National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE)

The NCCoE relies on public and private sector communities of interest (COIs) to share business insights, technical expertise, challenges, and perspectives to guide our projects and help us advocate for strong #cybersecurity.?? ?? Our COIs include experts, innovators, and everyday users of cybersecurity and privacy technologies. They help identify and define the problems to be addressed by the NCCoE, contributing to the cyber resiliency of the U.S. economy.?? ?? Do you have an idea to share or are you interested in attending our events? Check out our page and get involved: https://lnkd.in/gVDuxJYd?? ?? (Image Credit: Shutterstock)??

The NCCoE's Public Safety and First Responder (PSFR) program is working with the first responder community to implement standards-based solutions to make public safety systems resilient against attack and to ensure immediate access to critical assets during incident response.? ? Visit our project page to learn more: https://lnkd.in/e_gdZgyx? ? (Image: Shutterstock)?

From the Billington CyberSecurity Summit: Cherilyn Pascoe, director of the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE), spoke with our team about how the center’s collaboration with industry and government is translating cyber standards into practice. Pascoe emphasized the role of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)'s Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 and the importance of migrating to post-quantum cryptography to safeguard IT systems and critical infrastructure from evolving threats. Tune in to the conversation: https://lnkd.in/eaXPGTnX

Let’s hear it for the interns! ?? Recently at the NCCoE, our interns presented the work they’ve accomplished this summer in front of the center. From AI/ML and email security to outreach and engagement, our interns tackled challenging projects, contributed fresh perspectives, and grew their skills in ways that will serve them well in their future careers.?? ? We now say a fond farewell as they return to school. Hope to see them again soon!? ? #cybersecurity #internship #futureleaders? ? Image Credit: Grace Wood Grace Wood, Louis Ruffino, Genesis Grant, Matthew Fortes, Austin Chen, Rajiv Govind

ICYMI - The NCCoE’s Zero Trust team recently released NIST SP 1800-35: Implementing a Zero Trust Architecture. As an enterprise’s data and resources have become distributed across the on-premises environment and multiple clouds, protecting them has become increasingly challenging. Many users need access from anywhere, at any time, from any device.?? ? The NCCoE is addressing these challenges by collaborating with industry participants to demonstrate several sample implementations of zero trust architecture?applied to a conventional, general-purpose enterprise IT infrastructure?on-premises and in the cloud.?? ? To submit a comment on the draft, visit our Zero Trust project page here:? https://lnkd.in/gwzUG-zG?? ? (Image: Shutterstock)?

Teachers drive the success of cybersecurity, inspiring the next generation to secure their future. With this in mind, the NCCoE recently invited a group of middle school teachers to tour the labs, learn about our Student Programs, and participate in a cybersecurity themed escape room with the NICE program to demonstrate basic cybersecurity principles.? ?? We hope they will return to their schools with a desire to help their students pursue their passion for cybersecurity in the future.

The NCCoE’s Mobile Driver’s License (mDL) project team just released the list of CRADA collaborators for its first project use case! Collaborators will work with the NCCoE to accelerate the adoption of digital identity standards and best practices by producing reference architectures, representative workflows, and implementation guides to address real-world #cybersecurity, #privacy, and usability challenges faced by adoption of mDL in the financial sector. Here they are: ? AAMVA (American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators) Block California Department of Motor Vehicles DHS Science and Technology Directorate IDEMIA iLabs Technologies b.v. JPMorganChase Maryland Department of Transportation MATTR Microsoft New York State Department of Motor Vehicles OpenID Foundation SpruceID U.S. Bank Wells Fargo To learn more: https://lnkd.in/e8W6KzSi

5G technology for broadband cellular networks will significantly improve how humans and machines communicate, operate, and interact in the physical and virtual world. 5G provides increased bandwidth and capacity, and low latency. However, professionals in fields like technology, cybersecurity, and privacy are faced with safeguarding this technology while its development, deployment, and usage are still evolving.? To support this effort, the NCCoE has launched the “Applying 5G Cybersecurity and Privacy Capabilities” white paper series. Click on the link below to review the first two white papers included in the series: (1) Applying 5G Cybersecurity and Privacy Capabilities—Introduction to the White Paper Series and (2) Protecting Subscriber Identifiers with Subscription Concealed Identifier (SUCI).? We encourage you to review these two draft publications and submit comments by September 16, 2024: https://lnkd.in/e79Rhxk2 (Image: Shutterstock)?

The NCCoE’s Digital Identities-Mobile Driver’s License (mDL) team recently hosted guest speakers from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The speakers provided an overview of the incubator community group’s Digital Credentials API, which builds upon the Credential Management API to enable the secure and private exchange of digital identity information.? ? Check out the recording here: https://lnkd.in/eUiMuZB9? (Image: Shutterstock)?

Thank you National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) Director Cherilyn Pascoe for the fantastic tour of critical research areas and the timely discussion on emerging technologies, #cybersecurity, and supply chain #riskmanagement. And as an Montgomery County Government and State of Maryland appointee, it was a pleasure to hear about NCCoE's local investment in creating and deepening community exchanges and linkages. #Quantum #5G #SSDF #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #SupplyChain #tprm #security SecurityScorecard