News & Updates

NIST plans to update Special Publication (SP) 800-100, Information Security Handbook: A Guide for Managers, and is issuing a Pre-Draft Call for Comments to solicit feedback from users. Deadline to submit comments is February 23, 2024.

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.

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence has two final publications (NIST SP 1800-19, NIST IR 8320B) and an initial public draft (NIST IR 8320C) on trusted cloud and hardware-enabled security.

NIST has released final IoT-specific guidance (NIST Special Publications 800-213 and 800-213A) to federal organizations to support extending their risk management process to the inclusion of IoT devices in federal systems.

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released three new draft reports on hardware-enabled security and trusted cloud for public comment.

NIST has published NISTIR 8212, "An Information Security Continuous Monitoring Program Assessment," and the ISCMAx tool that implements the ISCM program assessment described in SP 800-137A.

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

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

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

The NCCoE has released Draft SP 1800-16, "Securing Web Transactions: Transport Layer Security (TLS) Server Certificate Management," for public comment. The comment period ends September 13, 2019.

(New comments due date:  February 18, 2019) The NCCoE seeks comments on Volumes A and B of Draft SP 1800-16, "Securing Web Transactions: TLS Server Certificate Management." Public comments are due by February 18, 2019.

The NCCoE seeks comments on Volume B ("Approach, Architecture, and Security Characteristics") of Draft SP 1800-19, Trusted Cloud: Security Practice Guide for VMWare Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Environments. Comments are due by January 11, 2019.

The NCCoE seeks comments on Volume B ("Approach, Architecture, and Security Characteristics") of Draft SP 1800-19, Trusted Cloud: Security Practice Guide for VMWare Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Environments. Comments are due by January 11, 2019.

NIST has released a preliminary draft of NIST Special Publication 1800-19A, Trusted Cloud: Security Practice Guide for VMWare Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Environments (Executive Summary).

The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet October 25-27, 2017. All sessions will be open to the public.

The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet June 28-30, 2017. All sessions will be open to the public.