[ISN] NIST seeks partners for cybersecurity challenges

http://fcw.com/articles/2012/10/19/nist-partnership.aspx

By Camille Tuutti
FCW.com
Oct 19, 2012

The federal agency tasked with developing measurements and standards is 
looking for companies to help solve pressing cybersecurity challenges in 
a new effort: the National Cybersecurity Excellence Partnerships.

In an Oct. 12 Federal Register notice, the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology’s Information Technology Laboratory calls on 
private-sector firms to submit letters of interest in collaborating in 
the National Cybersecurity Excellence Partnerships.

The Federal Register notice appeared just days after a new report 
outlined how cyberattacks against U.S businesses and government have 
grown 42 percent in the past year. That research, released by the 
Ponemon Institute, also showed a lack of proactive security as being a 
major cause for the spike in attacks.

NCEP collaborators will be housed at the National Cybersecurity Center 
of Excellence in Rockville, Md., which opened its doors in June 2012 and 
acts as a hub for NIST researchers to collaborate with users and vendors 
from government, industry and academia on holistic cybersecurity 
approaches.

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