NIST: New smoke alarms are better at detecting fires, but still go off for bacon
Just like almost everyone else, they still love the smell of fried artery-cloggers
Bootnotes21 Sep 2024 | 75
National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST finalizes trio of post-quantum encryption standards
Nicely ahead of that always-a-decade-away moment when all our info becomes an open book
Security14 Aug 2024 | 18
US standards body proposes atomic clocks in lunar orbit to keep Moon time
Knowing precise time on satellite essential if we want accurate GPS-like system for exploration
Science13 Aug 2024 | 17
NIST turns to IT consultants to clear National Vulnerability Database backlog
Aims to get CVE logjam cleared by the end of FY 24
CSO03 Jun 2024 | 5
NIST updates Cybersecurity Framework after a decade of lessons
The original was definitely getting a bit long in the tooth for modern challenges
Security27 Feb 2024 | 5
NIST boffins shrink atomic beam clock to the size of a postage stamp
It's not the most accurate atomic clock in the world, but the NIST team behind it believes they can fix that
Science27 Jun 2023 | 14
BROADER TOPICS
Hands off, vendors – it's for research! $11B of US CHIPS funds earmarked for NIST fabs
Agency hopes program will keep US ahead of curve on semiconductor manufacturing
Public Sector26 Apr 2023 | 7
Why our solar-storm sats corrode – and probably not what you expected
My dear, I do believe I have the vapors ... in spaaace
Science04 Mar 2023 | 17
Uncle Sam wants to strip the IoS out of IoT with light crypto
NIST weighs up algorithms for small devices – and an architecture for massive systems
Security09 Feb 2023 | 12
NIST dreams of cellular networks free from 5G vendor lock in, supply chain pain
Nokia radio units working with Ericsson distribute units? What's next? Dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!
Government Tech Week26 Jan 2023 | 5
It's been 230 years since British pirates robbed the US of the metric system
Feature How did the world's largest economy get stuck with retro measurement?
Science22 Jan 2023 | 705
New measurement alert: Liz Truss inspires new Register standard
Reg Standards Bureau We didn't have a time unit. That... is... a... disgrace
Bootnotes21 Oct 2022 | 159
Post-quantum crypto cracked in an hour with one core of an ancient Xeon
NIST's nifty new algorithm looks like it's in trouble
Research03 Aug 2022 | 83
Actual quantum computers don't exist yet. The cryptography to defeat them may already be here
NIST pushes ahead with CRYSTALS-KYBER, CRYSTALS-Dilithium, FALCON, SPHINCS+ algorithms
Research05 Jul 2022 | 42
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