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Cryptographic Standards and Guidelines Development Process

News and Updates

NIST Released NISTIR 7977
March 31, 2016
NIST announces the release of NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 7977,Cryptographic Standards and Guidelines Development Process. This document describes the principles, processes and procedures behind our cryptographic...
Public Comment: Second Public Draft NISTIR 7977
January 23, 2015
NIST requests comments on a Second Public Draft of NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 7977, Cryptographic Standards and Guidelines Development Process. This revised document describes the principles, processes and procedures...
VCAT recommendations for the NIST Cryptographic Standards
July 14, 2014
NIST’s Visiting Committee for Advanced Technology (VCAT) finalized a report detailing recommendations for NIST’s cryptographic standards program. The VCAT’s recommendations are ...
Draft NIST Interagency Report 7977
February 18, 2014
NIST requests comments on Draft NIST Interagency Report 7977, NIST Cryptographic Standards and Guidelines Development Process. This document describes the principles, ...
Initiating Review of Cryptographic Standards Development Process
November 1, 2013
Recent news reports about leaked classified documents have caused concern from the cryptographic community about......
Created May 24, 2016, Updated May 08, 2023