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Pierluigi Paganini May 08, 2022
NIST published updated guidance for supply chain risks

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released updated guidance for defending against supply-chain attacks. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released updated guidance for defending against supply chain attacks. NIST has published the “Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management Practices for Systems and Organizations” in response to the Executive Order […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 27, 2021
CISA, NIST published an advisory on supply chain attacks

CISA and NIST published a report on software supply chain attacks that shed light on the associated risks and provide instructions on how to mitigate them. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a joint advisory that provides trends and best practices related to […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 21, 2020
US House Passes IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act, a bill that aims at improving the security of IoT devices. The U.S. House of Representatives last week passed the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act, a bill designed to improve the security of IoT devices. The IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act First was first introduced in […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 31, 2020
NIST Tests Forensic Methods for Getting Data From Damaged Mobile Phones

Crooks sometimes damage their mobile devices to destroy evidence, NIST tests forensic methods for getting data from damaged mobile phones Criminals sometimes damage their mobile phones in an attempt to destroy evidence. They might smash, shoot, submerge or cook their phones, but forensics experts can often retrieve the evidence anyway. Now, researchers at the National […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 21, 2020
NIST releases version 1.0 of the Privacy Framework

The NIST released version 1.0 of Privacy Framework, it is a tool designed to help organizations to manage privacy risks. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published the release version 1.0 of its privacy framework. The Framework is a voluntary tool that can be used by organizations to manage risks in compliance […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 27, 2019
NIST ACTS Toolkit could find Finds bugs safety-critical systems

US NIST updates its Automated Combinatorial Testing for Software (ACTS) research toolkit that should help experts in finding bugs in complex safety-critical applications. US NIST announced updated for its Automated Combinatorial Testing for Software (ACTS) research toolkit that should allow developers easily spot software errors in complex safety-critical applications. The ACTS toolkit allows development teams […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2018
IBM Watson will be used by NIST to assign CVSS scores to vulnerabilities

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is planning to use Artificial Intelligence to assign the CVSS scores to reported vulnerabilities. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system provides a reference-method for publicly known information-security vulnerabilities and exposures. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) score between 0.0 and 10.0 that is assigned to each flaw according to its severity. […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2017
National Institute of Standards and Technology releases a second Draft of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published a second draft of a proposed update to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. “On December 5, 2017 NIST published the second draft of the proposed update to the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (a.k.a., draft 2 of Cybersecurity Framework version 1.1).” states the NIST. “This second […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 14, 2016
NIST Small Business Information Security guide for Small businesses

The NIST Small Business Information Security: The Fundamentals guide aims to provide basic cybersecurity recommendations to small businesses. I have always stressed the necessity to improve cyber security posture for small businesses that are most exposed to threat actors across the world. Now the National Institute of Standards and Technology has released a cybersecurity guide to […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 19, 2016
NIST issues the Baldrige Cybersecurity Excellence Builder cybersecurity self-assessment tool

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a draft of a self-assessment tool named Baldrige Cybersecurity Excellence Builder. The tool is based on the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program and the risk management mechanisms of NIST cybersecurity framework. The Baldrige Cybersecurity Excellence Builder was designed to help enterprises to measure the effectiveness of their implementation of the […]