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Auditors Accuse Agency of Mismanagement and Program OverlapManagement by the National Institute of Standards and Technology of a repository of vulnerability data came under sharp criticism from federal auditors who said the agency approached it with "lack of strategic planning and decisive action."
NIST Seeks Input to Protect AI Systems Used in Government, Critical InfrastructureThe National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking public input from security experts and stakeholders to weigh in on security threats from agentic AI warning they may be vulnerable to exploits like hijacking, backdoors and misaligned behavior across federal networks.
Agency Calls Former Deadline to Clear Major Vulnerability Backlog Too 'Optimistic'The National Institute of Standards and Technology is still struggling with a backlog of over 19,000 security vulnerabilities in its National Vulnerability Database, according to a recent announcement, which acknowledged initial projections to clear the unassessed software flaws were too optimistic.
Agency Awards Contract for Additional Staffing to Cope With Massive Backlog of CVEsThe U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology announced plans to resume processing new vulnerabilities for the National Vulnerability Database after funding cuts forced the agency to stop tracking common vulnerabilities and exposures in the critical repository.
Data-Poisoning Attacks Are Critical Threat to Machine Learning Security, NIST WarnsMachine learning systems continue are vulnerable to cyberattacks that could allow hackers to evade security and prompt data leaks, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology warned. There is "no foolproof defense" against some of these attacks, researchers said.