A Summer of Studying Cybersecurity — and Human Error’s Role in Attacks August 21, 2024 By: Miles Walker

https://www.nist.gov/blogs/taking-measure/summer-studying-cybersecurity-and-human-errors-role-attacks As more everyday objects, such as cars and even refrigerators, connect to the internet, new opportunities for cyberattacks open up. So, keeping our technology safe and secure is more important than ever. As a cybersecurity student and summer intern at NIST, I’m learning firsthand about the role people play in cybersecurity. You may think that most cybersecurity incidents result from technological errors, but this is a common misconception. As I conducted preliminary research for my internship as part of the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), I was surprised to learn that human error accounts for more than 80% of cyberattacks. NIST Releases Second Public Draft of Digital Identity Guidelines for Final Review August 21, 2024 https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/08/nist-releases-second-public-draft-digital-identity-guidelines-final-review When we need to show proof of identity, we might reach for our driver’s license — or perhaps, sooner than many of us imagine, we may opt for a digital credential stored on a smartphone. To ensure we can use both novel and time-tested methods to prove our identities securely when accessing essential services, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has updated its draft digital identity guidance. The draft Digital Identity Guidelines (NIST Special Publication [SP] 800-63 Revision 4 and its companion publications SPs 800-63A, 800-63B and 800-63C) have been updated to reflect the robust feedback that NIST received in 2023 as part of a four-month-long comment period and yearlong period of external engagement.