The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) invites the public to comment on a report from the Feb. 12, 2015, Executive Technical Workshop on Improving Cybersecurity and Consumer Privacy. The workshop, a collaboration with Stanford University, brought together chief technology officers, information officers and security executives to discuss the challenges their organizations and industrial sectors face in implementing advanced cybersecurity and privacy technologies.
Announcements
Announcements
April 01, 2015
NIST’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has posted a revised draft white paper that will inform projects aimed at helping companies better manage who has access to their IT assets. This project is an NCCoE “building block,” which are example cybersecurity implementations that apply to multiple industry sectors and can be incorporated into many of the center's sector-specific use cases.
Announcements
February 16, 2015
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology invites vendors of technologies for situtational awareness to address cybersecurity challenges in the electric power sector in collaboration with the NCCoE.The NCCoE published a notice in the February 2, 2015 issue of the Federal Register that describes the process for companies to request a template for a letter of interest, which outlines their proposed contributions.
Announcements
February 04, 2015
NextLabs is the most recent company to become a National Cybersecurity Excellence Partner. NextLabs is the 22nd information technology firm to join with the NCCoE.
Along with the NCCoE's other core partners, NextLabs will contribute hardware, software and expertise to the center's work to accelerate the adoption of secure technologies.
Announcements
January 06, 2015
To accommodate the many organizations that would like to prepare comments on the recently posted use case, “Wireless Medical Infusion Pumps,” the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence is extending the comment period through February 20, 2015. Access the draft use case here. We look forward to your comments.
Announcements
December 21, 2014
The NCCoE’s Identity and Access Management use case for the energy sector is now in the build phase. The focus of this project is to help energy company security personnel control physical and logical access to their resources, authenticate with certainty the individuals and systems that have access rights, and enforce access control policies effectively across resources.
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Announcements
December 18, 2014
DEADLINE EXTENDED
The deadline for public comments has been extended until February 20, 2015.
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence has launched a new project to address the security of medical infusion pumps. The public is invited to comment on the draft use case.
Announcements
November 13, 2014
Ping Identity is the most recent company to become a National Cybersecurity Excellence Partner. Ping Identity is the 20th information technology firm to join with the NCCoE.
Along with the NCCoE’s other core partners, Ping will contribute hardware, software and expertise to the center’s work to accelerate the adoption of secure technologies.
Announcements
November 05, 2014 |
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence’s (NCCoE) IT Asset Management (ITAM) project for the financial services sector announces new project collaborators.
Announcements
September 23, 2014
The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded a contract to operate its first Federally Funded Research and Development Center, which will support the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence. See the rest of the press release from NIST.