News & Updates

A new publication formalizes the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) entry metadata submission process that's used in conjunction with the National Vulnerability Database (NVD).

Draft NISTIR 8286A, "Identifying and Estimating Cybersecurity Risk for Enterprise Risk Management," is available for comment through February 1, 2021.

NIST has issued supplemental materials and errata updates for both SP 800-53 Rev. 5 and SP 800-53B, which were originally published in September 2020. New materials include control mappings and control comparisons. 

NIST's NCCoE is publishing two Cybersecurity Practice Guides for data integrity that address identifying and protecting assets against--and detecting and responding to--ransomware and other destructive events. Special...

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) at NIST has released Draft NISTIR 8320A, "Hardware-Enabled Security: Container Platform Security Prototype." The public comment period closes January 29, 2021.

NIST has published two documents for the National Online Informative References (OLIR) Program, NISTIR 8278 and NISTIR 8278A.

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-53B, "Control Baselines for Information Systems and Organizations," has been published.

NIST SP 800-209, "Security Guidelines for Storage Infrastructure," has been published.

NIST Technical Note (TN) 2111, "An Empirical Study on Flow-based Botnet Attacks Prediction," is now available. 

In response to Executive Order 13905, NIST is releasing Draft NISTIR 8323, "Cybersecurity Profile for the Responsible Use of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Services." The public comment period closes November 23,...

NISTIR 8286, "Integrating Cybersecurity and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)," is now available.

NIST has published NISTIR 8183 Revision 1, "Cybersecurity Framework Version 1.1 Manufacturing Profile."

Draft NISTIR 8212, "ISCMA: An Information Security Continuous Monitoring Program Assessment," is available for public comment through November 13, 2020.

NIST's NCCoE has posted a draft paper, "Securing Data Integrity Against Ransomware Attacks: Using the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guides. The public comment period is open through November 13,...

NIST has posted a call for comments on "Performance Measurement Guide for Information Security" (SP 800-55 Rev. 1), with a comment period open through December 10, 2020. A new "Measurements for Information Security" project...

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-53 Revision 5, "Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations," represents a multi-year effort to develop the next generation of controls needed to strengthen and...

NIST has published Special Publication (SP) 1800-11, "Data Integrity: Recovering from Ransomware and Other Destructive Events."

NIST has released the final public draft of NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide SP 1800-15, "Securing Small-Business and Home Internet of Things (IoT) Devices: Mitigating Network-Based Attacks Using Manufacturer Usage...

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence has released Draft NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide (SP 1800-27), "Securing Property Management Systems," for public comment. The comment period closes on October 28, 2020.

NIST publishes Special Publication (SP) 800-207, "Zero Trust Architecture."

NIST has released two draft NISTIRs for the National Cybersecurity Online Informative References (OLIR) Program: Draft (2nd) NISTIR 8278 and Draft NISTIR 8278A. The comment period for each publication closes September 4,...

NIST has released Draft SP 800-53B, "Control Baselines for Information Systems and Organizations," for public comment. The comment period is open through September 11, 2020.

NIST has published Special Publication (SP) 800-210, "General Access Control Guidance for Cloud Systems."

NIST is requesting comments on the Second Draft of NISTIR 8286, "Integrating Cybersecurity and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)." The public comment period closes August 21, 2020.

NIST has released a final public draft for comment: Draft Special Publication (SP) 800-172. The comment period ends on August 21, 2020.