News & Updates

NIST has issued supplemental materials and errata updates for both SP 800-53 Rev. 5 and SP 800-53B, which were originally published in September 2020. New materials include control mappings and control comparisons. 

NIST's NCCoE is publishing two Cybersecurity Practice Guides for data integrity that address identifying and protecting assets against--and detecting and responding to--ransomware and other destructive events. Special Publications (SP) 1800-25 and 1800-26 are now available.

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) at NIST has released Draft NISTIR 8320A, "Hardware-Enabled Security: Container Platform Security Prototype." The public comment period closes January 29, 2021.

NIST has published two documents for the National Online Informative References (OLIR) Program, NISTIR 8278 and NISTIR 8278A.

NIST's National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) has released an update of its Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework) in Special Publication 800-181 Revision 1.

Draft FIPS 201-3, "Personal Identity Verification (PIV) of Federal Employees and Contractors," is now available for public comment through February 1, 2021. 

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-53B, "Control Baselines for Information Systems and Organizations," has been published.

NIST has published Special Publication (SP) 800-208, "Recommendation for Stateful Hash-Based Signature Schemes."

NIST SP 800-209, "Security Guidelines for Storage Infrastructure," has been published.

NIST Technical Note (TN) 2111, "An Empirical Study on Flow-based Botnet Attacks Prediction," is now available. 

In response to Executive Order 13905, NIST is releasing Draft NISTIR 8323, "Cybersecurity Profile for the Responsible Use of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Services." The public comment period closes November 23, 2020; all relevant comment received will be posted publicly.

NISTIR 8286, "Integrating Cybersecurity and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)," is now available.

NIST has published NISTIR 8183 Revision 1, "Cybersecurity Framework Version 1.1 Manufacturing Profile."

Draft NISTIR 8212, "ISCMA: An Information Security Continuous Monitoring Program Assessment," is available for public comment through November 13, 2020.

NIST's NCCoE has posted a draft paper, "Securing Data Integrity Against Ransomware Attacks: Using the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guides. The public comment period is open through November 13, 2020.

Draft NISTIR 8301, "Blockchain Networks: Token Design and Management Overview," is now available for comment through October 30, 2020.

Draft NISTIR 8235, "Security Guidance for First Responder Mobile and Wearable Devices," is now available for public comment through November 30, 2020.

NIST has posted a call for comments on "Performance Measurement Guide for Information Security" (SP 800-55 Rev. 1), with a comment period open through December 10, 2020. A new "Measurements for Information Security" project is also available.

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-53 Revision 5, "Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations," represents a multi-year effort to develop the next generation of controls needed to strengthen and support the Federal Government and critical infrastructure sectors.

NIST has published Special Publication (SP) 1800-11, "Data Integrity: Recovering from Ransomware and Other Destructive Events."

NIST has released the final public draft of NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide SP 1800-15, "Securing Small-Business and Home Internet of Things (IoT) Devices: Mitigating Network-Based Attacks Using Manufacturer Usage Description (MUD)." The comment period closes October 16, 2020.

The NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide on "Mobile Device Security: Corporate-Owned Personally-Enabled (COPE)" has been published as SP 1800-21.

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence has released Draft NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide (SP 1800-27), "Securing Property Management Systems," for public comment. The comment period closes on October 28, 2020.

NIST requests review and comments on Special Publication (SP) 800-46 Revision 2, "Guide to Enterprise Telework, Remote Access, and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Security." The comment period is open through October 30, 2020.

A preliminary draft of Volume A of SP 1800-31A, "Improving Enterprise Patching for General IT Systems," is available for comment through October 9, 2020.