Project Overview

Crypto Standards and Guidelines Activities

• Block Cipher Techniques
• Digital Signatures
• Hash Functions
• Key Management
• Lightweight Cryptography (LWC)
• Message Authentication Codes (MACs)
• Post-quantum Cryptography (PQC)
• Privacy-Enhancing Cryptography (PEC)
• Random Bit Generation
• Threshold Cryptography (TC)

Additional Cryptographic Research

• Circuit Complexity
• Elliptic Curve Cryptography
• Pairing-Based Cryptography
• We also host a Crypto Reading Club.

Implementation-related References

• Examples with Intermediate Values
• Object Identifiers (OIDs): Computer Security Objects Register
• Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Program (CAVP)

Guideline for Using Cryptography in the Federal Government

• Directives, mandates and policies (SP 800-175A)
• Cryptographic mechanisms (SP 800-175B Revision 1)
   

Cryptographic Standards and Guidelines Development Process

Learn about NIST's process for developing crypto standards and guidelines in NISTIR 7977 and on the project homepage.