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NIST shared dataset of tattoos that’s been used to identify prisoners
The EFF got in touch with the institutions that have the dataset. Some deleted it, while one refused and others didn’t bother to respond.
NIST tests methods of recovering data from smashed smartphones
Criminals have found to their cost that reducing a device to a pile of rubble means nothing if the internal chips are still in working order.
NIST’s new privacy rules – what you need to know
How do you ensure you’re compliant with privacy regulations? NIST has released a Privacy Framework to help you get your house in order.
Happy Birthday, CVE!
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system is 20 years old this week.
Government agencies still send sensitive files via hackable .zips
Senator Ron Wyden has written to NIST asking for guidance and training for government staff in how to share files securely.
NIST tool boosts chances of finding dangerous software flaws
NIST thinks it has reached an important milestone in complex software testing with something called Combinatorial Coverage Measurement (CCM).
Serious Security: Post-Quantum Cryptography (and why we’re getting it)
Here’s why NIST is running a competition to find algorithms for a Post-Quantum Cryptographic world…
Wyden urges government agencies to ditch Flash
Let’s not wind up with another Windows XP mess, he said, noting that there’s been no public guidance in spite of Flash’s looming death date.
Terrible passwords outlawed in Microsoft’s new Azure tool
Azure AD Password Protection prevents users from setting a password from the company’s list of 500 most common and easily-guessed examples.