Month: January 2024

Grow your skills at Security Virtual Training Day: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals from Microsoft Learn. At this free, introductory event, you’ll gain the security skills and training you need to create impact and take advantage of opportunities to move your career forward. You’ll explore the basics of security, compliance, and identity—including best practices to help protect people and data against cyberthreats for greater peace of mind. You’ll also learn more about identity and access management while exploring compliance management fundamentals. You will have the opportunity to: Learn the fundamentals of security, compliance, and identity. Understand the concepts and capabilities of Microsoft identity and access management solutions, as well as compliance management capabilities. Gain the skills and knowledge to jumpstart your preparation for the certification exam. Join us at an upcoming two-part event: January 8, 2024 | 12:00 PM – 3:45 PM | (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) January 9, 2024 | 12:00 PM – 2:15 PM | (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) Delivery Language: English Closed Captioning Language(s): English

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#Empower2024: AI, Your Copilot January 31, 10:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. ET Designed for nonprofits, this 1-day virtual conference with ProServe IT will tell you what you need to know to harness the power of artificial intelligence. Learn how AI and Microsoft Copilot can boost your productivity and drive results for your mission. Join any of the 30-minute sessions throughout the day, depending on your interest, and learn what you can do to get ready for this innovative technology in a new era of work. Register now

Dear Colleagues, 

Initial Public Draft Comment Period – still open for comments! 

We still need your feedback on the Initial Public Draft of the NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-226, Guidelines for Evaluating Differential Privacy Guarantees. We are halfway through the public comment period, which closes at 11:59 p.m. ET on January 25, 2024.

For more information about this publication and to provide comments, visit the website page. If you have questions, email us at [email protected].   
 
Best,  
NIST Privacy Engineering Program NIST Cybersecurity and Privacy Program
Questions/Comments about this notice: [email protected].
CSRC Website questions: [email protected]

The complex formulas in physics, math and engineering papers might be intimidatingly difficult reading matter for some, but there are many people who have trouble merely seeing them in the first place. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has created a tool that makes these papers easier on the eyes for those with visual disabilities, and it’s about to be adopted in a major way. The tool, which converts one commonly used format for displaying math formulas into another, could help make the latest and greatest research papers accessible to all. Most new research papers are distributed as PDF files, which many people in the research community have difficulty reading. Read More

Event Date: January 10, 2024

Event Time: 2:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. ET

Event Location: Virtual

Event Description:

We’re ringing in the New Year by giving you a sneak peek into what the NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Program has planned for 2024. During this webinar, we’ll:

• Introduce you to the new NIST Lead for Small Business Engagement.
• Provide an overview of upcoming small business cybersecurity events.
• Launch our two new NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Community of Interest (COI) sub-groups:
  • COI for Small Business Owners/Operators.
  • COI for Small Business Vendors and Resource Partners.
  • Learn more about each and sign up here.
• Provide a teaser of what’s coming the rest of the year.
• Answer your questions/receive your input.

Speaker: Daniel Eliot, Lead for Small Business Engagement, Applied Cybersecurity Division, NIST

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