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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce whose mission is to promote American innovation and industrial competitiveness. NIST's activities are organized into physical science laboratory programs that include nanoscale science and technology , engineering , information ...
The Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology was the flagship peer-reviewed scientific journal of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. It was published from 1904–2022. Its former name was Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards.
Ernest Ambler (November 20, 1923 – February 17, 2017 [1]) was a British-American physicist who served as the Acting Under Secretary for Technology in the Department of Commerce (1988–89), as director of the United States' National Bureau of Standards (NBS, 1975–89), and as the first director of the United States' National Institute of Standards and Technology 1988–89.
Allen Varley Astin (June 12, 1904 – January 28, 1984) was an American physicist who served as director of the United States National Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards and Technology) from 1951 until 1969. During the Second World War he worked on the proximity fuse.
Computer Security Act of 1987; Long title: An Act to provide for a computer standards program within the National Bureau of Standards, to provide for Government-wide computer security, and to provide for the training in security matters of persons who are involved in the management, operation, and use of Federal computer systems, and for other purposes.
In the 1970s, the American National Bureau of Standards (NBS), which was later renamed to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), defined a set of convenient numbers when it was developing procedures for metrication in the United States.
1st NIST Ernest Ambler: 1975–1989 Ambler served as acting director from 1975 to 1977. He was first appointed as director of NBS and continued as director of NIST following the agency's reorganization in 1988. 2nd John W. Lyons 1990–1993 3rd Arati Prabhakar: 1993–1997 4th Raymond G. Kammer 1997–2000 acting Karen Brown 2000–2001 acting ...
The National Software Reference Library (NSRL), is a project of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) which maintains a repository of known software, file profiles and file signatures for use by law enforcement and other organizations involved with computer forensic investigations.