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NIST SP 800-175B

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

Date Published: August 2016

Supersedes: SP 800-21 E2 (12/01/2005)

Author(s)

Elaine Barker (NIST)

Abstract

Keywords

authentication; confidentiality; 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; asymmetric-key algorithm; symmetric-key algorithm
Control Families

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

Documentation

Publication:
https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-175B
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Supplemental Material:
Comments Received from Final Draft (pdf)

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