This notice announces the withdrawal of six Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS): FIPS 181, FIPS 185, FIPS 188, FIPS 190, FIPS 191 and FIPS 196.

NIST requests public comments on Draft NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide 1800-3, Attribute Based Access Control. 

NIST announces the public comment release 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...

NIST requests comments on Special Publication (SP) 800-177, Trustworthy Email. This draft is a complimentary guide to NIST SP 800-45 Guidelines on Electronic Mail Security and covers protocol security...

NIST requests comments on a draft of NIST Interagency Report (IR) 7511 Revision 4, Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) Version 1.2 Validation Program Test Requirements.

The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet Wednesday, October 21, 2015 - Friday, October 23, 2015.  All sessions will be open to the public.

NIST requests comments on a revision of Special Publication (SP) 800-57, Part 1, Recommendation for Key Management, Part 1 (Rev. 4). This Recommendation provides general guidance and best practices for the management...

NIST is pleased to announce the third public comment release of NIST Internal Report (NISTIR) 8060, Guidelines for the Creation of Interoperable Software Identification (SWID) Tags. 

NIST's National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released a draft of the latest NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide, Draft Special Publication (SP) 1800-2, Identity and Access Management for Electric...

NIST requests comments on the design and development of Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) version 1.3. Please send suggestions for SCAP 1.3 by September 28, 2015. For more information, visit the CSRC SCAP...

NIST announces the release of NIST Special Publication 800-176, 2014 Computer Security Division Annual Report. This annual report provides the important highlights and accomplishments of their work...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) invites organizations to provide products and technical expertise to support and demonstrate security platforms for the Mobile Device Security Building Block.

NIST invites organizations to provide products and technical expertise to support and demonstrate security platforms for the Derived PIV Credentials Building Block.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) invites organizations to provide products and technical expertise to support and demonstrate security platforms for the Attribute Based Access Control Building...

NIST is seeking public comment on the potential use of certain ISO/IEC standards for cryptographic algorithm and cryptographic module testing, conformance, and validation activities, currently specified by FIPS 140-2.

NIST seeks public comments on Draft NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 8074, which comprises two volumes, "Report on Strategic U.S. Government Engagement in International Standardization to Achieve U.S. Objectives for...

This notice announces the Secretary of Commerce's approval of Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 202, SHA-3 Standard: Permutation-Based Hash and Extendable-Output Functions

NIST is pleased to announce the release of Special Publication 800-79-2, Guidelines for the Authorization of Personal Identity Verification Card Issuers (PCI) and Derived PIV Credential Issuers (DPCI).

The use of mobile devices in health care sometimes outpaces the privacy and security protections on those devices. Stolen personal information can have negative financial impacts, ...

NIST is pleased to announce the second public comment release of NIST Internal Report (NISTIR) 8060, Guidelines for the Creation of Interoperable Software Identification (SWID) Tags. 

NIST is pleased to announce the publication of a report by the University of Maryland’s Supply Chain Management Center titled “Leveraging the Cyber Risk Portal as a Teaching & Education Tool”.

NIST is pleased to announce the publication of a report by the University of Maryland’s Supply Chain Management Center titled “Leveraging the Cyber Risk Portal as a Teaching & Education Tool”.

NIST announces the second public comment release of Interagency Report (IR) 7904, Trusted Geolocation in the Cloud: Proof of Concept Implementation. This report describes a proof of concept implementation that...

NIST announces the public comment release of Draft NIST Interagency Report (IR) 8055, Derived Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Credentials (DPC) Proof of Concept Research. 

NIST requests comments on Draft Special Publication (SP) 800-131A Revision 1, Transitions: Recommendation for Transitioning the Use of Cryptographic Algorithms and Key Lengths, which was originally published in...