National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST contemplated pulling the pin on NTP servers after blackout caused atomic clock drift

UPDATED Time signals shifted by a tiny amount that only very sensitive users would find upsetting

Security21 Dec 2025 | 87

NIST discovers DevSecOps, thinks world should really check this out

What's next - gonna tell us it's time to migrate to Windows 8?

Devops31 Jul 2025 | 2

Iran seeks at least three cloud providers to power its government

Despite loathing the USA, Iran wants providers who match NIST’s definition of cloud computing

Public Sector14 Jul 2025 | 9

Trump can't quickly or easily kill the CHIPS Act, but he can fire the workers funded by it

Comment Reported layoffs suggest R&D functions may be hobbled, fab subsidies also at risk

On-Prem19 Feb 2025 | 79

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

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

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Federal government of the United States

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

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 | 686

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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