The Week Ahead: NIST hosts cyber risk management conference and NICE summit; 'Big Data' events in DC

The National Institute of Standards and Technology holds its highly anticipated annual “Cybersecurity Risk Management Conference” this week, while NIST's National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education also holds its annual summit, multiple DC-based events take place surrounding “Big Data” issues, and security and political questions alike come into focus as “Election Day 2018” finally arrives.

NIST's Cybersecurity Risk Management Conference will take place Wednesday through Friday at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel. The event is a “re-title” of the annual...