TAPROOT SECURITY®
Cybersecurity Consulting
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Taproot Security Comments on Federal Randomness Beacon Proposal
Asks NIST to ensure security and reliability
Saint Paul, MN, May 29, 2019 – Taproot Security submitted a comment letter to the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) regarding their recently announced draft protocol for Randomness Beacons that will broadcast random bits on the Internet for use in a wide variety of applications and systems.
"Randomness Beacons are an important innovation that will benefit applications and people worldwide," said Taproot Security founder Mike McCormick. "But they also represent a new potential attack vector, so it's critical they be implemented securely."
The full text of our comment letter is publicly available here .
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Taproot Security is an information security consulting firm advising industry and government on cyber issues and policy. For more information, please visit http://www.taprootsecurity.com/.
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To learn more about this announcement, please contact
Michael McCormick
Founder & President
Taproot Security, LLC
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