Tag: national cybersecurity center of excellence
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AI Reshapes Cybersecurity With Renewed Focus on Fundamentals
Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing cybersecurity by refocusing efforts on timeless fundamentals, empowering agencies to make informed decisions with the help of established frameworks like the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. By layering new AI-related risks over existing ones, Cheri Pascoe, Director of the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence at NIST, highlights the need for a strategic approach to tackle these emerging threats.
AI Cybersecurity Threats: Must-Have Best Practices
AI can be both defender and threat—and NIST’s NCCoE is leading virtual sessions to shape the Cyber AI Profile, offering practical guidance to spot AI-enabled risks and harden defenses. Whether you’re a technologist, policymaker, or business leader, this essential guide shows how to harness AI safely and stay ahead of evolving cyber threats.
DevSecOps: Must-Have Best Practices for Ultimate Security
Join NIST NCCoE’s virtual event on August 27, 2025 to learn practical DevSecOps best practices from leading experts and discover how to weave security into every step of your software lifecycle. With cybercrime costs soaring, this is your chance to balance speed and safety through automation, compliance tips, and real-world lessons that make your software more resilient.
AI Cyber Defense: Must-Have Strategies for Best Security
Join NIST NCCoE’s virtual working sessions to explore how the Cyber AI Profile can harness AI to sharpen threat detection, cut alert fatigue, and strengthen defenses—while tackling the ethical and security risks that come with it. Technologists, policymakers, and practitioners are invited to collaborate and shape trustworthy, practical AI-driven cybersecurity solutions.
5G cybersecurity principles: Must-Have Best Practices
As 5G transforms connectivity, the NCCoE’s white paper lays out five practical cybersecurity principles—isolation, segmentation, redundancy, continuous risk assessment, and security-by-design—to help organizations build faster, more resilient, and trustworthy networks. Adopt these guidelines now to protect privacy, ensure uptime, and stay ahead of evolving threats.
IoT security standards: Must-Have Best Defenses
As IoT devices weave into our homes and critical systems, securing their initial provisioning is essential—NIST SP 1800-36 offers practical, actionable guidance to harden credential issuance and reduce breaches. By adopting its best practices for strong device identity, secure bootstrapping, and lifecycle management, manufacturers, integrators, and users can close a major attack vector and restore trust in connected tech.
Portable Storage: Exclusive Must-Have Defense for Risky OT
A single USB drive can turn critical infrastructure into a disaster—NIST SP 1334 shows how layered controls, device allowlists, and practical workflows can stop that from happening. Protecting portable storage in OT doesn’t mean slowing your team; it means smart, usable safeguards that keep services running and people safe.
5G cybersecurity Must-Have: Best Protection Guide
As 5G spreads, new cyber risks multiply—NCCoE’s latest white paper lays out practical, must-have principles to design secure 5G networks from the ground up. Whether you’re a tech leader or policymaker, this guide helps you balance innovation and safety to protect devices, data, and critical infrastructure.
Small Business Cybersecurity: Must-Have Essential Defenses
A single cyberattack can sink a small business—NCCoE’s Cybersecurity Connections turns NIST guidance into practical, budget-friendly steps (MFA, patching, tested backups) and real-world tools to help owners protect customers, preserve trust, and keep their business running.
IoT Must-Have: Best Secure Provisioning Guide
Don’t let insecure device setup turn your smart home into someone else’s playground — this practical guide walks you through NIST-backed provisioning tips like hardware roots of trust, authenticated onboarding, unique credentials, and secure OTA updates to keep devices safe from day one. Follow these doable steps and simple UX fixes to make secure setup the easy, default choice for manufacturers and users alike.
New NIST 5G Cybersecurity White Paper on Network Security Principles
Discover how the new NIST white paper is shaping the future of 5G security with practical strategies to protect our most critical networks without slowing innovation.
NIST NCCoE Workshop Tackles Cybersecurity and Privacy in Genomics
What happens when cutting-edge genomics meets the digital age? At the NIST NCCoE workshop, experts gathered to tackle the critical challenge of safeguarding your most personal data—your DNA—while fueling innovation in healthcare and beyond.
NCCoE Cybersecurity Connections for National Small Business Week
Discover how small businesses can confidently defend against cyber threats with practical, budget-friendly strategies shared at NCCoE’s empowering Cybersecurity Connections event during National Small Business Week.
IoT Open House: Implementing SP 1800-36 and Future Trends
Curious how secure the smart devices in your home or workplace really are? Discover how NIST’s SP 1800-36 is revolutionizing IoT security by tackling the hidden risks of network credential provisioning and paving the way for safer, smarter connections.
NIST Cybersecurity Framework Community Profiles Workshop
Join the NIST Cybersecurity Framework Community Profiles Workshop to explore risk management, share best practices, and boost cybersecurity collaboration.
NCCoE Cybersecurity Connections Event – Implementing a Zero Trust Architecture
Discover Zero Trust Architecture insights at the NCCoE Cybersecurity Connections Event. Learn strategies to secure networks and data.
NIST NCCoE Published Inital Public Draft NIST IR 8374 Revision 1, Ransomware Risk Management: A Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 Community Profile
Discover NIST NCCoE’s IR 8374 Rev.1 public draft offering ransomware risk management guidance via the Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 Community Profile.
Cyber AI Profile Workshop
Master cybersecurity and AI innovation at the Cyber AI Profile Workshop. Gain cutting-edge insights and practical defense strategies for digital security.
Shape the Future: Innovate a Next-Generation Cyber AI Profile
Shape the future with a cutting-edge Cyber AI profile. Innovate and secure advanced digital landscapes with next-gen AI-driven cyber solutions.
Navigating New Frontiers: SP 1800-36 Implementation and the Future of IoT
Explore SP 1800-36’s implementation journey and its transformative role in shaping the future of IoT and next-gen connectivity solutions.
Open for Public Comment – Draft NIST 5G Cybersecurity Practice Guide
Open for Public Comment: Review the Draft NIST 5G Cybersecurity Practice Guide and share feedback to shape secure, next-gen network standards.
Uncle Sam Cuts Funding for the CVE Program: Yes, That CVE
Uncle Sam slashes funding for the CVE program, raising concerns about its impact on community engagement and countering violent extremism efforts.