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Recent News

NICE Framework Competencies: NIST IR 8355 June 21, 2023
NIST Internal Report (NIST IR) 8355, NICE Framework Competencies: Preparing a Job-Ready Cybersecurity Workforce, has been published. This publication describes Competency Areas as included in the NICE Framework, providing...
Cybersecurity for the Water and Wastewater Sector: Project Description June 20, 2023
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released the final project description, "Cybersecurity for the Water and Wastewater Sector: A Practical Reference Design for Mitigating Cyber Risk in Water and...
NIST IR 8454: Status Report of Lightweight Cryptography Final Round June 16, 2023
NIST has published NIST Internal Report 8454, Status Report on the Final Round of the NIST Lightweight Cryptography Standardization Process. The announcement of NIST's decision to standardize the ASCON family was announced on...
Draft CSF Profile for Genomic Data: NIST IR 8467 June 15, 2023
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released for public comment a draft of NIST Internal Report (NISTIR) 8467, Cybersecurity Framework Profile for Genomic Data. The comment period is now open through...
NIST Releases Interagency Report 8406 June 8, 2023
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has published the final version of NIST Interagency Report (NIST IR) 8406, Cybersecurity Framework Profile for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG).

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Upcoming Events

Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) July 2023 Meeting July 12, 2023 - July 13, 2023
The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) is authorized by 15 U.S.C. 278g-4, as amended, and advises the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), and...
Special Topics on Privacy and Public Auditability — Event 6 July 25, 2023
Featured topics: Advanced cryptographic techniques (ZKP, MPC, FHE, ABE, and others). Structure: Welcome/introduction; 6 invited talks; panel conversation. Date and time: July 25th (Tuesday), 2023, 09:30–15:30 EDT....
Digital Identity—What's Next for NIST? July 25, 2023 - July 26, 2023
Last December, the public comment period opened for the Draft Fourth Revision to NIST Special Publication 800-63, Digital Identity Guidelines (Draft NIST SP 800-63-4). The formal comment period is now closed, but we welcome...
NIST Workshop on Multi-party Threshold Schemes 2023 September 26, 2023 - September 28, 2023
NIST Workshop on Multi-Party Threshold Schemes (MPTS) 2023 Host project: Multi-Party Threshold Cryptography: https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/threshold-cryptography Main topic: NIST Call for Multi-Party Threshold Schemes...
The Third NIST Workshop on Block Cipher Modes of Operation 2023 October 3, 2023 - October 4, 2023
NIST will host the Third NIST Workshop on Block Cipher Modes of Operation on October 3-4, 2023, at the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence in Rockville, Maryland. NIST hosted the two previous modes workshops in...

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