Fixed software programs that internally control various electronic devices or individual hardware parts of these devices (such as mobile phones). They involved very basic low-level operations of the ...

Changing the software in flash memory, which is a storage chip that holds instructions, settings and preferences. With regard to computers, firmware updates are infrequent but sometimes necessary to ...

The goal is to enable stronger security practices for government-purchased software mandated by President Biden's cybersecurity executive order. The EO stipulates that NIST’s definition “shall reflect ...