The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)’s National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (NAIAC) recently released its first report to President Joe Biden, providing several key recommendations on how the
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The American Data Privacy and Protection Act Is Now on the House Floor. How Has It Changed?
The Commerce and Energy Committee has voted to send the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) to the House, but not without some changes.
For the changes in the…
Continue Reading The American Data Privacy and Protection Act Is Now on the House Floor. How Has It Changed?NIST Report Addresses the Four Principles of Explainable Artificial Intelligence
In the wake of the UK A-Level algorithm fallout, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published a report, for public comment, on the Four Principles of…
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Article: Where GDPR Lacks Specificity, Consider Referring to NIST Publications
“Whenever there is no clear guidance under the GDPR on how to obtain certain security objectives, it certainly seems wiser and more rational to use existing solutions provided by NIST …
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Voluntary NIST Privacy Framework Draft Open To Public Comment
Could the voluntary National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Privacy Framework help avoid missed connections in privacy, forestalling the next data breach or privacy scandal by baking data protection into …
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A Brief Primer on the NIST Cybersecurity Framework
In February 2013, President Obama issued his Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity executive order, which presented a plan to decrease the risk of cyberattacks on critical infrastructure. The US Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) was charged with creating the plan, which became known as the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (Framework). The NIST worked with over three thousand individuals and business organizations to create the Framework. The goal of the Framework is to help businesses develop cybersecurity programs within their organizations and to create industry standards for dealing with cybersecurity issues.
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