#NIST
9 stories taggedNIST.
NIST's Cutback on Vulnerability Enrichment Sparks Concerns
Cybersecurity analysts warn of challenges in managing vulnerabilities after NIST reduces its support for detailed assessments.
Microsoft Pulls Post-Quantum Deadline Forward to 2029
Azure CTO Mark Russinovich says the 'risk horizon' has moved. Redmond now wants PQC-ready systems four years ahead of the industry's 2033 target.
Zero Trust in OT: A Pragmatic 90-Day Action Plan
Aligning zero trust architecture with operational technology environments through a strategic, actionable 90-day plan.
White House Orders Federal Agencies to Migrate Cryptography by 2030, Signals Contractor Reckoning
Two executive orders set hard federal deadlines for post-quantum cryptography adoption and launch a government-wide quantum R&D program — with ripple effects for every contractor touching federal networks.
Executive Order 14409 Locks In Federal PQC Deadlines: 2030 for Key Establishment, 2031 for Signatures
The June 22 order sets binding migration dates for high-value assets and high-impact systems, while leaving national security systems on a parallel track.
White House Sets Hard Clock on Post-Quantum Migration for Federal Systems
An executive order mandates that high-value federal assets shift to post-quantum cryptography by 2030–2031. For identity infrastructure, that deadline is closer than it looks.
Harvest Now, Decrypt Later: Most Organizations Still Aren't Ready for the Quantum Cryptography Shift
NIST published its first three post-quantum standards in 2024. A year later, only 5% of security teams have a defined strategy. The clock is running whether they know it or not.
Inspector General Pins NVD Backlog on NIST Mismanagement — But the Real Problem Runs Deeper
A Commerce Department IG report calls out strategic failures, duplicated work, and severity scores that matched only 12% of the time. Budget cuts and genAI-driven vuln volume tell the rest of the story.
AI Agent Identities Are Redrawing Enterprise IAM Budgets
New Omdia research finds that the rapid spread of AI agent deployments is forcing organisations to treat non-human identities as a distinct governance category, with budget implications that traditional identity and access management frameworks were not designed to absorb.