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NIST renews cyber center partnership, launches small business focus
March 08, 2023 | News, CybersecurityThe agency renewed its partnerships that support the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence and launched the NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Community of Interest.
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Lawmaker: Schools need federal advocate to negotiate cyber contracts
| News, CybersecuritySen. Ron Wyden penned a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, asking the agency to assist U.S. schools in drafting cybersecurity and data protection contracts with technology firms.
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How data breaches lead to fraud risk
March 07, 2023 | News, CybersecurityBy understanding the type and severity of data breaches, agencies can see where they should focus their efforts to curb identity fraud and prevent further victimization.
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Tips for multicloud public health IT operations
| News, Cloud & InfrastructurePreparing data, applications and staff for a multicloud environment is critical to maintaining a secure, integrated public health IT ecosystem, experts say.
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FedRAMP, StateRAMP cultivate small biz providers
| News, Cloud & InfrastructureLeaders from the federal and state cloud security authorization programs said they want to “open the aperture” for small businesses that offer secure services to government agencies.
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Creating responsible AI presents ‘major technical challenges,’ NIST official says
| News, Emerging TechExperts discussed the regulations needed for fast-developing AI software, with NIST’s Elham Tabassi emphasizing the need for proper data and measurement strategies for different systems.
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Criminal justice algorithms still discriminate
| News, Emerging TechAlgorithms built upon messy, subjective and discriminatory data can replicate or even amplify bias that disproportionately harms marginalized communities.
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National cyber strategy ‘promising’ for state, local governments
March 06, 2023 | News, CybersecurityWhile some groups applauded the Biden administration’s pledge to prioritize cybersecurity and help small governments fight attacks, others said more technical assistance and federal funding is needed.
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VR trains responders for mass casualty events
| News, Emerging TechConducting a disaster response training program can be costly and time-consuming, but a virtual reality simulation can train multiple employees at once and provide performance assessments.
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Republicans want to incentivize states to recover stolen unemployment benefits
| News, Cloud & InfrastructureThe House Ways and Means Committee approved a bill this week that would let states keep 25% of any money they recover that was fraudulently obtained or improperly given out.