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May 9, 2013

NIST will provide periodic errata updates to Special Publication (SP) 800-53, Revision 4, Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations, as needed. 

April 30, 2013
Federal Register Number: 2013-10137

The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet Wednesday, June 12, 2013 - Friday, June 14, 2013. All sessions will be open to the public.

April 30, 2013

NIST announces the final release of Special Publication (SP) 800-53, Revision 4, Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations. Special Publication 800-53, Revision 4, represents the most comprehensive update to the security controls catalog since its ...

April 22, 2013
Federal Register Number: 2013-09376

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Department of Commerce, intends to sponsor a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)…

April 22, 2013

NIST announces the public comment release of draft Special Publication (SP) 800-162, Guide to Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC) Definition and Considerations. ABAC is a logical access control methodology where authorization to perform a set of operations is ...

April 11, 2013

NIST announces the public comment release of Draft Interagency Report (IR) 7924, Reference Certificate Policy. The purpose of this document is to identify a set of security controls and practices to support ...

March 28, 2013
Federal Register Number: 2013-07234

The President has directed the Secretary of Commerce to evaluate a set of incentives designed to promote participation in a voluntary program to be established by the Secretary of Homeland Security to…

March 15, 2013
Federal Register Number: 2013-06020

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is extending the deadline for submission of certification letters in order to allow additional time for partners and organizations to provide products and…

February 26, 2013
Federal Register Number: 2013-04413

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is conducting a comprehensive review to develop a framework to reduce cyber risks to critical infrastructure

February 13, 2013

Recognizing that the national and economic security of the United States depends on the reliable functioning of critical infrastructure, the President under the Executive Order 

February 5, 2013

NIST announces the release of NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 7511 Revision 3, Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) Version 1.2 Validation Program Test Requirements

February 5, 2013

NIST announces the release of Draft Special Publication 800-53, Revision 4, Security and Privacy Controls for Federal information Systems and Organizations (Final Public Draft). Special Publication 800-53, Revision 4, represents the culmination of a two-year initiative to ...

February 1, 2013

NIST announces the release of Draft Special Publication 800-63-2, Electronic Authentication Guideline for public review and comment. This recommendation provides technical guidelines for Federal agencies implementing electronic ...

January 18, 2013

NIST anticipates the release of Special Publication 800-53, Revision 4, Security and Privacy Controls for Federal information Systems and Organizations (Final Public Draft) on Tuesday, February 5th

January 15, 2013
Federal Register Number: 2013-00724

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) invites organizations to provide products and technical expertise to support and demonstrate security platforms for…

January 2, 2013
Federal Register Number: 2012-31525

The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - Friday, February 15, 2013. All sessions will be open to the public.

December 21, 2012

NIST announces the release of Special Publication 800-38F, Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: Methods for Key Wrapping. This publication describes cryptographic methods for the protection of the confidentiality and integrity of cryptographic keys.

December 21, 2012

NIST announces the public comment release of Draft Interagency Report (IR) 7904, Trusted Geolocation in the Cloud: Proof of Concept Implementation. This publication explains selected security challenges involving Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) ...

December 6, 2012

NIST Interagency Report (IR) 7298 Revision 2, NIST Glossary of Key Information Security Terms is the latest revision of the NIST Information Security Glossary and Information Assurance Glossary. 

November 30, 2012

NIST announces the release of NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 7817, A Credential Reliability and Revocation Model for Federated Identities. NISTIR 7817 describes and classifies the different types of identity providers serving federations. For each classification, the document identifies...

November 16, 2012

NIST opened a public "SHA-3" competition in November 2007 to develop a new cryptographic hash algorithm. On October 2, 2012, NIST announced Keccak as the winner and the new SHA-3 algorithm.

November 16, 2012

NIST announces the completion of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-133, Recommendation for Cryptographic Key Generation. It discusses the generation of the keys to be used with NIST-approved cryptographic algorithms.

November 13, 2012

This report (NISTIR 7878) describes measures of combinatorial coverage that can be used in evaluating the degree of t-way coverage of any test suite, regardless of whether it was initially constructed for ...

November 9, 2012

Links to keynote presentations on Emerging Risk Management and Cyber Security Strategies are available at

November 8, 2012

Status Update on NIST Special Publication 800-53, Revision 4, Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations 

October 19, 2012
Federal Register Number: 2012-25826

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) invites interested U.S. companies to submit letters of interest in…

October 3, 2012

NIST announced KECCAK as the winner of the SHA-3 Cryptographic Hash Algorithm Competition and the new SHA-3 hash algorithm in a press release issued on October 2, 2012. KECCAK was designed by a team ...

September 28, 2012

Draft NIST Interagency Report (IR) 7511 Revision 3, Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) Version 1.2 Validation Program Test Requirements, describes the requirements that must be met by products to achieve SCAP 1.2 Validation.

September 18, 2012

NIST Interagency Report (IR) 7874, Guidelines for Access Control System Evaluation Metrics, has been released as final. This report provides Federal agencies with background information on access control (AC) properties, and to help access control experts ...

September 18, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announces the release of the final version of its updated risk assessment guideline, Special Publication 800-30, Revision 1, Guide for Conducting Risk Assessments

September 13, 2012

The Baltimore Information Systems Security Association Chapter would like to invite you to their Third Annual InfoSec Summit. We are holding the event at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Headquarters in Gaithersburg, Maryland September 13.

September 6, 2012

NIST announces the release of Draft Special Publication 800-88 Revision 1, Guidelines for Media Sanitization for public review and comment. SP 800-88 discussed methods, techniques and best practices for the sanitization of target data on different media types and risk ...

September 5, 2012

NIST is Proud to Announce the Release of 2 DRAFT Publications: Special Publication 800-90 B, Recommendation for the Entropy Sources Used for Random Bit Generation -- AND -- Special Publication 800-90C, ecommendation for Random Bit Generator (RBG) Constructions

September 5, 2012

NIST announces the public comment release of draft NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-40 Revision 3, Guide to Enterprise Patch Management Technologies. Patch management is the process for identifying, acquiring, installing, and verifying patches for products and systems. 

August 30, 2012
Federal Register Number: 2012-21461

NIST seeks additional comments on specific sections of the 2009 Draft Federal Information Processing Standard 140-3, Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules… Comments were due October 1, 2012.

August 24, 2012

NIST announces the release of Special Publication 800-107, Revision 1, Recommendation for Using Approved Hash Algorithms. In this revision, the security properties of SHA-512/224 and SHA-512/256 are addressed, the discussion of the security of HMAC 

August 23, 2012

Earlier this year the President signed a Memorandum issuing the Digital Government Strategy, which was designed to build a 21st Century digital government that delivers better services to the American people. The strategy recognizes the potential for mobile 

August 20, 2012

NIST announces the release of draft revision of Special Publication 800-56A, Recommendation for Pair-Wise Key Establishment Schemes Using Discrete Logarithm Cryptography

August 8, 2012

Special Publication 800-61 Revision 2 seeks to assist organizations in mitigating the risks from computer security incidents by providing practical guidelines on responding to incidents effectively and efficiently. It details guidelines on establishing an effective incident response program

August 8, 2012

NIST is developing a draft Special Publication 800-152 that will be entitled "A Profile for U. S. Federal Cryptographic Key Management Systems (CKMS)". This Profile will be based on the Special Publication 800-130, entitled

July 26, 2012

In order to facilitate the development of applications and middleware that support the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Card, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a set of test PIV Cards. The set of test PIV Cards contains sixteen ...

July 25, 2012

NIST CSD is Proud to Announce the Release of 2 Draft Special Publications: Draft Special Publication 800-83 (SP) Revision 1, Guide to Malware Incident Prevention and Handling for Desktops and Laptops AND Draft Special Publication 800-94 (SP) Revision 1, Guide to IDPS

July 10, 2012

NIST announces the completion of Revision 3 of Special Publication (SP) 800-57, Part 1, Recommendation for Key Management, Part 1: General. This publication contains basic key management guidance, ...

July 10, 2012

NIST announces the public comment release of Draft NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 7823, Advanced Metering Infrastructure Smart Meter Upgradeability Test Framework. Draft NISTIR 7823 proposes an example test framework and conformance test requirements for the firmware upgradeability ...

July 10, 2012
Federal Register Number: 2012-16727

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) seeks comments on Draft NISTIR 7823, Advanced Metering Infrastructure Smart Meter Upgradeability…

July 10, 2012

NIST announces the public comment release of Draft Special Publication (SP) 800-124 Revision 1, Guidelines for Managing and Securing Mobile Devices in the Enterprise. The purpose of this publication is to help organizations centrally manage and secure mobile devices against...

July 9, 2012
Federal Register Number: 2012-16725

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announces the Revised Draft Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publication 201-2, “Personal Identity Verification of Federal Employees and Contractors,” for public review and comment…

July 9, 2012

NIST Interagency Report (IR) 7864, The Common Misuse Scoring System (CMSS): Metrics for Software Feature Misuse Vulnerabilities, has been released as final. This report proposes a specification for CMSS, a set of standardized measures for the severity of ...

July 9, 2012

The NIST Computer Security Division is pleased to release the Revised Draft Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 201-2, Personal Identity Verification of Federal Employees and Contractors. The Revised Draft FIPS 201-2 reflects the disposition of comments ...

June 12, 2012

NIST announces the final release of Special Publication (SP) 800-121 Revision 1, Guide to Bluetooth Security. It describes the security capabilities of technologies based on Bluetooth, which is an open standard for short-range radio frequency communication. 

June 6, 2012

NIST is hosting the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) Workshop on June 26, 2012 to introduce the Center to the public. The Center plans to bring together industry, government and business communities to address present-day cybersecurity challenges, ...

May 29, 2012

The final version of NIST Special Publication 800-146, Cloud Computing Synopsis and Recommendations is NIST's general guide to cloud computing. It explains cloud systems in plain language and provides recommendations for information technology decision ...

May 8, 2012

NIST announces the public comment release of Draft NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 7848, Specification for the Asset Summary Reporting Format 1.0. NISTIR 7848 defines the Asset Summary Reporting (ASR) format version 1.0, a data model for expressing the data ...

May 1, 2012
Federal Register Number: 2012-10437

The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - Friday, June 1, 2012. All sessions will be open to the public.

April 10, 2012

NIST requests comments on proposed changes to Federal Information Processing Standard 186-3, the Digital Signature Standard. The Federal Register Notice requests that electronic comments be sent by May 25, 2012 ...

April 10, 2012
Federal Register Number: 2012-8573

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) requests comments on revisions to Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 186-3,…

March 23, 2012

NIST announces the second public draft of NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 7622, Notional Supply Chain Risk Management Practices for Federal Information Systems. This publication is intended to provide a wide array of practices that, when implemented, ...

March 8, 2012

NIST announces the markup version of NIST Special Publication 800-53, Revision 4 (Initial Public Draft), Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations. 

March 6, 2012
Federal Register Number: 2012-5400

This notice announces the Secretary of Commerce's approval of Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 180-4, Secure Hash Standard (SHS).

February 28, 2012

NIST announces the Initial Public Draft of Special Publication (SP) 800-53, Revision 4, Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations. Special Publication 800-53, Revision 4, represents the culmination of a year-long initiative to update ...

February 21, 2012

NIST announces the final release of Special Publication (SP) 800-153, Guidelines for Securing Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs). The purpose of this publication is to provide organizations with recommendations for improving the security configuration and monitoring ...

February 3, 2012

NIST is pleased to announce the release of a report by the University of Maryland's Supply Chain Management Center. The report, which stems from a NIST grant, inventories existing ICT supply chain initiatives and formulates a framework for defining ICT ...

February 1, 2012

NIST announces the public comment release of draft Special Publication (SP) 800-61 Revision 2, Computer Security Incident Handling Guide. It seeks to assist organizations in mitigating the risks from computer security incidents by providing practical guidelines on responding ...

January 22, 2012

NIST is pleased to announce the release of Special Publications (SP): SP 800-144, Guidelines on Security and Privacy in Public Cloud Computing. SP 800-144 provides an overview of the security and ...

January 18, 2012

NIST announces the public comment release of Draft NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 7817, A Credential Reliability and Revocation Model for Federated Identities. NISTIR 7817 investigates credential and attributes revocation with a particular focus on identifying missing requirements for ...

December 28, 2011
Federal Register Number: 2011-33278

The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - Friday, February 3, 2012. All sessions will be open to the public.

November 3, 2011
Federal Register Number: 2011-28528

The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology announces that the closing deadline for submission of comments responsive to the September 21, 2011…

September 23, 2011
Federal Register Number: 2011-24529

The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - Friday, October 28, 2011. All sessions will be open to the public.

September 21, 2011
Federal Register Number: 2011-24180

The U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Department of Homeland Security are requesting information on the requirements of, and possible approaches to creating, a voluntary industry code of conduct to address the detection, …

July 6, 2011
Federal Register Number: 2011-16925

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) invites and requests nomination of individuals for appointment to its nine existing Federal Advisory Committees

June 15, 2011
Federal Register Number: 2011-14710

The Department of Commerce's (Department) Internet Policy Task Force is conducting a comprehensive review of the nexus between cybersecurity and innovation in the Internet economy. On July 28, 2010, the Department published a Notice of Inquiry seeking…

June 14, 2011
Federal Register Number: 2011-14704

The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet Wednesday, July 13, 2011 -  Friday, July 15, 2011. All sessions will be open to the public.

March 8, 2011
Federal Register Number: 2011-5259

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) publishes this notice to request comments on Draft Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publication 201-2,…

February 11, 2011
Federal Register Number: 2011-3129

This notice announces the Draft Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 180-4, Secure Hash Standard (SHS), for public review and comment. The draft standard, designated “Draft FIPS 180-4” is proposed to supersede FIPS 180-3.

February 11, 2011
Federal Register Number: 2011-3122

The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - Friday, March 4, 2011. All sessions will be open to the public.

September 23, 2010
Federal Register Number: 2010-23723

The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet Wednesday, November 3, 2010 - Friday, November 5, 2010. All sessions will be open to the public.

July 28, 2010
Federal Register Number: 2010-18507

The Department of Commerce's Internet Policy Task Force is conducting a comprehensive review of the nexus between cybersecurity challenges in the commercial sector and innovation in the Internet economy.

July 27, 2010
Federal Register Number: 2010-18378

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) invites and requests nomination of individuals for appointment to its nine existing Federal Advisory Committees…

July 13, 2010
Federal Register Number: 2010-17022

The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet Wednesday, August 4, 2010 - Friday, August 6, 2010. All sessions will be open to the public.

June 28, 2010
Federal Register Number: 2010-15589

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), NTIA, and the ITA, on behalf of the U.S. Department of Commerce (Department), will hold a public meeting...

April 23, 2010
Federal Register Number: 2010-9450

The Department of Commerce's Internet Policy Task Force is conducting a comprehensive review of the nexus between privacy policy and innovation in the Internet economy. 

April 13, 2010
Federal Register Number: 2010-8415

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) seeks comments on the second draft of NISTIR 7628, Smart Grid Cyber Security Strategy and Requirements.

March 19, 2010
Federal Register Number: 2010-6075

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., notice is hereby given that the Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet Wednesday, April 7, 2010 - Friday, April 9, 2010. All sessions will be open to the public.

January 12, 2010
Federal Register Number: 2010-344

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announces the establishment of the NIST Smart Grid Advisory Committee (Committee). 

December 28, 2009
Federal Register Number: E9-30655

The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet Wednesday, January 20, 2010, from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. All sessions will be open to the public.

December 11, 2009
Federal Register Number: E9-29567

NIST announces the Revised Draft Federal Information Processing Standard 140-3, Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules. Comments must be received on or before March 11, 2010.

November 6, 2009
Federal Register Number: E9-26832

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will hold a public workshop on December 1-3, 2009, at the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Board Room/Conference Center.

October 9, 2009
Federal Register Number: E9-24430

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) seeks comments on draft NISTIR 7628, Smart Grid Cyber Security Strategy and Requirements.

September 26, 2009
Federal Register Number: E9-23237

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., notice is hereby given that the Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet Wednesday, October 7, 2009, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m…

August 4, 2009
Federal Register Number: E9-18591

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) invites and requests nomination of individuals for appointment to its eight existing Federal Advisory Committees…

July 14, 2009
Federal Register Number: E9-16640

The Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology announces that the Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board will meet Wednesday, July 29, 2009 - Friday, July 31, 2009.

June 19, 2009
Federal Register Number: E9-14459

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in cooperation with the Australian Federal Government agency, Centrelink, will hold a public workshop on July 13-15, 2009, at the NIST Gaithersburg campus. 

June 16, 2009
Federal Register Number: E9-14141

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in conjunction with the National Security Agency, will hold a public workshop on September 1-3, 2009, at the NIST Gaithersburg campus. 

June 9, 2009
Federal Register Number: E9-13513

This notice announces the Secretary of Commerce's approval of Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publication 186-3, Digital Signature Standard (DSS). FIPS 186-3 is a revision of FIPS 186-2.

March 17, 2009
Federal Register Number: E9-5745

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., notice is hereby given that the Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet Wednesday, April 1, 2009…

November 12, 2008
Federal Register Number: E8-26840

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., notice is hereby given that the Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet Wednesday, December 3, 2008 from…

November 12, 2008
Federal Register Number: E8-26841

This notice announces a second public review and comment period for Draft Federal Information Processing Standard 186-3, Digital Signature Standard. The draft standard, designated “Draft FIPS 186-3,”…

October 17, 2008
Federal Register Number: E8-24743

This notice announces the Secretary of Commerce's approval of Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publication 180-3, Secure Hash Standard, a revision of FIPS 180-2, Secure Hash Standard…

September 2, 2008
Federal Register Number: E8-20138

The Secretary of Commerce has approved the withdrawal of ten Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), including FIPS 113, Computer Data Authentication.

August 12, 2008
Federal Register Number: E8-18620

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., notice is hereby given that the Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet Thursday, September 4, 2008,…

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