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News
- {June 12, 2013} -- NIST is proud to announce the releaes of two publications - (1) Special Publication 800-56A Revision 2, Recommendation for Pair-Wise Key Establishment Schemes Using Discrete Logarithm Cryptographyand (2) NIST Interagency Report (IR) 7298 Revision 2, Glossary of Key Information Security Terms - to learn more about these two documents....
- {May 15, 2013} -- NIST announces the release of Special Publication 800-82, Revision 1, Guide to Industrial Control System (ICS) Security. Special Publication 800-82 provides guidance on how to.....
- {May 13, 2013} -- NIST is proud to announce the release of 2 Draft Special Publications: (1) Draft Special Publication 800-73-4 and (2) Draft Special Publication 800-78-4. These 2 Drafts.....
- {May 9, 2013} -- NIST will provide periodic errata updates to Special Publication (SP) 800-53, Revision 4, Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations, as needed. The.....
- {April 30, 2013} -- NIST announces the final release of Special Publication (SP) 800-53, Revision 4, Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations. Special Publication 800-53, Revision 4, represents the most comprehensive update to the security controls catalog since its inception in 2005.....
- {April 22, 2013} -- NIST announces the public comment release of draft Special Publication (SP) 800-162, Guide to Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC) Definition and Considerations. ABAC is a logical access control methodology where.....
- {April 11, 2013] -- NIST announces the public comment release of Draft Interagency Report (IR) 7924, Reference Certificate Policy. The purpose of this document is to identify a set of......
- [Feb 26, 2013] -- Federal Register Notice -- Developing a Framework To Improve Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity
- [Feb 13, 2013] -- Recognizing that the national and economic security of the United States depends on the reliable functioning of critical infrastructure, the President under the Executive Order “Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity” has directed NIST to work with stakeholders to develop a voluntary framework for reducing cyber risks to critical infrastructure.
RFI - Framework for Reducing Cyber Risks to Critical Infrastructure - [Feb 8, 2013] -- NIST plans to release the markup versions of Appendices D, F, and G for draft Special Publication 800-53, Revision 4, on Monday, February 11, 2013.
- [Feb 5, 2013] -- Final Public Draft of Special Publication 800-53 Revision 4 Security and Privacy Controls for Federal information Systems and Organizations is available for review. This final draft.....
NIST Security Events
Safeguarding Health Information: Building Assurance through HIPAA Security - 2013
May 21-22, 2013
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, DC
2nd Cybersecurity Framework Workshop
May 29-31, 2013
Pittsburgh, PA