NIST says NVD will be back on track by September 2024
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded a contract for an unnamed company/organization to help them process incoming Common Vulnerabilities and …
NIST unveils ARIA to evaluate and verify AI capabilities, impacts
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is launching a new testing, evaluation, validation and verification (TEVV) program intended to help improve …
The evolution of security metrics for NIST CSF 2.0
CISOs have long been spreadsheet aficionados, soaking up metrics and using them as KPIs for security progress. These metrics have traditionally measured specific systems or …
NIST awards $3.6 million to address the cybersecurity workforce gap
The US Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded cooperative agreements totaling nearly $3.6 million aimed at building the …
NVD: NIST is working on longer-term solutions
The recent conspicuous faltering of the National Vulnerability Database (NVD) is “based on a variety of factors, including an increase in software and, therefore, …
NIST’s NVD has encountered a problem
Whether the cause is insurmountable technical debt, lack of funds, a third reason or all of them, NIST’s National Vulnerability Database (NVD) is struggling, and …
Integrating software supply chain security in DevSecOps CI/CD pipelines
NIST released its final guidelines for integrating software supply chain security in DevSecOps CI/CD pipelines (SP 800-204D). In this Help Net Security video, Henrik Plate, …
NIST CSF 2.0 released, to help all organizations, not just those in critical infrastructure
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has updated its widely utilized Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), a key document for mitigating cybersecurity risks. The …
Securing AI systems against evasion, poisoning, and abuse
Adversaries can intentionally mislead or “poison” AI systems, causing them to malfunction, and developers have yet to find an infallible defense against this. In …
Strategies for cultivating a supportive culture in zero-trust adoption
In this Help Net Security interview, Wolfgang Goerlich, Advisory CISO at Cisco, discusses the benefits of implementing a mature zero-trust model for both security and business …
Crypto asset discovery and the post-quantum migration
Quantum computing is reshaping our world and will revolutionize many industries, including materials science, life sciences, transportation, and energy. Google recently …
Security in the impending age of quantum computers
Quantum computing is poised to be one of the most important technologies of the 21st century. With global governments having collectively pledged more than $38 billion in …