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nist.gov

Category: Government, Legal

Scanned: Apr 27, 2026, 05:37 PM UTC · First seen: Apr 27, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 91 · Times Scanned: 1
90 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
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Screenshot of nist.gov Captured Apr 27, 2026
https://nist.gov
Screenshot of nist.gov
28 years
Extremely Popular - #235 Tranco rank (>100M monthly visitors)
Not listed (91 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
Cloudflare, Inc.
Toronto, Canada
cloudflare
Drupal
172.65.90.27
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar get.gov
Registered October 2, 1997
Expires August 24, 2026
Name Servers gold.foundationdns.com
DNSSEC Signed
Hosting Cloudflare, Inc.
Reputation & Threat Check 91 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
94 files scanned
No threats
93
Low Risk
0
Medium Risk
1
High Risk
0
No threats Low Risk Medium Risk High Risk
www.nist.gov/nist-quality-system 56.5 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.nist.gov.http-redirect 76 B No threats
www.nist.gov/baldrige 116.4 KB No threats
www.nist.gov/education 91.2 KB No threats
www.nist.gov/itl 107.3 KB No threats
www.nist.gov/mep 114.0 KB No threats
www.nist.gov/forensic-science 110.9 KB No threats
www.nist.gov/chemistry 61.2 KB No threats
www.nist.gov/el 148.9 KB No threats
www.nist.gov/environment 79.2 KB No threats
www.nist.gov/buildings-construction 66.9 KB No threats
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External Links & Domains
3497
External Links
1 Flagged
3
Iframes
Clean
135
Referenced Domains
1 Flagged
2
Flagged Resources
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sim-metrologia.orgFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://sim-metrologia.org/Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://sim-metrologia.org/Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
http://chimad.northwestern.edu/Not flagged
http://jila-kecklab.colorado.edu/Not flagged
http://jila.colorado.edu/Not flagged
http://jqi.umd.edu/Not flagged
http://nist.gov/ /blogs/blogrige/rss.xmlNot flagged
http://nist.gov/ /blogs/caisi-research-blog/rss.xmlNot flagged
http://nist.gov/ /blogs/cybersecurity-insights/rss.xmlNot flagged
http://nist.gov/ /blogs/manufacturing-innovation-blog/rss.xmlNot flagged
http://nist.gov/ /blogs/taking-measure/rss.xmlNot flagged
http://nist.gov/%3cfront%3e/small-business-innovation-research-programNot flagged
http://nist.gov/125th-anniversaryNot flagged
http://nist.gov/about-nistNot flagged
http://nist.gov/about-nist/budget-planningNot flagged
http://nist.gov/about-nist/visitNot flagged
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sim-metrologia.orgFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
ai-challenges.nist.govNot flagged
airc.nist.govNot flagged
applications.chips.govNot flagged
arstechnica.comNot flagged
articles.adsabs.harvard.eduNot flagged
arxiv.orgNot flagged
askchips.chips.govNot flagged
axial.acs.orgNot flagged
bigdatawg.nist.govNot flagged
cdnsecakmi.kaltura.comNot flagged
challenges.cloudflare.comNot flagged
chimad.northwestern.eduNot flagged
cns.che.udel.eduNot flagged
csrc.nist.govNot flagged
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<iframe aria-describedby%3D"homepage_video_description" title%3D"National Institute of Standards and Technology" width%3D"1920" height%3D"1080" src%3D"https://customer-ltx6ylk10sje63q6.cloudflarestream.com/84921ef26d48015ab5328c0fcb8c49b7/iframe?muted%3Dtrue&preload%3Dtrue&loop%3Dtrue&autoplay%3Dtrue&controls%3Dfalse" allow%3D"accelerometer%3B gyroscope%3B autoplay%3B encrypted-media%3B picture-in-picture%3B" allowfullscreen%3D"true" >Not flagged
<iframe src%3D"https://time.gov/web/" title%3D"webclock" class%3D"nist-timewidget">Not flagged
<iframe src%3D"https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id%3DGTM-54VSXXDF" height%3D"0" width%3D"0" style%3D"display:none%3Bvisibility:hidden">Not flagged
nist.gov Overview

Description of nist.gov

nist.gov appears to be the official website of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, a federal agency within the Department of Commerce. The page title, government branding, and homepage content indicate that the site provides information about measurement science, standards development, laboratory programs, publications, and technology resources intended to support innovation, industry, and public-sector research.

Based on the domain, metadata, and page layout, the site serves as a public-facing government information portal rather than a commercial service. The homepage highlights research, standards, time services, publications, and agency programs, which is consistent with the role of a long-established U.S. government institution.

Safety Assessment for nist.gov

This domain shows several strong legitimacy indicators at the time of this scan. It has a very long registration history of roughly 28 years, a high traffic ranking, government-focused categorization from multiple web-classification sources, and 0 detections out of 91 security engines. In addition, the domain was not listed on the checked blacklist databases, which supports the view that no broad reputation-based threats were identified during this review.

One malware scan did report a suspicious finding tied to a single flagged file path and one referenced external domain. Based on the available details, this appears to be a limited indicator rather than a site-wide compromise finding, especially since the broader engine results and blacklist checks did not corroborate active malicious behavior. External-link findings can sometimes reflect third-party references or legacy content rather than direct harm from the main site itself, so this item may warrant monitoring rather than being treated as conclusive evidence.

Based on available data, no significant threats were detected at the time of this scan, though the isolated suspicious external reference suggests routine caution and follow-up review may be appropriate.

Technical Description

The site uses a valid SSL/TLS certificate and is served through Cloudflare infrastructure, with the observed server IP resolving to Cloudflare-hosted services. DNSSEC is signed, which is a positive integrity signal for DNS responses. The domain is registered through get.gov and uses foundationdns nameservers, which is consistent with managed government-domain operations.

From a security posture perspective, the combination of HTTPS, DNSSEC, long domain age, and established hosting infrastructure appears favorable. The main technical concern in the scan data is the single suspicious referenced external domain and associated flagged path, but no widespread malware detections, blacklist listings, or obvious transport-security failures were reported at the time of this scan.

HTTP Redirect Chain
301 https://nist.gov
200 https://www.nist.gov/
Website Insights
#235
Tranco Rank
Extremely Popular
Visitors >100M/mo
Category: Government, Legal
Rank History (30 days)
Mar 16 Apr 26
7 cookies detected
Essential3
Analytics4
Advertising0
Social0
7 1st party cookies
0 3rd party (trackers)
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