NIST Announce the Release of Draft Special Publication 800-154
March 14, 2016
NIST requests public comments on draft Special Publication (SP) 800-154, Guide to Data-Centric System Threat Modeling. Data-centric system threat modeling is a form of risk assessment that models aspects of the attack...

NIST Released Draft SP 800-175B
March 11, 2016
NIST requests comments on Special Publication 800-175B,Guideline for Using Cryptographic Standards in the Federal Government: Cryptographic Mechanisms. ...

NIST Released SP 800-125B, Secure Virtual Network Configuration
March 7, 2016
NIST announces the release of final version of NIST Special Publication 800-125B, Secure Virtual Network Configuration for Virtual Machine (VM) Protection. VMs constitute the primary resource to be protected in a...

Open Meeting of ISPAB (March 2016)
February 24, 2016
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. App., notice is hereby given that the Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board 

NIST Special Publication 800-53 Revision 5
February 23, 2016
Recognizing the importance of maintaining the relevance and currency of Special Publication (SP) 800-53, NIST will update Revision 4 to Revision 5 during calendar year 2016 beginning with this pre-draft ...

Draft Special Publication 800-116 Revision 1
February 19, 2016
The comment period for Draft Special Publication 800-116 Revision 1 has been extended, and now closes at 5:00 EST (US and Canada) on March 1, 2016

NIST Announces the Release of DRAFT Special Publication 800-180
February 18, 2016
NIST requests public comments on DRAFT SP 800-180, NIST Definition of Microservices, Application Containers and System Virtual Machines. This document serves to provide a NIST-standard definition to application...

NIST Announces Release of Draft NISTIR 8103
February 17, 2016
On January 12-13, 2016 the Applied Cybersecurity Division (ACD) in the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Information Technology Laboratory hosted the “Applying Measurement Science in the Identity...

NIST Announces Release of DRAFT NISTIR 8063
February 16, 2016
NIST requests public comments on DRAFT NISTIR 8063, Primitives and Elements of Internet of Things (IoT) Trustworthiness. This report describes research on creating a vocabulary, namely primitives and elements...

Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity
February 12, 2016
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is extending the period for submitting comments relating to the “Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity” 

SUNSET of RNG
February 9, 2016
 the CMVP has removed cryptographic modules implementing RNG from the FIPS 140-2 validation list as of 1/1/16.

NIST announces release of Draft Special Publication (SP) 800-166
February 8, 2016
Draft SP 800-166 contains the derived test requirements and test assertions for testing the Derived PIV Application and associated Derived PIV data objects. The tests verify the conformance of these artifacts to the...

Best Practices Whitepaper for Privileged User PIV Authentication
February 5, 2016
This draft white paper is a best practices guide. The paper is in response to the Cybersecurity Strategy and Implementation Plan (CSIP), published by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) ...

NIST Announce the Release of DRAFT NISTIR 8105
February 3, 2016
NIST requests public comments on DRAFT NISTIR 8105, Report on Post-Quantum Cryptography. In recent years, there has been a substantial amount of research on quantum computers – machines that exploit quantum ...

NIST DRAFT NISTIR 8011 now available for public comment.
February 2, 2016
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is pleased to announce the initial public draft release of NIST Internal Report (NISTIR) 8011, Automation Support for Security Control Assessments, ...

Special Publication 800-57, Part 1 Revision 4 has been approved
January 28, 2016
NIST announces the completion of Special Publication (SP) 800-57, Part 1 Rev. 4, Recommendation for Key Management, Part 1: General. This Recommendation provides ...

NIST Released NISTIR 7511 Revision 4
January 28, 2016
NIST announces the final release of NISTIR 7511 Revision 4, Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) Version 1.2 Validation Program Test Requirements. ...

DRAFT SP 800-90 Series: Random Bit Generators Recommendation
January 27, 2016
NIST announces the second draft of Special Publication (SP) 800-90B, Recommendation for the Entropy Sources Used for Random Bit Generation. This Recommendation specifies the design principles and requirements for...

NCCoE Wireless Medical Infusion Pumps Use Case
January 25, 2016
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) invites organizations to provide products and technical expertise to support and demonstrate security platforms for the Wireless Medical Infusion Pumps use case for...

NIST Released NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 8055
January 22, 2016
NIST announces the final release of NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 8055, Derived Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Credentials (DPC) Proof of Concept Research. ...

Influence the Future of Cybersecurity Education
January 21, 2016
Addressing the nation’s rapidly increasing need for cybersecurity employees, the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) is seeking members from the public and private sectors and ...

NIST Announced Release of Draft Special Publication (SP) 800-156
December 29, 2015
NIST announces that Draft Special Publication (SP) 800-156, Representation of PIV Chain-of-Trust for Import and Export, is now available for public comment. This document provides the data representation of a...

NIST Release of DRAFT Special Publication 800-116 Revision 1
December 28, 2015
NIST is pleased to announce the public comment release of Draft Special Publication 800-116 Revision 1, A Recommendation for the Use of PIV Credentials in Physical Access Control Systems (PACS). ...

NIST Released Draft NISTIRs: (1) NISTIR 8060 and (2) NISTIR 8085
December 17, 2015
NIST Released 2 Draft NISTIRs: (1) NISTIR 8060 and (2) NISTIR 8085 - see below for further details

NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 8053
December 16, 2015
note - this document was approved in late October (date shown on the cover of this document) - this is first time this NISTIR has been announced on CSRC website) NIST announces the final release of ...