2013
NIST released its Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework to help critical infrastructure owners and operators reduce cybersecurity risks in industries such as power generation, transportation and telecommunications.
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September 22, 2013
Building blocks are cybersecurity solutions that are applicable across multiple industry sectors. The Software Asset Management Building Block will help organizations inventory and assess the state of installed software across their IT systems.
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August 28, 2013
Yesterday the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a preliminary draft of the cybersecurity framework in preparation for the fourth workshop on September 11-13, 2013 in Richardson, Texas.
Hosted by the University of Texas at Dallas, the workshop is a forum for members of industry to provide feedback on the draft framework. Draft materials are available on the NIST website and participants are asked to review them prior to the workshop.
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August 15, 2013
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence welcomes Palo Alto Networks as the latest National Cybersecurity Excellence Partner (NCEP). Palo Alto joins with 14 other NCEP partners in a pledge to accelerate the adoption of secure solutions by U.S. businesses.