International Standards Topped NIST’s Security, Privacy 2019 Agenda, Says Agency

Ongoing participation and development of international standards topped the security and privacy agenda for the National Institute of Standards and Technology in 2019, the agency reported Tuesday. The 2019 NIST/Information Technology Laboratory Cybersecurity Program Annual Report outlines NIST’s research agenda. Enhancement of privacy and security risk management models, “advancement of cryptographic technologies” and “preparation for post-quantum cryptographic methods” were included on the agenda. NIST also highlighted the goal to improve “infrastructure protection in areas such as zero trust architectures and advanced networking security.”