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In January 2022, NIST revised Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 201, which establishes standards for the use of Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Credentials – including the credentials on PIV Cards. NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-73-5: Parts 1–3 and SP 800-78-5 have subsequently... |
In January 2022, NIST revised Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 201, which establishes standards for the use of Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Credentials – including the credentials on PIV Cards. NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-73-5: Parts 1–3 and SP 800-78-5 have subsequently... |
In January 2022, NIST revised Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 201, which establishes standards for the use of Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Credentials – including the credentials on PIV Cards. NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-73-5: Parts 1–3 and SP 800-78-5 have subsequently... |
In January 2022, NIST revised Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 201, which establishes standards for the use of Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Credentials – including the credentials on PIV Cards. NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-73-5: Parts 1–3 and SP 800-78-5 have subsequently... |
The NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released the second preliminary drafts of volumes B, C, and E of NIST SP 1800-36, Trusted Internet of Things (IoT) Device Network-Layer Onboarding and Lifecycle Management. The comment period is open through December 15, 2023.About the... |
Data classification is the process an organization uses to characterize its data assets using persistent labels so those assets can be managed properly. Data classification is vital for protecting an organization’s data at scale because it enables application of cybersecurity and privacy protection... |
This initial public draft is being released along with NIST SP 800-171r3 fpd (final public draft). In addition to reflecting the security requirements in NIST SP 800-171r3 fpd, the following significant changes have been made:Restructured the assessment procedure syntax to align with NIST SP... |
This update to NIST SP 800-171 represents over one year of data collection, technical analyses, customer interaction, redesign, and development of the security requirements and supporting information for the protection of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). Many trade-offs have been made to... |