News & Updates

NIST has published Special Publication (SP) 800-210, "General Access Control Guidance for Cloud Systems."

NIST Technical Note (TN) 2066, "OpenFMB Proof of Concept Implementation Research," describes recent cybersecurity research related to the Smart Grid.

NIST is announcing the third round finalists of the NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization Process. More details are included in NISTIR 8309.

NIST has released Draft Special Publication (SP) 800-209, "Security Guidelines for Storage Infrastructure," for public comment.  The comment period is open through August 31, 2020.

The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) has released Draft SP 800-181 Revision 1, "Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework)." The public comment period closes August 28, 2020.

NIST is requesting comments on the Second Draft of NISTIR 8286, "Integrating Cybersecurity and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)." The public comment period closes August 21, 2020.

NIST has published NISTIR 8214A, "NIST Roadmap Toward Criteria for Threshold Schemes for Cryptographic Primitives."

NIST has released a final public draft for comment: Draft Special Publication (SP) 800-172. The comment period ends on August 21, 2020.

NIST has published Special Publication 800-77 Revision 1, "Guide to IPsec VPNs"

NIST is pleased to announce the release of OSCAL 1.0.0 Milestone 3. This is the third official milestone pre-release of .....

NIST is requesting review and comments on the existing four-volume set of SP 800-63 publications, "Digital Identity Guidelines."  The public comment period ends August 10, 2020.

NIST announces the publication of NIST SP 800-133 Revision 2, "Recommendation for Cryptographic Key Generation."

Two publications, NISTIRs 8259 and 8259A, are now available to provide cybersecurity best practices and guidance for IoT device manufacturers.

NIST announces the publication of SP 800-204A, "Building Secure Microservices-based Applications Using Service-Mesh Architecture."

NIST has posted a draft Cybersecurity White Paper, "Getting Ready for Post-Quantum Cryptography: Explore Challenges Associated with Adoption and Use of Post-Quantum Cryptographic Algorithms." The public comment period ends...

NIST has published Special Publication (SP) 800-137A, "Assessing Information Security Continuous Monitoring (ISCM) Programs: Developing an ISCM Program Assessment."

NIST has updated its key management guidance by publishing SP 800-57 Part 1 Revision 5, "Recommendation for Key Management: Part 1 – General."

NISTIR 8294, "Symposium on Federally Funded Research on Cybersecurity of Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE)," has been published, describing a NIST-hosted event from September 12, 2019. It also includes the meeting...

A draft NIST Cybersecurity White Paper is available for comment: "Hardware-Enabled Security for Server Platforms." The public comment period is open through June 2, 2020.

NIST has published Volume 4 of NISTIR 8011:  "Automation Support for Security Control Assessments: Software Vulnerability Management."

NIST has published "Mitigating the Risk of Software Vulnerabilities by Adopting a Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF)," a new NIST Cybersecurity White Paper.

NIST has released a Draft NIST Cybersecurity White Paper on "Methodology for Characterizing Network Behavior of Internet of Things Devices." The public comment period ends May 1, 2020.

NIST has released Draft Special Publication (SP) 800-210, "General Access Control Guidance for Cloud Systems," for public comment. The comment period is open through May 15, 2020.

NIST publishes Revision 1 of SP 800-175B, "Guideline for Using Cryptographic Standards in the Federal Government: Cryptographic Mechanisms."

NIST has released Draft SP 800-124 Revision 2, "Guidelines for Managing the Security of Mobile Devices in the Enterprise," for public comment. The comment period ends June 26, 2020.