Modernization

Connecting the cyber and the physical

NIST is looking for feedback on its evolving framework for systems that connect the real world and the computer world.

Cybersecurity

'Aggressively non-regulatory' NIST offers a cyber helping hand

The director of NIST's Information Technology Laboratory says it can help develop innovative technologies that both industry and agencies can use.

Cybersecurity

NIST identifies objectives for cyber standards

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is proposing four broad objectives as the foundation for international standards in cyberspace.

Acquisition

OMB developing cyber guidance for contractors

New guidelines will be aimed at bolstering contractor cybersecurity in the wake of breaches that originated with vendors.

Modernization

NIST launches step-by-step cyber guide series

The publication provides IT implementers and security engineers with a detailed security architecture to copy or recreate.

Cybersecurity

NIST seeks CDM trial

The National Institute of Standards and Technology's goal is a robust, real-time continuous monitoring program.

Modernization

NIST can help you measure the cloud

The "Cloud Computing Service Metrics Description" proposes objective standards for gauging the success of cloud services.

Modernization

Simple advice for tackling the complexities of cloud

Experts from agencies and the private sector talk customers, capabilities and the unexpected crosscurrents of cloud technology.

Modernization

Cloudy with a chance of murky

Federal cloud managers say agencies must think in broad strokes without losing sight of the details and must relinquish tasks but not control.

Modernization

Many agencies to miss IPv6 deadline

Two presidents have pushed agencies to adopt the next-generation internet protocol, but four years later progress is still slow.

Modernization

NIST could move to Drupal

Another proprietary system could be destined for the dustbin as NIST considers a move to an open-source option.

Modernization

State's cloud doesn't measure up to NIST standards, IG finds

Audit finds weaknesses that keep the State Department's cloud-computing efforts from meeting NIST's guidelines.

Cybersecurity

NIST's new cyber center ready for public-private insight

A collaborative new effort will work to develop cybersecurity solutions and spur job creation.

Cybersecurity

Can new mobile government plans overcome old problems?

Federal agencies are rolling out a host of mobile strategies, but will it be enough to overcome decades-old challenges?