NIST Publishes SCAP 1.3 Technical Spec
February 14, 2018
Today, NIST published the technical specification for the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) version 1.3.

Updated NIST FISMA Publications Schedule
February 8, 2018
An updated schedule for NIST FISMA Publication updates......

NIST Publishes Attribute Metadata Report, NISTIR 8112
February 2, 2018
NIST recently published NIST Internal Report (NISTIR) 8112, Attribute Metadata: A Proposed Schema for Evaluating Federated Attributes.

Security Considerations for Code Signing
January 26, 2018
 A new NIST cybersecurity white paper is available, Security Considerations for Code Signing. 

Security Recommendations for Deploying Hypervisors on Servers
January 24, 2018
NIST has published SP 800-125A, Security Recommendations for Hypervisor Deployment on Servers.

Blockchain Technology Overview Draft Available for Comment
January 24, 2018
Draft NISTIR 8202, Blockchain Technology Overview, is available for public comment through February 23, 2018.

NIST Releases Draft NISTIR 7511 Rev. 5
January 16, 2018
NIST announces the release of Draft NISTIR 7511 Revision 5.  This draft NISTIR has been updated.....

NIST Announces the Release of SP 800-90B
January 10, 2018
NIST announces the release of Special Publication 800-90B, Recommendation for the Entropy Sources Used for Random Bit Generation.  This document....

Departments seek public input on draft botnet report
January 5, 2018
1st draft of Botnet report out for comment

Update to NIST SP 800-160
January 3, 2018
As part of its ongoing cybersecurity efforts, NIST has issued the first update to its flagship systems security engineering...

NIST Publishes Guide to LTE Security
December 21, 2017
NIST publishes Special Publication (SP) 800-187, Guide to LTE Security.

New CSRC Publication Features
December 21, 2017
We recently added a few new features to CSRC's publications section.

Second Draft of Trustworthy Email Spec SP 800-177 Rev 1
December 15, 2017
A second round of public comments has started for Draft SP 800-177 Revision 1, "Trustworthy Email"

Draft Framework and Roadmap for Infrastructure Cybersecurity
December 5, 2017
NIST has published the 2nd draft of a proposed update to the Framework for .....

Cyber Risk Predictive Analytics Project Report
December 1, 2017
NIST is pleased to announce the publication of a report by the University of Maryland’s Supply Chain Management Center titled “The Cyber Risk Predictive Analytics Project”. 

Errata Update for SP 800-171 Rev. 1
November 28, 2017
NIST announces the release of an errata update for Special Publication 800-171, Revision 1, Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information is Nonfederal Systems and Organizations. The errata.....

Draft SP 800-171A for public comment
November 28, 2017
NIST announces the release of Draft Special Publication 800-171A, Assessing Security Requirements for Controlled Unclassified Information. This publication is.....

NIST Releases SP 800-67 Rev. 2
November 21, 2017
NIST announces the release of Special Publication (SP) 800-67, Revision 2, Recommendation for the Triple Data Encryption Algorithm (TDEA) Block Cipher. This publication specifies.....

NIST Releases Draft SP 800-52 Rev. 2 for public comment
November 15, 2017
NIST announces the public comment release of Draft Special Publication 800-52 Revision 2, Guidelines for the Selection, Configuration, and Use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) Implementations. Transport Layer Security...

NIST Releases Draft NISTIR 8193
November 8, 2017
The national need for a common lexicon to describe & organize the cybersecurity workforce and requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) led to the.....

Transition Plans for Key Establishment Schemes
October 31, 2017
NIST announces an update to its transition plans for key establishment schemes specified in the SP 800-56 series.

Call for Papers/Presentations for 5th Annual HotSoS Symposium
October 25, 2017
Papers and presentations are solicited for the 5th Annual Hot Topics in the Science of Security (HoTSoS) Symposium, which will be held April 10–11, 2018 at the StateView Hotel in Raleigh, N.C., ......

NIST Releases NISTIR 8176
October 12, 2017
NIST announces the release of NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 8176, Security Assurance Requirements for Linux Application Container Deployments

Open Meeting of the ISPAB (October 2017)
October 3, 2017
The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet October 25-27, 2017. All sessions will be open to the public.

NIST NCCoE Releases Draft SP 1800-12
October 2, 2017
NIST's National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) Releases Draft SP 1800-12, Derived Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Credentials