Tag Archives: IoT

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released a document that offers information on a distributed computing-based model designed to help researchers understand the “Internet of Things” and related security risks. Jeff Voas, a computer scientist at NIST, created the “Network of Things” model based on the four fundamental …

A study by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration shows that Americans have begun limiting online activity due to concerns over the privacy and security of online services. The U.S. Census Bureau surveyed over 41,000 households in support of NTIA’s push to acknowledge reported data breaches, cybersecurity and other incidents, NTIA policy analyst …

The Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate has released its annual year in review in the form of an interactive web-based report to provide a guided tour of the agency’s developments in 2015. S&T Deputy Undersecretary Robert Griffin made the announcement at the Internet of Things World Forum on …

A Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program aims to characterize cyber criminals and their strategies and forecast where future attacks could take place, Nextgov reported Tuesday. Aliya Sternstein writes that the Enhanced Attribution Program looks to provide visibility into all aspects of a cyber operator’s activities using “vantage points” such as laptops, smartphones …

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released a new draft publication that proposes to incorporate security concepts into the systems engineering stage of cyber-physical systems in an effort to protect these assets from threats. NIST said Wednesday the publication recommends the inclusion of security factors to the original …

Rick Ledgett, deputy director at the National Security Agency, has said that industrial control systems and other critical infrastructure assets are vulnerable to cyber attacks as infrastructure providers fail to address security risks, the Army News Service reported Thursday. David Vergun writes Ledgett made the remarks in a keynote speech to the Joint …

A House subcommittee has introduced a proposal that would require the Defense Department to implement measures designed to protect the Joint Information Environment from insider threats, Fedscoop reported Wednesday. Billy Mitchell writes the House Armed Services Committee’s emerging threats and capabilities subpanel will incorporate the proposal into the 2017 National Defense Authorization …

The National Institutes of Standards and Technology has published a report that seeks to help the Commerce Department identify research-and-development opportunities to leverage data analytics for use in public safety communications and response efforts in the next two decades. The Public Safety Analytics R&D Roadmap aims to guide the department …

Alec Ross, a former senior adviser for innovation at the State Department, has said the U.S.  should consider working with other countries to establish a treaty that will govern cyberwarfare, FedTech reported Wednesday. Phil Goldstein writes that Ross told audience at an Italian Embassy forum in Washington Tuesday he forecasts the emergence of Internet …

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has issued a request for comments to identify the potential advantages and challenges of implementing Internet-connected devices. NTIA said Tuesday the Commerce Department will use gathered input to create a green paper about Internet of Things as part of DOC’s Digital Economy Agenda as well as explore strategies on how agencies and companies can …