This bulletin summarizes a new ITL document, NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-21, Guideline for Implementing Cryptography in the Federal Government. That publication provides guidance to federal agencies on selecting cryptographic controls to protect sensitive unclassified information. The guideline focuses on federal standards documented in Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) and the cryptographic modules and algorithms that are validated against these standards. However, to provide additional information, other standards organizations (e.g., American National Standards Institute [ANSI] and International Organization for Standardization [ISO]) are briefly discussed.
This bulletin summarizes a new ITL document, NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-21, Guideline for Implementing Cryptography in the Federal Government. That publication provides guidance to federal agencies on selecting cryptographic controls to protect sensitive unclassified information. The...
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This bulletin summarizes a new ITL document, NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-21, Guideline for Implementing Cryptography in the Federal Government. That publication provides guidance to federal agencies on selecting cryptographic controls to protect sensitive unclassified information. The guideline focuses on federal standards documented in Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) and the cryptographic modules and algorithms that are validated against these standards. However, to provide additional information, other standards organizations (e.g., American National Standards Institute [ANSI] and International Organization for Standardization [ISO]) are briefly discussed.
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Keywords
cryptography; information systems security; security products; security standards; validated products
