News & Updates

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 information on how Competency Areas are defined and how they can be used.

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 Wastewater Systems." The NCCoE is now calling for project collaborators.

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 February 7, 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 July 17, 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).

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released a preliminary practice guide, Automation of the NIST Cryptographic Module Validation Program, for public comment through July 25, 2023.  

The NCCoE has released Draft NIST IR 8441, Cybersecurity Framework Profile for Hybrid Satellite Networks (HSN). The comment period closes July 14, 2023.

This week, NIST released the newly redesigned and streamlined Special Publication 800-225, Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Cybersecurity and Privacy Annual Report.

Internal and external reporting of security vulnerabilities in software and information systems owned or utilized by the Federal Government is critical to mitigating risk, establishing a robust security posture, and maintaining transparency and trust with the public.

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-124 Revision 2, Guidelines for Managing the Security of Mobile Devices in the Enterprise, assists organizations in managing and securing mobile devices against the ever-evolving threats.

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) invites you to share your feedback on the preliminary draft of NIST Special Publication 1800-37 Volume A, Addressing Visibility Challenges with TLS 1.3.

NIST has decided to revise SP 800-132, "Recommendation for Password-Based Key Derivation – Part 1: Storage Applications." Read this announcement for more details.

The initial public draft (IPD) of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-171, Revision 3, "Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Systems and Organizations," is available for public comment and review through July 14, 2023.

NIST Internal Report (IR) 8450, Overview and Considerations of Access Control Based on Attribute Encryption, is now available for public review and comment. The deadline to submit comments is June 23, 2023.

Today, NIST has published an update of Federal Information Processing Standards Publication (FIPS) 197, Advanced Encryption Standard (AES).

The NCCoE has released the preliminary public drafts of NIST SP 1800-36, Vols. B –E, Trusted Internet of Things (IoT) Device Network-Layer Onboarding and Lifecycle Management. The comment period is open now through June 20, 2023.

NIST has decided to revise SP 800-38A, "Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: Methods and Techniques." Read this announcement for more details.

The initial public draft of NIST IR 8460, "State Machine Replication and Consensus with Byzantine Adversaries," has been posted for public comment through September 1, 2023.

The NCCoE has released a preliminary draft of NIST Special Publication 1800-39A, "Implementing Data Classification Practices." The public comment period is open through June 12, 2023.

For the past 18+ months NIST, in collaboration with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), has been working to update NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-66.

NIST is updating the Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) which is widely used to help organizations better understand, manage, reduce, and communicate cybersecurity risks.

The NCCoE has posted the initial preliminary draft of NIST Special Publication 1800-38A, 

"Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography: Preparation for Considering the Implementation and Adoption of Quantum Safe Cryptography" for public comment. The comment period closes June 8, 2023.

The initial public draft of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-207A, "A Zero Trust Architecture Model for Access Control in Cloud-Native Applications in Multi-Location Environments," is now available for public comment through June 7, 2023. 

NIST Interagency Report (IR) 8427 is now available.

NIST has published a new Cybersecurity White Paper on "Security Segmentation in a Small Manufacturing Environment."