Recent NIST guidance includes how to apply foundational NIST cybersecurity documents to a physical access control system (PACS). Q: Our CISO just informed me that NIST has classified physical access ...

Most people don’t think much about opening doors: insert key, turn knob and walk in. If your workplace issues ID badges there may be a bit more thought that goes into it as you tap the badge on a ...

Last issue I talked about some recent updates to existing products. Today we look at another announcement: The National Institute of Standards and Technology has established the NIST Personal Identity ...

November 2025 has been a busy month for cybersecurity rules affecting government contractors. The long-awaited Cybersecurity Maturity ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The National Institute of Standards and Technology is revising segments of its security controls, part of a larger patch release aimed ...

In May, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued updated recommendations for security controls for controlled unclassified information (CUI) that is processed, stored or ...

ID verification technology supplier Bioscrypt has chosen a fingerprint sensor from UPEK for use in its physical access control readers, bringing the reader into FIPS 201 compliance. Bioscrypt still ...

What NIST-led innovation is estimated to have saved U.S. industry $6.1 billion over the past 20 years? Well, probably several, but, perhaps surprisingly, a new economics study* points to the ...

Security frameworks continue to see adoption, with the CIS Critical Security Controls for Effective Cyber Defense (CIS Controls) ranked as a leading framework in use, along with the National Institute ...

The digital and physical worlds are not just intersecting—they are merging. And it seems clear that there are few places where the implications of such convergence pose a greater risk than in the ...