Tag: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Data centers under siege: SIA seeks to close security gaps
January 12, 2026Cory Harris, Editor
SILVER SPRING, Md.—With data center outages making headlines and artificial intelligence (AI) fueling explosive growth, the Security Industry Association (SIA) has launched a Data Center Advisory Board to confront rising risks and redefine security standards.
“The scope and scale of the industry have gone off the charts,” says inaugural chair Jim Black, senior director and security architect at Microsoft. “It’s time for a dedicated...
Specifically Speaking: Bruce Braes on designing for adversaries and strategic security thinking in the built environment
August 26, 2025Cory Harris, Editor
BATH, England—In today's world of evolving threats and interconnected systems, protecting buildings and cities requires more than just adding cameras and gates. It demands a fundamental shift in thinking, one that puts adversaries at the center of design decisions. Bruce Braes knows this better than most.
From his base in the U.K., Braes, head of security & public safety consulting at Buro Happold, leads a global practice that spans Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and North America,...
New TCG guidance protects data in fed systems
September 25, 2024SSN Staff
BEAVERTON, Ore. — New guidance to accelerate the availability of FIPS 140-3 certified cryptographic solutions has been published by the Trusted Computing Group (TCG).
FIPS 140-3 refers to the third iteration of standards set out by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for the protection of sensitive and valuable data. It provides the mandatory criteria which cryptographic modules must follow for use by government bodies in the United States and Canada. A Trusted Platform...
Eclypses introduces FIPS 140-3 validation
April 30, 2024SSN Staff
BOSTON – Eclypses, a provider of end-point data protection, announced that it has successfully secured the Federal Information Processing Standard 140-3 (FIPS 140-3) validation.
The Eclypses Cryptographic Library (ECL), which acts as a key component inside its Secure MTE Technology, successfully passed a series of tests conducted by an independent NIST-accredited laboratory according to the company.
Eclypses said that it’s Secure MTE technology protects data at the application level,...
SIA names Wayne Dorris as Cybersecurity Advisory Board chair
March 13, 2024SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has appointed Wayne Dorris of Axis Communications to serve as the new chair of SIA’s Cybersecurity Advisory Board (CAB).
The SIA Cybersecurity Advisory Board is a group of industry cybersecurity experts appointed by the SIA Board of Directors whose mission is to guide SIA members ahead of potential cybersecurity issues related to converged security measures.
The advisory board provides prescriptive guidance...
Neurotechnology maintains number one ranking in NIST PFT III evaluation
April 21, 2022SSN Staff
VILNIUS, Lithuania—Neurotechnology, a provider of deep learning-based solutions and high-precision biometric identification technologies, announced that the company has confirmed the first place position in the NIST Proprietary Fingerprint Template (PFT) III evaluation results released on March 7, 2022.
Since 2019, Neurotechnology’s fingerprint recognition algorithms have held the number one position in NIST PFT evaluations as the company has continued to innovate and improve...
Network-centric U.S. military systems and the rise of CMMC
August 28, 2020Antoinette King
The digital revolution has enhanced military capabilities in so many positive ways. In the U.S., this is referred to as a Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) (Stiennon, 2015). Reconnaissance through unmanned aerial and marine vessels; the use of GPS to refine target coordinates; and digital communications are just some examples of systems that have been enhanced to provide the military with enhanced capabilities resulting in a reduction of casualties and improved efficiency. However, with this...
Defendify’s free essential package helps improve cybersecurity posture
August 4, 2020SSN Staff
PORTLAND, Maine—All-in-one cybersecurity platform, Defendify, attribute a surge in new Cybersecurity Essentials package sign-ups to the increase in cybercriminal activity targeting small and mid-sized businesses. The package, released in late March, offers three award-winning cybersecurity tools that help businesses understand what data security vulnerabilities and threats might impact their organization, and next steps for remediation.
“As we look at the changes impacting...
Biometrics in the COVID-19 Era
July 17, 2020Mohammed Murad
Access control is undergoing significant changes in the COVID-19 era. It’s no longer enough for public and private organizations to provide access to buildings, critical infrastructure and more based solely on the possession of a plastic access control card.
With infections rising in many states, employers want �“ and need �“ to know who has contracted and recovered from the virus. This group of immune employees, vendors and customers may return to work without social distancing....
SIA applauds NIST's facial recognition performance report
December 23, 2019SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) offered sincere gratitude to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for its thoughtful and diligent work in producing a report evaluating the performance of current facial recognition technology across demographic groups. Because facial recognition is a fast-advancing technology in a constant cycle of improvements and is widely adopted across the public and private sectors, reports from non-biased organizations, like...