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NIST SP 800-175B (Initial Public Draft)

Guideline for Using Cryptographic Standards in the Federal Government: Cryptographic Mechanisms

Date Published: March 2016
Comments Due: April 29, 2016 (public comment period is CLOSED)
Email Questions to: SP800-175@nist.gov

Author(s)

Elaine Barker (NIST)

Announcement

NIST requests comments on SP 800-175B,Guideline for Using Cryptographic Standards in the Federal Government: Cryptographic Mechanisms. The SP 800-175 publications are intended to be a replacement for SP 800-21, Guideline for Implementing Cryptography in the Federal Government, but with a focus on using the cryptographic offerings currently available, rather than building one's own implementation. SP 800-175B is intended to provide guidance to the Federal Government for using cryptography and NIST's cryptographic standards to protect sensitive, but unclassified digitized information during transmission and while in storage. The cryptographic methods and services to be used are also discussed.

Abstract

Keywords

cryptography; digital signatures; encryption; integrity; key agreement; key derivation; key management; key transport; key wrapping; message authentication codes; non-repudiation; Public Key Infrastructure; random bit generation; confidentiality; symmetric-key algorithm  ; ; authentication; asymmetric-key algorithm
Control Families

Identification and Authentication; System and Communications Protection; System and Information Integrity

Documentation

Publication:
Draft SP 800-175B (pdf)

Supplemental Material:
Comments received on Draft SP 800-175B (pdf)

Document History:
03/11/16: SP 800-175B (Draft)
08/22/16: SP 800-175B (Final)