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NIST’s Decision to Defer Older CVEs

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently implemented a notable policy within its National Vulnerability Database (NVD). This policy involves placing a "deferred" status on Common Vulnerabilities and…

PravinKarthik April 8, 2025

NIST revises password requirements guidelines

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) came with a revision of its standard that no longer recommending using a mixture of character types in passwords or regularly changing…

PravinKarthik October 4, 2024

NIST released Post Quantum Cryptography Standards

The NIST released its FIPS for post-quantum cryptography, a new set of standards that address the emerging security challenges posed by quantum computing. Considering the AI driven attack keep emerging,…

PravinKarthik August 14, 2024

NIST releases Dioptra tool to assess for AI risks

The NIST, the U.S. Commerce Department agency has re-released a testbed designed to measure how malicious attacks particularly attack that “poison” AI model training data might degrade the performance of…

PravinKarthik July 28, 2024

NIST says NVD Backlog Enrichment soon

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) said it has awarded a new contract to a third party to help the federal government process software and hardware bugs added…

PravinKarthik May 30, 2024

NIST Releases Cybersecurity framework 2.0

The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) has released its Cybersecurity Framework 2.0. The draft was released last year. NIST released its first CSF in 2014, at the direction…

PravinKarthik February 27, 2024

NIST Releases Post Quantum Cryptography Draft Standards

The US NIST has published the Draft post-quantum cryptography (PQC) standards. The new framework is designed to help organizations protect themselves from future quantum-enabled cyber-attacks. The draft documents were published…

PravinKarthik August 24, 2023

NIST CSF Getting a Major Revamp Soon

The US NIST is about to bring significant changes to its Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) – seen as the biggest review in the last five years. The initial version is published…

PravinKarthik February 28, 2023