NIST report identifies significant privacy gaps in genomic data handling

A new National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) report on the cybersecurity of genomic data found major privacy gaps in how the data is generated, stored and shared. The paper argues that a NIST privacy framework focusing on the uniqueness of genomic data sensitivity should be established to help organizations that aggregate the data

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