This project summarizes NIST’s current and planned activities for reviewing its cryptography standards and other publications. The Crypto Publication Review Board (“the Board”) within the Computer Security Division identifies a publication for review based on its original publishing date and any relevant issues raised since it was published. The targeted review period for each publication is every five years. The Board welcomes public comments on the publications under review and will consider those comments as it develops a proposal for processing each publication.
Publications Under Review | Background and Approach | Publication Decision Options | Completed Reviews
The following table lists the cryptography standards and other publications that are currently under review, along with due dates and email links for submitting comments.
Comments on these publications may be submitted to cryptopubreviewboard@nist.gov. Additionally, see a list of completed publication reviews.
Publications Under Review | Phase 1: Initial Comments | Phase 2: Decision Proposal |
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SP 800-38B
Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: the CMAC Mode for Authentication |
6/14/24: Call for Initial Comments 9/13/24: Comment Period Closed |
NEXT: Announce Decision Proposal TBD: Comment Period Closes; Post Decision Proposal Comments Received TBD: Announce Final Decision |
SP 800-38C
Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: the CCM Mode for Authentication and Confidentiality |
6/14/24: Call for Initial Comments 9/13/24: Comment Period Closed |
NEXT: Announce Decision Proposal TBD: Comment Period Closes; Post Decision Proposal Comments Received TBD: Announce Final Decision |
FIPS 202
SHA-3 Standard: Permutation-Based Hash and Extendable-Output Functions |
7/27/23: Call for Initial Comments 10/27/23: Comment Period Closed |
9/4/24: Decision Proposal Announcement UPDATE 10/7/24: Comment Period Closed TBD: Announce Final Decision |
SP 800-185
SHA-3 Derived Functions: cSHAKE, KMAC, TupleHash, and ParallelHash |
7/27/23: Call for Initial Comments 10/27/23: Comment Period Closed |
9/4/24: Decision Proposal Announcement REVISE 10/7/24: Comment Period Closed TBD: Announce Final Decision |