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Recent News

NIST Guidance on Implementing a ZTA December 5, 2024
The NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released the draft of the practice guide, Implementing a Zero Trust Architecture (NIST SP 1800-35), for public comment. The public comment period is open...
NIST Releases Volumes 1 and 2 of SP 800-55 December 4, 2024
NIST has published the final version of Special Publication (SP) 800-55, Measurement Guide for Information Security, which comprises: SP 800-55 Volume 1 and 2.
Report on 2024 Accordion Cipher Mode Workshop November 21, 2024
NIST releases NIST IR 8537, NIST Workshop on the Requirements for an Accordion Cipher Mode 2024: Workshop Report.
NIST Privacy Workforce Taxonomy Initial Draft November 21, 2024
The NIST Privacy Framework Team is pleased to announce the release of the NIST Privacy Workforce Taxonomy, Initial Public Draft (IPD)! We welcome stakeholder feedback on the Workforce Taxonomy IPD by January 17, 2025.
Public Comments Requested on SP 800-102 November 15, 2024
NIST's Crypto Publication Review Board has requested initial public comments on NIST Special Publication 800-102, Recommendation for Digital Signature Timeliness. The comment period is open through January 14, 2025.

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Upcoming Events

Special Topics on Privacy and Public Auditability — Event 7 January 16, 2025
Event #7's theme: Special Types of Encryption (part 1) Featured topics: Deniable Encryption, Time lock Encryption, Witness Encryption Structure: Welcome/introduction; invited talks; Panel conversation. Date and time:...
NIST Workshop on Guidance for KEMs February 25, 2025 - February 26, 2025
Read the Code of Conduct for NIST Meetings NIST recently published FIPS 203, Module-Lattice-Based Key-Encapsulation Mechanism Standard, to update it's cryptographic standards with an algorithm designed to provide protection...

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