This Agency Wants to Figure Out Exactly How Much You Trust AI
The National Institute of Standards and Technology wants to put a number on a person’s trust in artificial intelligence.
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NIST study finds that masks defeat most facial recognition algorithms
A National Institutes of Science and Technology found that 89 commercial facial recognition algorithms were defeated by masks. The study […]
NIST Study Evaluates Algorithmic Bias
A new NIST study examines how accurately face recognition software tools identify people of varied sex, age and racial background. […]
NIST Releases Draft Privacy Framework
On September 6, 2019, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a preliminary draft of its Privacy Framework: […]
NIST’s Privacy Framework Starts to Take Shape
The Privacy Framework is being developed to be risk-based/outcome-based and non-prescriptive, unlike the GDPR. The National Institute of Standards and […]
This little-known facial-recognition accuracy test has big influence
The closely watched NIST results released last November concluded that the entire industry has improved not just incrementally, but “massively.” […]
We Need to Talk About NIST’s New Password Management Recommendations
Recently, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) reversed its stance on organizational password management requirements. The institute now […]
NIST launches development of a privacy framework
On Tuesday, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology initiated its process for the development of a privacy framework. The […]
NIST updates its Risk Management Framework
US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published draft update to its Risk Management Framework for Information Systems […]
NIST Updates Risk Management Framework to Incorporate Privacy Considerations
Augmenting its efforts to protect the nation’s critical assets from cybersecurity threats as well as protect individuals’ privacy, the National […]
NIST challenge targets better de-identification techniques for public data
One barrier to opening up valuable government datasets is making sure that all necessary personally identifiable information (PII) is removed beforehand — a […]
NIST releases latest version of its Cybersecurity Framework
On April 16, 2018, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) unveiled Version 1.1 of its widely known Cybersecurity […]
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