National Institute of Standards and Technology

Review of Submarine Cable Landing License Rules and Procedures To Assess Evolving National Security, Law Enforcement, Foreign Policy, and Trade Policy Risks

How companies could share cyber risks without exposing their secrets

A cryptographic technique could let companies prove they're vulnerable to critical flaws without revealing the sensitive data that attackers could exploit.

Zero-Knowledge Proofs

Detecting Systemic Cyber Vulnerabilities Among Critical Infrastructure Operators

Protected in Name Only: HIPAA’s Health Data Gap Is Becoming a National Security Risk

Protected health data is only as secure as the system designed to protect it.

Quantum Computers Are Coming. Washington Is Finally Paying Attention.

Encryption protects your data from prying eyes. The complex math problems that underpin encryption, however, may soon no longer keep your data safe. Quantum computers test multiple answers simultaneously,...

Request for Information: Increasing Health Care Resiliency

The One Movie You Have to See to Understand the Promise—and Threat—of AI

A new AI documentary captures the technology’s promise and peril—and shows why Congress cannot afford to stay passive.

The Pentagon Is Transforming U.S. Commercial Satellites Into Tactical Battlefield Infrastructure

Contested battlefields can change in seconds. Vehicles move, targets disappear, and outdated intelligence can quickly place U.S. operators at risk.  For special operations forces (SOF) operating...

The missing cybersecurity leader in small business

As AI and quantum threats target the backbone of the American economy, Washington must provide the guidance and incentives necessary for SMBs to access executive-level cyber expertise.

Why the government must accelerate quantum preparedness now

Somewhere in the United States right now, a water treatment facility is running control systems that a quantum computer will eventually be able to compromise, and there is no federal deadline requiring...

Audit Finds Federal Aviation Administration Delinquent in Cybersecurity Practices

For years, America’s air traffic has run on systems the federal government knows are not secure. The Department of Transportation’s (DOT’s) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has published an...

New Standards Aim to Protect Medical Patients from the ‘Internet of Things’

Cybersecurity in healthcare may finally be getting its overdue visit to the doctor’s office. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is developing new cybersecurity guidance for...

Cryptography Bill of Materials (CBOM): Why Every Encryption Ecosystem Needs One – and Fast

We’ve learned the hard way that knowing what’s in your software supply chain matters. The Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) progressed from a niche best practice to government regulation  codified...

Regarding Security Considerations for Artificial Intelligence Agents

Eyeing China’s Growth, NIST Launches New Standards Initiative for AI Agents

Washington is seeking to place artificial intelligence (AI) agents at the center of American technology dominance. On February 17, the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) launched the...

OpenAI Alleges China’s DeepSeek Stole its Intellectual Property to Train its Own Models

One year on from DeepSeek’s first major release, Washington is probing deeper into the Chinese artificial intelligence firm’s unexpected success. The U.S. AI firm OpenAI publicly released a memo...

Accelerating the American Scientific Enterprise

DeepSeek May Intentionally Produce Malicious Code Due to Chinese Political Bias, Research Shows

China’s top artificial intelligence (AI) models don’t simply follow the Communist Party line — they act on it. On November 20, the cybersecurity firm CloudStrike published a study suggesting that...

Chinese Electric Buses Trigger Cybersecurity Alarm Across Europe

China’s reach into critical infrastructure threatens to disrupt Europeans’ daily commute. On November 19, The Wall Street Journal reported that the Oslo transportation authority, working in conjunction...

American AI Exports Program