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Lightweight Cryptography

Timeline

 
Date Event
July 20-21, 2015  First Lightweight Cryptography Workshop at NIST 
August 11, 2016  (Draft) NISTIR 8114 is published. 
October 17-18, 2016 Second Lightweight Cryptography Workshop at NIST   
October 31, 2016  End of public comment period to Draft NISTIR 8114 
Public comments received (August 11 - October 31,2016) 

March 28, 2017 

NISTIR 8114, Report on Lightweight Cryptography is published. 
April 26, 2017 (Draft) Profiles for Lightweight cryptography standardization process is published. 
June 16, 2017  Public comments received (April 26 - June 16, 2017) 
May 14, 2018  (Draft) Submission Requirements and Evaluation Criteria for the Lightweight cryptography standardization process is published.
May 14, 2018 Federal Register Notice is published. 
June 28, 2018  End of public comment period to the submission requirement. 
Public comments received (May 14-June 28, 2018). 
August 27, 2018 Federal Register Notice is published
August 27, 2018  Submission Requirements and Evaluation Criteria for the Lightweight Cryptography Standardization Process is published.
January 4, 2019 Early submission deadline for early feedback 
February 25, 2019  Submission deadline
March 29, 2019 Amendment Deadline
April 18, 2019  Announcement of the Round 1 Candidates
August 30, 2019 Announcement of Round 2 Candidates
October 7, 2019 NISTIR 8268, Status Report on the First Round of the NIST Lightweight Cryptography Standardization Process is published
November 4-6, 2019  Third Lightweight Cryptography Workshop at NIST
October 19-21, 2020 Fourth Lightweight Cryptography Workshop (virtual)
March 29, 2021 Announcement of Finalist Candidates
July 21, 2021 NISTIR 8369, Status Report on the Second Round of the NIST Lightweight Cryptography Standardization Process is published.
May 9-11, 2022 Fifth Lightweight Cryptography Workshop (virtual)
February 7, 2023 Announcement:  NIST Selects Ascon for Standardization
June 16, 2023 NIST IR 8454, Status Report on the Final Round of the NIST Lightweight Cryptography Standardization Process is published
June 21-22, 2023 Sixth Lightweight Cryptography Workshop (virtual)

Contacts

Lightweight Crypto Technical Inquiries
lightweight-crypto@nist.gov

Donghoon Chang

Jinkeon Kang

John Kelsey

Kerry McKay

Meltem Sönmez Turan

Noah Waller

Topics

Security and Privacy: lightweight cryptography

Created January 03, 2017, Updated March 20, 2024