StrongKey announced today that it has been working closely with the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on a project to help retailers and e-commerce merchants reduce the risk of fraud by implementing multifactor authentication for risky transactions. This past year saw a more than 30 percent increase in e-commerce fraud attacks as online and mobile transactions continued to outpace brick-and-mortar stores. As a result, the NCCoE has just released a draft practice guide NIST Special Publication 1800-17, Multifactor Authentication for E-Commerce.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology's National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence announced Friday it is accepting comments on a preliminary draft of a “trusted cloud” cybersecurity practice guide. The draft NIST SP 1800-19A, specifically aimed at “VMware hybrid cloud Infrastructure as a Service,” or IaaS, environments, looks to use commercially available technologies to create a reference guide to increase privacy and security in the cloud.

Eight companies including Tripwire have been selected by the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) to collaborate on the Energy Sector Asset Management Project. These companies are working together to build a reference design and an example solution that can be used by energy companies to help identify, control and monitor their operational technology (OT) assets.

The use of Internet of Things (IoT) devices has exploded across numerous industries, and healthcare is no exception. However, the past 2 years have proven that healthcare delivery organizations (HDOs) are particularly open to cyberthreats. One recent factor generating industry vulnerability has been the widespread adoption of medical IoT devices, including wireless infusion pumps.