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Events

Upcoming Events

November 6, 2024 - November 7, 2024
The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) is authorized by 15 U.S.C. 278g-4, as amended, and advises the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), and...
November 19, 2024
The Federal Cybersecurity and Privacy Professionals Forum is an informal group sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to promote the sharing of system security and privacy information among...
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...

Past Events

September 24, 2024 - September 26, 2024
WPEC 2024 (September 24th–26th) is a virtual workshop, free to attend, and with a call for talk proposals. Featured topics: Private-Set Intersection (PSI); Fully-Homomorphic Encryption (FHE); Secure Multi-Party Computation...
August 27, 2024
The Federal Cybersecurity and Privacy Professionals Forum is an informal group sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to promote the sharing of system security and privacy information among...
July 23, 2024 - July 25, 2024
Full Workshop and Registration Details NIST will host the Workshop on Formal Methods within Certification Programs (FMCP 2024) on July 23-25, 2024, at the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence in Rockville, Maryland....
July 17, 2024 - July 18, 2024
The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) is authorized by 15 U.S.C. 278g-4, as amended, and advises the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), and...
June 20, 2024 - June 21, 2024
On Demand Videos Day 1 - Thursday, June 20 Day 2 - Friday, June 21 NIST hosted a workshop on the development of a new block cipher mode of operation on June 20–21, 2024, at the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence in...
June 11, 2024
Celia Paulsen, Head of Data and Product Security for the CHIPS Program Office will provide an overview of CHIPS efforts.
May 29, 2024
Amy Mahn, International Policy Specialist in the NIST Applied Cybersecurity Division and lead for international engagement for Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0 will be providing an overview of CSF 2.0, key updates and...
May 21, 2024
The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) is authorized by 15 U.S.C. 278g-4, as amended, and advises the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), and...
May 21, 2024
The Federal Cybersecurity and Privacy Professionals Forum is an informal group sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to promote the sharing of system security and privacy information among...
May 20, 2024 - May 21, 2024
Executive Order 13702 established the National Strategic Computing Initiative (NSCI) to maximize the benefits of high-performance computing (HPC) for economic competitiveness and scientific discovery. Security is an essential...
April 10, 2024 - April 12, 2024
NIST held the 5th NIST PQC Standardization Conference from April 10-12, 2024, in Rockville, Maryland.  The purpose of the conference was to discuss various aspects of the algorithms (both those selected and those being...
March 20, 2024 - March 21, 2024
The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) is authorized by 15 U.S.C. 278g-4, as amended, and advises the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), and...
February 27, 2024
Agenda Introduction and Overview 9:00 – 9:25 ET Sanjay Rekhi - NIST Kevin Stine - NIST Hardware Development Lifecycle 9:30 – 10:30 ET Jonathan Ring – Office of the National...
February 27, 2024
The Federal Cybersecurity and Privacy Professionals Forum is an informal group sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to promote the sharing of system security and privacy information among...
January 17, 2024
We look forward to welcoming you to NIST’s Virtual Workshop on Secure Development Practices for AI Models on January 17. This workshop is being held in support of Executive Order (EO) 14110, Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy...
January 10, 2024
On January 10, 2024, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. EST, NIST will host a webinar to provide an overview of the significant changes in draft Special Publication (SP) 800-171r3 (Revision 3) and SP 800-171Ar3. Both drafts are available...
December 5, 2023
The Federal Cybersecurity and Privacy Professionals Forum is an informal group sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to promote the sharing of system security and privacy information among...
November 8, 2023
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will be hosting a webinar to introduce two recently published Public Draft Special Publications (SPs):  The 3-part Drafts of SP 800-73 Revision 5, Interfaces for...
October 25, 2023 - October 26, 2023
The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) is authorized by 15 U.S.C. 278g-4, as amended, and advises the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), and...
October 3, 2023 - October 4, 2023
AGENDA On-Demand Videos   Day 1 - October 3, 2023  Day 2 - October 4, 2023 --> On-Demand Videos Day 1 - October 3, 2023  Day 2 - October 4, 2023 NIST will host the Third NIST Workshop on Block Cipher Modes of...
September 26, 2023 - September 28, 2023
Quick links about the workshop: videos of the 10 sessions; list of presentation abstracts; call for presentation abstracts. Quick links about the Threshold Call: NISTIR 8214C ipd (Jan-2023), and received comments (Apr-2023)....
August 29, 2023
The Federal Cybersecurity and Privacy Professionals Forum is an informal group sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to promote the sharing of system security and privacy information among...
July 25, 2023
Event #6's theme: Community Efforts on Advanced Cryptographic Techniques Featured topics: FHE, MPC, ZKP, ABE, Threshold Crypto, PAKE. Structure: Welcome/introduction; 6 invited talks; panel conversation. Date and time:...
July 25, 2023 - July 26, 2023
Last December, the public comment period opened for the Draft Fourth Revision to NIST Special Publication 800-63, Digital Identity Guidelines (Draft NIST SP 800-63-4). The formal comment period is now closed, but we welcome...
July 12, 2023 - July 13, 2023
The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) is authorized by 15 U.S.C. 278g-4, as amended, and advises the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), and...