News & Updates

NIST requests comments on proposed changes to Federal Information Processing Standard 186-3, the Digital Signature Standard. The Federal Register Notice requests that electronic comments be sent by May 25, 2012 ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) requests comments on revisions to Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 186-3,…

NIST announces the second public draft of NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 7622, Notional Supply Chain Risk Management Practices for Federal Information Systems. This publication is intended to provide a wide array of...

NIST announces the markup version of NIST Special Publication 800-53, Revision 4 (Initial Public Draft), Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations. 

This notice announces the Secretary of Commerce's approval of Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 180-4, Secure Hash Standard (SHS).

NIST announces the Initial Public Draft of Special Publication (SP) 800-53, Revision 4, Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations. Special Publication 800-53, Revision 4, represents the...

NIST announces the final release of Special Publication (SP) 800-153, Guidelines for Securing Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs). The purpose of this publication is to provide organizations with recommendations for...

NIST is pleased to announce the release of a report by the University of Maryland's Supply Chain Management Center. The report, which stems from a NIST grant, inventories existing ICT supply chain initiatives and formulates a...

NIST announces the public comment release of draft Special Publication (SP) 800-61 Revision 2, Computer Security Incident Handling Guide. It seeks to assist organizations in mitigating the risks from computer security...

NIST is pleased to announce the release of Special Publications (SP): SP 800-144, Guidelines on Security and Privacy in Public Cloud Computing. SP 800-144 provides an overview of the security and ...

NIST announces the public comment release of Draft NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 7817, A Credential Reliability and Revocation Model for Federated Identities. NISTIR 7817 investigates credential and attributes revocation...

The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - Friday, February 3, 2012. All sessions will be open to the public.

The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology announces that the closing deadline for submission of comments responsive to the September 21, 2011…

The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - Friday, October 28, 2011. All sessions will be open to the public.

The U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Department of Homeland Security are requesting information on the requirements of, and possible approaches to creating, a voluntary industry code of conduct to address the detection, …...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) invites and requests nomination of individuals for appointment to its nine existing Federal Advisory Committees

The Department of Commerce's (Department) Internet Policy Task Force is conducting a comprehensive review of the nexus between cybersecurity and innovation in the Internet economy. On July 28, 2010, the Department published a...

The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet Wednesday, July 13, 2011 -  Friday, July 15, 2011. All sessions will be open to the public.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) publishes this notice to request comments on Draft Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publication 201-2,…

This notice announces the Draft Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 180-4, Secure Hash Standard (SHS), for public review and comment. The draft standard, designated “Draft FIPS 180-4” is proposed to supersede FIPS...

The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - Friday, March 4, 2011. All sessions will be open to the public.

The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet Wednesday, November 3, 2010 - Friday, November 5, 2010. All sessions will be open to the public.

The Department of Commerce's Internet Policy Task Force is conducting a comprehensive review of the nexus between cybersecurity challenges in the commercial sector and innovation in the Internet economy.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) invites and requests nomination of individuals for appointment to its nine existing Federal Advisory Committees…

The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet Wednesday, August 4, 2010 - Friday, August 6, 2010. All sessions will be open to the public.