NIST plans to focus on cyber basics, emerging tech in engagement efforts with small business community

The National Institute of Standards and Technology will take a two-pronged approach to working with small businesses, focusing on covering cybersecurity fundamentals and providing information about projects on emerging technologies, according to agency official Daniel Eliot.

The “two parallel tracks” will ensure small and medium-sized businesses have access to “fundamental cybersecurity tactics that have the biggest impact,” Eliot said during a Wednesday webinar, while also providing opportunities to be involved in research on “critical and emerging technologies” such as...