News & Updates

NIST has released the Final Public Draft of Special Publication (SP) 800-160 Volume 2, "Developing Cyber Resilient Systems: A Systems Security Engineering Approach." Public comment are due by November 1, 2019.

NIST has published NIST SP 800-204, Security Strategies for Microservices-based Application Systems.

NIST has released Draft NISTIR 8259, "Core Cybersecurity Feature Baseline for Securable IoT Devices: A Starting Point for IoT Device Manufacturers," for public comment. The comment period closes on September 30, 2019.

NIST has published Cybersecurity Practice Guide Special Publication (SP) 1800-17, "Multifactor Authentication for E-Commerce: Risk-Based, FIDO Universal Second Factor Implementations for Purchasers"

NIST has published NIST Interagency/Internal Report 8228, "Considerations for Managing Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity and Privacy Risks."

The NCCoE at NIST has posted to data confidentiality draft project descriptions for public comment. Comments are due by July 29, 2019.

NIST is pleased to announce the first official release of the Open Security Controls Assessment Language (OSCAL), Version 1.0.0 - Milestone 1. The release.....

NIST has released two draft publications for comment: SP 800-171 Rev. 2 and SP 800-171B. The comment period for both drafts ends on July 19, 2019.

The NCCoE has posted two draft Project Descriptions for public comment. Detecting and protecting against data integrity attacks in industrial control systems (ICS) closes July 25th. Continuous Monitoring (for small and medium businesses) is closes on July 26th.

A draft white paper, "Mitigating the Risk of Software Vulnerabilities by Adopting a Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF)," is available for public comment until August 5, 2019.

NIST announces the publication of NISTIR 8221, "A Methodology for Enabling Forensic Analysis Using Hypervisor Vulnerabilities Data."

NIST has released Draft NISTIR 8183A (3 volumes), "Cybersecurity Framework Manufacturing Profile Low Security Level Example Implementations Guide," for public comment. Comments are due by July 8, 2019.

The NCCoE has release a preliminary draft of Special Publication (SP) 1800-15 for public comment. Comments are due by June 24, 2019.

NIST publishes Special Publication (SP) 800-163 Revision 1, "Vetting the Security of Mobile Applications."

NIST is releasing Draft Special Publication (SP) 800-204, "Security Strategies for Microservices-based Application Systems." Public comments are due by April 26, 2019.

NIST has published an update to its Risk Management Framework specification, in NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-37 Revision 2.

(New comments due date:  March 15, 2019) Draft Special Publication 800-189, "Secure Interdomain Traffic Exchange: BGP Robustness and DDoS Mitigation," is now available for comment. The deadline for submitting comments is March 15, 2019.

NIST has published NISTIR 8011 Volume 3, "Automation Support for Security Control Assessments: Software Asset Management."

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) at NIST is seeking comments on a draft project description, Securing Telehealth Remote Patient Monitoring Ecosystem: Cybersecurity for the Healthcare Sector. Comments are due by December 21, 2018.

NIST is soliciting public comments on the development of a new NIST Privacy Framework: An Enterprise Risk Management Tool. Comments are due December 31, 2018.

NIST's NCCoE has released Draft NIST Internal Report (NISTIR) 8219, "Securing Manufacturing Industrial Control Systems: Behavioral Anomaly Detection." Public comments may be submitted until December 6, 2018.

The final public draft of NIST SP 800-37 Revision 2, Risk Management Framework for Information Systems and Organizations--A System Life Cycle Approach for Security and Privacy, is now available. The public comment period closes October 31, 2018.

NIST is seeking comments on Draft SP 1800-18, a practice guide demonstrating Privileged Account Management (PAM) solutions that use commercially available products to appropriately secure and enforce organizational policies. Public comments are due by November 30, 2018.

NIST seeks public comments on Draft NISTIR 8228, which is intended to help federal agencies and other organizations better understand and manage the cybersecurity and privacy risks associated with their IoT devices. Public comments are due October 24, 2018.

NIST has released Draft NIST Internal Report (NISTIR) 8221, which analyzes recent vulnerabilities associated with two open-source hypervisors--Xen and KVM--as reported by the NIST National Vulnerability Database. The public comment period closes Friday, October 12, 2018.