The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released an official definition of what the federal government will regard as “critical software,” — a key, early stage step to ...

On June 2 and 3, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) held a workshop focused on the President’s recent Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity (Order) during ...

Consumer software providers will soon have the option to label their software as compliant with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) standards for software security. On November 1, ...

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Key recommendations from the NIST’s latest guidance and why they are relevant to modern organizations developing and delivering software. Software supply chain (SSC) attacks continue to be one of the ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology's new definition of "critical software" is foundational to new federal efforts to exert more control over the code supply chain. CISA Contracts NIST ...

In an effort to improve consumers’ ability to make informed decisions about software they purchase, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has drafted a set of cybersecurity ...

Combinatorial testing is a method for more effective software testing that the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) likes a lot. They ran studies from 1999 to 2004 showing that most ...

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have released an updated version of a computer system testing tool that can cut costs by more efficiently finding flaws. A ...

The new guidance aims to tighten security requirements for federally purchased software and give consumers better insight into the security of software and devices they buy. On February 4, the ...

Cybersecurity labels could convey a software product's or connected gadget's cybersecurity status. But would these labels be useful, and what is a software product anyway in connected cars and ...

A National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) analysis and decision-making software program will play a key role in selection of biobased products that qualify for a major federal “green” ...