Presented at
AppSec USA 2013,
Nov. 21, 2013, 1 p.m.
(50 minutes)
Video of session:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPA7ILovh84&list=PLpr-xdpM8wG8ODR2zWs06JkMmlRiLyBXU&index=36
Title: The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Information Technology Lab (ITL). What we do, why we do it and what it means to you.
Founded in 1901 and now part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, NIST is one of the nation's oldest physical science laboratories. Congress established the agency to remove a major handicap to U.S. industrial competitiveness at the time-a second-rate measurement infrastructure that lagged behind the capabilities of England, Germany, and other economic rivals. Today, NIST measurements support the smallest of technologies-nanoscale devices-to the largest and most complex of human-made creations, from earthquake-resistant skyscrapers to wide-body jetliners to global communication networks.
In this session the NIST and ITL missions and impacts to US industry, economy and citizens will be presented. Attendees can learn about the current Programs, Projects and Research and Development activities in the US Governments premier scientific institutions.
Presenters:
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Rick Kuhn
Rick Kuhn is a computer scientist in the Computer Security Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. He has authored more than 100 publications on information security, empirical studies of software failure, and software assurance, and is a senior member of the IEEE. He co-developed the role based access control model (RBAC) used throughout industry and led the effort establishing RBAC as an ANSI standard. Previously he served as Program Manager for the committee on applications and technology of the President's Information Infrastructure Task Force and as manager of the Software Quality Group at NIST. Before joining NIST, he worked as a systems analyst with NCR Corporation and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. He received an MS in computer science from the University of Maryland College Park, and an MBA from William & Mary.
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James St. Pierre
- Deputy Director, ITL - National Institute of Standards and Technology
James A. St. Pierre is Deputy Director of the Information Technology Laboratory (ITL). ITL is one of six research Laboratories within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) with an annual budget of $120 million, 367 employees, and about 160 guest researchers from industry, universities, and foreign laboratories.
Along with the ITL Director St. Pierre oversees a research program designed to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by developing and disseminating standards, measurements, and testing for interoperability, security, usability, and reliability of information systems, including cybersecurity standards and guidelines for Federal agencies and U.S. industry, supporting these and measurement science at NIST through fundamental and applied research in computer science, mathematics, and statistics. Through its efforts, ITL seeks to enhance productivity and public safety, facilitate trade, and improve the quality of life.
Within NIST's traditional role as the overseer of the National Measurement System, ITL is addressing the hard problems in IT Measurement Research. ITL's research results in metrics, tests, and tools for a wide range of subjects such as complex systems, pervasive information technologies, and virtual measurements, as well as issues of information and software quality, integrity, and usability.
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