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/web/20230411234610im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/1200w_x_720h/public/images/2022/05/05/20ITL003_JTAGMethod_cr.webp?itok=-3q--xl4 2x" media="(min-width: 480px)" type="image/webp" width="600" height="360"/> <source srcset="/web/20230411234610im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/300w_x_180h/public/images/2022/05/05/20ITL003_JTAGMethod_cr.webp?itok=ZelTcDvF 1x, /web/20230411234610im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/600w_x_360h/public/images/2022/05/05/20ITL003_JTAGMethod_cr.webp?itok=tJRg7jx1 2x" media="(min-width: 0px)" type="image/webp" width="300" height="180"/> <source srcset="/web/20230411234610im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/600w_x_360h/public/images/2022/05/05/20ITL003_JTAGMethod_cr.jpg?itok=tJRg7jx1 1x, /web/20230411234610im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/1200w_x_720h/public/images/2022/05/05/20ITL003_JTAGMethod_cr.jpg?itok=-3q--xl4 2x" media="(min-width: 480px)" type="image/jpeg" width="600" height="360"/> <source srcset="/web/20230411234610im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/300w_x_180h/public/images/2022/05/05/20ITL003_JTAGMethod_cr.jpg?itok=ZelTcDvF 1x, /web/20230411234610im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/600w_x_360h/public/images/2022/05/05/20ITL003_JTAGMethod_cr.jpg?itok=tJRg7jx1 2x" media="(min-width: 0px)" type="image/jpeg" width="300" height="180"/> <img loading="eager" src="/web/20230411234610im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/600w_x_360h/public/images/2022/05/05/20ITL003_JTAGMethod_cr.jpg?itok=tJRg7jx1" width="600" height="360" alt="A closeup photograph of person's hands as they solder a wire onto a circuit board." typeof="foaf:Image"/> </picture> </a> </div> <div class="nist-hero__caption"> <a href="/web/20230411234610/https://www.nist.gov/spo/forensic-science-program/digital-investigation-techniques-nist-scientific-foundation-review"> <div class="text">NIST Finalizes Report on Scientific Foundations of Digital Forensic Methods</div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="nist-content-row nist-content-row--width-legible paragraph paragraph--type--text paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block text-long"><h2 class="nist-block__title">WELCOME TO THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY</h2> <div class="nist-callout"> <h2 class="text-align-center">ITL’s Purpose | Cultivating Trust in IT and Metrology</h2> </div> <p>The Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) is one of NIST’s six research laboratories. ITL focuses on IT measurements, testing, and standards, and is a globally recognized and trusted source of high-quality, independent, and unbiased research and data. ITL’s mission, to cultivate trust in information technology (IT) and metrology, is accomplished using its world-class measurement and testing facilities and encompassing a wide range of areas of computer science, mathematics, statistics, and systems engineering.</p> <p>This non-regulatory role, along with ITL’s deep technical expertise in all fields of information technology, helps increase trust in IT worldwide.</p> <div class="grid-row grid-gap"> <div class="grid-col"> <h2 class="nist-block__title"><a href="/web/20230411234610/https://www.nist.gov/itl/itl-publications/itl-newsletters">ITL Newsletters</a></h2> <p>Published bimonthly, the ITL Newsletter features news articles on ITL's programs, projects, activities, and accomplishments. It announces selected new ITL publications and describes upcoming technical conferences and workshops. </p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230411234610/https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USNIST/subscriber/new?qsp=USNIST_3">Sign up for ITL Newsletters</a>!</strong></p> </div> <div class="grid-col"> <h2 class="nist-block__title"><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230411234610/https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/itl-bulletin">ITL BULLETINS</a></strong></h2> <p>The ITL Bulletin focuses on ITL’s research and collaborative activities in cybersecurity. It often announces new ITL publications in information security and gives an overview of the research contained within.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230411234610/https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USNIST/subscriber/new?qsp=USNIST_3">Sign up for ITL Bulletins</a>!</strong></p> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block "> <h2 class="nist-block__title"> <div class="string">News and Updates</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-347986766e97fe8cfdb1d31533766f534644c279aec86d6304500aafeb8448db"> <div> <article role="article" about="/news-events/news/2023/03/ai-could-set-new-bar-designing-hurricane-resistant-buildings" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20230411234610/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2023/03/ai-could-set-new-bar-designing-hurricane-resistant-buildings" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20230411234610im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2023/03/29/AtlanticHurricane_MachineLearning_960x600_v1_Option_B.png?itok=quwvyIx4" width="100" height="63" alt="A computer window depicts an overhead view of an Atlantic hurricane making landfall on the U.S. East Coast." loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20230411234610/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2023/03/ai-could-set-new-bar-designing-hurricane-resistant-buildings"><span property="schema:name">AI Could Set a New Bar for Designing Hurricane-Resistant Buildings</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2023-03-29T12:00:00Z">March 29, 2023</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary">Determining the right level of winds to design for is tricky business, but support from artificial intelligence may offer a simple solution.</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/news-events/news/2023/03/your-cybersecurity-strategy-falling-victim-these-6-common-pitfalls" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20230411234610/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2023/03/your-cybersecurity-strategy-falling-victim-these-6-common-pitfalls" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20230411234610im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2023/01/27/CyberSecurityPitalls_960x600_v4_HeaderImage_words_Gators.png?itok=Li4iD19E" width="100" height="63" alt="A person prepares to swing on a vine above a pit, where a crocodile labeled “misconceptions” awaits with open jaws." loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20230411234610/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2023/03/your-cybersecurity-strategy-falling-victim-these-6-common-pitfalls"><span property="schema:name">Is Your Cybersecurity Strategy Falling Victim to These 6 Common Pitfalls?</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2023-03-20T12:00:00Z">March 20, 2023</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary">NIST research reveals misconceptions that can affect security professionals — and offers solutions.</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/news-events/news/2023/03/nists-national-cybersecurity-center-excellence-renews-partnerships-state" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20230411234610/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2023/03/nists-national-cybersecurity-center-excellence-renews-partnerships-state" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20230411234610im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2023/03/06/NIST_NCCoE_Partnership_02.jpg?itok=419nl8hq" width="100" height="67" alt="Four officials sit at a table signing documents in front of banners for the NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence." loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20230411234610/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2023/03/nists-national-cybersecurity-center-excellence-renews-partnerships-state"><span property="schema:name">NIST’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence Renews Partnerships With State, County</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2023-03-07T12:00:00Z">March 7, 2023</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary">Also launched: the NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Community of Interest.</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/news-events/news/2023/03/decision-revise-fips-180-4-secure-hash-standard-shs" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20230411234610/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2023/03/decision-revise-fips-180-4-secure-hash-standard-shs"><span property="schema:name">Decision to Revise FIPS 180-4, Secure Hash Standard (SHS)</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2023-03-07T12:00:00Z">March 7, 2023</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary">In June 2022, NIST’s Crypto Publication Review Board initiated a review process for Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 180-4, Secure Hash Standard</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="/web/20230411234610/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news-updates/org/5641">View All News and Updates</a></div> </footer> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block "> <h2 class="nist-block__title"> <div class="string">Events</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-bbf99d9b61c8c790222a8895cae640c44fb64d9f8b6da4775633cf7e7e46e5f6"> <div> <article role="article" about="/news-events/events/2023/04/ai-metrology-colloquia-series" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20230411234610/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2023/04/ai-metrology-colloquia-series"><span>AI Metrology Colloquia Series</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="smartdate">Thu, Apr 13 2023, 12:00pm EDT</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary">As a follow-on to the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine workshop on Assessing and Improving AI</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/news-events/events/2023/05/4th-open-security-controls-assessment-language-oscal-conference-and" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20230411234610/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2023/05/4th-open-security-controls-assessment-language-oscal-conference-and"><span>4th Open Security Controls Assessment Language (OSCAL) Conference and Workshop</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="smartdate">Tue, May 23 - Wed, May 24 2023</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary">The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is co-hosting with the Department of Commerce on Tuesday, May</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/news-events/events/2023/05/4th-multi-cloud-conference-and-workshop" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20230411234610/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2023/05/4th-multi-cloud-conference-and-workshop"><span>4th Multi-cloud Conference and Workshop</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="smartdate">Wed, May 24 - Thu, May 25 2023</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary">This year’s Multi-Cloud Conference hosted by NIST, DOC, and Tetrate will focus on delivering Zero Trust Architecture</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/news-events/events/2023/05/random-bit-generation-workshop-2023" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20230411234610/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2023/05/random-bit-generation-workshop-2023"><span>Random Bit Generation Workshop 2023</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="smartdate">Tue, May 30 2023, 10:00am - Thu, Jun 1 2023, 3:00pm EDT</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary">NIST will be hosting a virtual workshop on Random Bit Generation (RBG) as specified in the SP 800-90 series of</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="/web/20230411234610/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/upcoming-events/org/5641">View All Events</a></div> </footer> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block "> <h2 class="nist-block__title"> <div class="string">Awards</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-84048b7014dfd4ae396c00fc845a65ae7c0aa1dfe6544c6128af5df57660f625"> <div> <article role="article" about="/awards/raghu-kacker-acmd-and-d-richard-kuhn-csd-awarded-icst-most-influential-paper-award-mip" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20230411234610/https://www.nist.gov/awards/raghu-kacker-acmd-and-d-richard-kuhn-csd-awarded-icst-most-influential-paper-award-mip"><span>Raghu Kacker (ACMD) and D. Richard Kuhn (CSD) awarded the ICST Most Influential Paper Award (MIP)</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long">Congratulations to Raghu Kacker (ACMD) and D. 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