News & Updates

The final public drafts (fpd) of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-157 Revision 1, Guidelines for Derived Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Credentials, and SP 800-217, Guidelines for Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Federation, are now available for public review and comment. The public comment period for both final drafts are open through January 10, 2025.

A draft of NIST Cybersecurity White Paper (CSWP) 37, "Automation of the NIST Cryptographic Module Validation Program: September 2024 Status Report," is now available for public comment through December 4, 2024.

The Secretary of Commerce has approved three Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) for post-quantum cryptography: FIPS 203, 204 and 205.

After two periods of public comment, NIST has decided to revise Special Publication 800-38D, "Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: Galois/Counter Mode (GCM) and GMAC."

Volumes A (2nd preliminary draft) and B (initial prelim. draft) of NIST Special Publication 1800-37, Addressing Visibility Challenges with TLS 1.3 within the Enterprise, are available for public comment through April 1, 2024.

The final version of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-140Br1 (Revision 1), CMVP Security Policy Requirements: CMVP Validation Authority Updates to ISO/IEC 24759 and ISO/IEC 19790 Annex B, is now available.

Two PIV publications are being revised: "Interfaces for Personal Identity Verification" (SP 800-73-5, 3 parts), and "Cryptographic Algorithms and Key Sizes for Personal Identity Verification" (SP 800-78-5). Submit your public comments through December 8, 2023.

NIST has published NIST Internal Report (IR) 8450, Overview and Considerations of Access Control Based on Attribute Encryption.

NIST requests comments on the initial public drafts of three Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) - FIPS 203, 204 and 205. The deadline to submit comments is November 22, 2023.

NIST is proposing to revise NIST Special Publication 800-38D. Please submit public comments by October 9, 2023.

NIST is reviewing Special Publication 800-135 Revision 1 and requesting public comments by September 27, 2023.

Initial public comments are requested on FIPS 202, SHA-3 Standard, and SP 800-185, SHA-3 Derived Functions. The public comment period is open through October 27, 2023.

The NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-140x series supports Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) Publication 140-3, Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules, and its associated validation testing program, the Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP).

NIST has completed the reviews for all the “onramp” digital signature submissions received by the deadline. 

The specification of the Triple Data Encryption Algorithm (TDEA), NIST SP 800-67 Rev. 2, will be withdrawn January 1, 2024. The algorithm will be disallowed for applying cryptographic protection but will continue to be allowed for processing already-protected data.

NIST has published NIST Internal Report 8454, Status Report on the Final Round of the NIST Lightweight Cryptography Standardization Process. The announcement of NIST's decision to standardize the ASCON family was announced on February 7, 2023.

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) invites you to share your feedback on the preliminary draft of NIST Special Publication 1800-37 Volume A, Addressing Visibility Challenges with TLS 1.3.

NIST has decided to revise SP 800-132, "Recommendation for Password-Based Key Derivation – Part 1: Storage Applications." Read this announcement for more details.

NIST Internal Report (IR) 8450, Overview and Considerations of Access Control Based on Attribute Encryption, is now available for public review and comment. The deadline to submit comments is June 23, 2023.

Today, NIST has published an update of Federal Information Processing Standards Publication (FIPS) 197, Advanced Encryption Standard (AES).

NIST has decided to revise SP 800-38A, "Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: Methods and Techniques." Read this announcement for more details.

The NCCoE has posted the initial preliminary draft of NIST Special Publication 1800-38A, 

"Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography: Preparation for Considering the Implementation and Adoption of Quantum Safe Cryptography" for public comment. The comment period closes June 8, 2023.

NIST Interagency Report (IR) 8427 is now available.

NIST is proposing to revise NIST Special Publication 800-132. Please submit public comments by May 1, 2023.

After considering multiple rounds of public comments, NIST has decided to revise Federal Information Process Standard (FIPS), "Secure Hash Standard (SHS)."