Cybersecurity

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class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20231128043226/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/20231128043226/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/trustworthy-networks-things" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" 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