McAfee to Join NIST Cybersecurity Center of Excellence; Tom Gann Comments
McAfee is joining the National Institute of Standards and Technology cybersecurity center of excellence center, according to a company statement. McAfee is signing a memorandum of understanding today with the National Cybersecurity of Center of Excellence as a charter member. McAfee government relations vice president Tom Gann said, “The collaborative work of the National Cybersecurity Excellence [...]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology recently released a joint report with the Justice Department directing agencies how to improve biometrics practices by reducing human error during fingerprint analysis. NIST pointed to several factors that compromise fingerprint and forensic analysis such as inadequate training and complex technology. NIST said that officials can be too [...]
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has validated two cryptographic algorithms produced by Cubic‘s global tracking solutions subsidiary, Cubic announced Tuesday. The validation means the AES-CCM and mist™ DRBG algorithms have met NIST’s information security guidelines. NIST says the algorithm validation is a prerequisite to the agency’s validation program for cryptographic modules. Both algorithms [...]
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Computer Sciences Corporation recently released its infrastructure-as-a-service CloudCompute for Government system, which the company says is designed exclusively for U.S. federal agencies and government personnel. The company said the multi-tenant community cloud was built under National Institute of Standards and Technology guidelines. “This cloud offering addresses the federal agencies’ need to comply with security mandates and positions [...]
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A not-for-profit health center established by a 2003 executive order from President George W. Bush is launching an initiative to improve cybersecurity education and protect U.S. health information infrastructure. Modernhealthcare.com reports the National Health Information Sharing & Analysis Center will build off of the National Institute of Standards and Technology‘s cybersecurity workforce framework and support programs intended to [...]
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has added DNA and footprint information to its biometric standard, which details the type and amount of information that forensic scientists can share across their networks. NIST said in its announcement that this is the first international standard to address sharing of DNA data. NIST also added an [...]
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NASA is planning to offer the agency’s scientists a cloud marketplace, or storefront, allowing them to determine their computing needs and access cloud services from any location. NASA is cited as a success story in government cloud computing for its Nebula cloud computing platform, a private cloud platform using open source software, according to a report [...]
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Knowledge Consulting Group today announced that it has been awarded a blanket purchase agreement by the U.S. General Services Administration and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to provide cybersecurity services to the federal government. The BPA allows KCG to provide agencies with certification and accreditation services to implement guidelines released by the National Institute of [...]
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A National Institute of Standards and Technology report released this week validated AdaCore’s claims its SPARK language holds immunity to many vulnerabilities other languages fall prey to. The Source Code Security Analysis Tool Functional Specification Version 1.1 report looked at software assurance tools in an effort to improve software quality. The report found use of [...]
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