About

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Established in 2012 through a partnership between NIST, the State of Maryland and Montgomery County, the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) is dedicated to furthering innovation through the rapid identification, integration and adoption of practical, standards-based cybersecurity solutions.

The NCCoE is part of the NIST Information Technology Laboratory and operates in close collaboration with the Computer Security Division. As a part of the NIST family, the center has access to a foundation of prodigious expertise, resources, relationships and experience.

NIST is a recognized thought leader in:

• Cryptography 

• Identity management 

• Key management 

• Mobile security 

• Risk management 

• Secure automation     

• Secure networking

• Secure virtualization

• Security for cloud

• Trusted roots of hardware 

• Usability and security 

• Vulnerability management

 

For more information on the center's founding, see:

• Press release
• Launch of the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence on NIST's YouTube channel
• Maryland, NIST form cybersecurity partnership video on YouTube from Maryland Biz

Download a copy of our brochure (PDF).