Cybersecurity

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Research</h2> </div> <div class="grid-row"> <div class="tablet:grid-col-8 padding-right-5 margin-y-2"> <h2 class="nist-block__title">Projects & Programs</h2> <article about="/programs-projects/exposure-notification-protecting-workplaces-and-vulnerable-communities-during" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20240225160029/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/exposure-notification-protecting-workplaces-and-vulnerable-communities-during" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20240225160029im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2020/07/24/deviceab.png?itok=-cEpWJm6" width="100" height="59" alt="device a and device b" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20240225160029/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/exposure-notification-protecting-workplaces-and-vulnerable-communities-during"><span>Exposure Notification – protecting workplaces and vulnerable communities during a pandemic</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> The goal of this project is to utilize NIST expertise in privacy, cybersecurity, machine learning, wireless technology, ranging, modeling, and hardware and </div> </div> </div> </article> <article about="/programs-projects/trustworthy-networks-things" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20240225160029/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/trustworthy-networks-things" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20240225160029im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2020/09/09/proj-tnot-infographic-300px.jpg?itok=mEzwFDlG" width="100" height="100" alt="Trustworthy Network of Things" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20240225160029/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/trustworthy-networks-things"><span>Trustworthy Networks of Things</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="nist-badge display-inline-block margin-y-1 nist-badge--blue boolean">Ongoing</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> NIST is working with industry to design, standardize, test and foster adoption of network-centric approaches to protect IoT devices from the Internet and to </div> </div> </div> </article> <article about="/programs-projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program-cmvp" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20240225160029/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program-cmvp"><span>Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP)</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="nist-badge display-inline-block margin-y-1 nist-badge--blue boolean">Ongoing</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> The Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP) is a joint effort between the National Institute of Standards and Technology under the Department of Commerce </div> </div> </div> </article> <article about="/programs-projects/cyber-physical-systemsinternet-things-smart-cities" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20240225160029/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/cyber-physical-systemsinternet-things-smart-cities" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" 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