On December 20, 2021, The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released its draft interagency report 8403 on “Blockchain for Access Control Systems”. As the report’s abstract states: ...

Practical guidance for securing hypervisors to meet NIST 800-171, covering access controls, continuous monitoring, and resiliency to protect CUI.

Software and tools to enable Vendor Privileged Access Management (VPAM) give third parties network access to perform critical services such as application management or contract-based work, but it's ...

Shekhar Jha, a security architect at Sena Systems, was talking with me about roles, and asked “What I am trying to understand is whether roles as we understand it today (i.e. NIST roles) is enough for ...

As part of its efforts to provide practical solutions to real-world cybersecurity challenges, the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) at the National Institute of Standards and ...

After nearly a year in the making, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has been convinced that minutia is an acceptable way to store fingerprint biometric data on smart cards. Amid ...

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is often the first thing that comes to mind regarding ensuring patient privacy in healthcare. 1 But as ransomware attacks and data ...

Last issue I talked about some recent updates to existing products. Today we look at another announcement: The National Institute of Standards and Technology has established the NIST Personal Identity ...

Key NAC hardware market opportunities include rising demand due to increased connected devices and regulatory compliance.

The WS-Biometric Devices (WS-BD) protocol allows desktops, laptops, tablets, and smartphones to securely access biometric sensors that capture fingerprints, iris images, and face images using web ...