News & Updates

NIST Internal Report (IR) 8500A ipd (initial public draft), Blockchain-Based Secure Software Assets Management (BloSS@M), outlines a modernized conceptual approach for transforming how software assets are acquired, tracked, and secured across an interagency ecosystem.

Web3 is a proposed vision for the future of the internet that is restructured to be more user-centric with an emphasis on decentralized data. NIST IR 8475 provides a high-level technical overview of Web3 and discusses proposed technologies to implement it.

NIST has released the initial public draft of Internal Report (IR) 8475, A Security Perspective on the Web3 Paradigm, for public comment.

NIST has published the final version of Internal Report (IR) 8472, Non-Fungible Token Security.

NIST has published Internal Report (IR) 8408, Understanding Stablecoin Technology and Related Security Considerations. 

The initial public draft of NIST Internal Report (IR) 8472, Non-Fungible Token Security, is now available for comment. The deadline to submit comments is October 16, 2023.

The initial public draft of NIST IR 8460, "State Machine Replication and Consensus with Byzantine Adversaries," has been posted for public comment through September 1, 2023.

The initial public draft of NIST IR 8408, Understanding Stablecoin Technology and Related Security Considerations, is available for comment. Comment period closes January 6, 2023.

NIST has published NIST Internal Report (NIST IR) 8403, Blockchain for Access Control Systems.

NIST has published NIST Internal Report (NISTIR) 8419, Blockchain and Related Technologies to Support Manufacturing Supply Chain Traceability: Needs and Industry Perspectives.

Draft NISTIR 8403, “Blockchain for Access Control Systems,” is open for comment through February 7, 2022.

NIST has published NISTIR 8301, "Blockchain Networks: Token Design and Management Overview."

Draft NISTIR 8301, "Blockchain Networks: Token Design and Management Overview," is now available for comment through October 30, 2020.

A draft NIST Cybersecurity White Paper, "A Taxonomic Approach to Understanding Emerging Blockchain Identity Management Systems," is available for public comment until August 9, 2019.

NIST has published "Blockchain Technology Overview," NIST Internal Report (NISTIR) 8202. This is a high-level technical publication that examines the history, scope, and characteristics of this emerging technology which has enabled the development of numerous cryptocurrency systems.

"A Data Structure for Integrity Protection with Erasure Capability" is a draft white paper available for public comment until August 3, 2018. It describes a "block matrix" data structure .