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NISTIR 8114, Report on Lightweight Cryptography has been approved as final and is now available.

NIST released NISTIR 7621 Revision 1, Small Business Information Security: The Fundamentals. NIST developed this interagency report as a reference guideline about cybersecurity for small businesses...

DRAFT NISTIR 8149, Developing Trust Frameworks to Support Identity Federations is now available for public comment - (click link above to go to the CSRC Draft Publications page to learn more about this draft & for links to the draft document).

NIST released DRAFT NISTIR 8144, Assessing Threats to Mobile Devices & Infrastrucutre: the Mobile Threat Catalogue. The Mobile Threat Catalogue outlines a catalogue of threats to mobile devices and associated mobile infrastructure to support development and...

NIST is pleased to announce the release of DRAFT NISTIR 8136, Mobile Application Vetting Services for Public Safety. The creation of the nation's first public safety broadband network (FirstNet) will require the vetting of mobile apps to ensure they meet...

NIST is pleased to announce the release of NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 8060, Guidelines for the Creation of Interoperable Software Identification (SWID) Tags. This report provides an overview of the capabilities and usage of Software Identification (SWID)...

The comment period for Draft Special Publication 800-116 Revision 1 has been extended, and now closes at 5:00 EST (US and Canada) on March 1, 2016

NIST announces the public comment release of Draft NIST Interagency Report (IR) 8055, Derived Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Credentials (DPC) Proof of Concept Research.

NIST is pleased to announce the public comment release of NIST Internal Report (NISTIR) 8060, Guidelines for the Creation of Interoperable Software Identification (SWID) Tags.

In cooperation with the Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Program, NIST announces the release of NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 8014, Considerations for Identity Management in Public Safety Mobile Networks.

NIST announces the second public comment release of Draft NIST Interagency Report (IR) 7966, Security of Interactive and Automated Access Management Using Secure Shell (SSH). (NOTE: This Draft has been approved final Oct. 2015)

NIST announces the public comment release of Draft NIST Interagency Report (IR) 7966, Security of Automated Access Management Using Secure Shell (SSH). (NOTE: This draft & the 2nd draft has been approved as FINAL on October 2015).

In cooperation with the Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Program, NIST announces the release of NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 8014, Considerations for Identity Management in Public Safety Mobile Networks.

NIST announces the public comment release of second draft of NIST Interagency Report 7924, Reference Certificate Policy. The purpose of this document is to identify a set of security controls and practices to support the secure issuance of certificates.

NIST is pleased to announce that Draft NIST Interagency Report 7863, Cardholder Authentication for the PIV Digital Signature Key, is available for public comment. NISTIR 7863 ...

NIST announces the public comment release of Draft Interagency Report (IR) 7904, Trusted Geolocation in the Cloud: Proof of Concept Implementation. This publication explains selected security challenges involving Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) ...

NIST opened a public "SHA-3" competition in November 2007 to develop a new cryptographic hash algorithm. On October 2, 2012, NIST announced Keccak as the winner and the new SHA-3 algorithm.

NIST Interagency Report (IR) 7874, Guidelines for Access Control System Evaluation Metrics, has been released as final. This report provides Federal agencies with background information on access control (AC) properties, and to help access control experts ...

NIST announces the public comment release of Draft NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 7817, A Credential Reliability and Revocation Model for Federated Identities. NISTIR 7817 investigates credential and attributes revocation with a particular focus on identifying missing requirements for ...

NIST publishes Internal Report (NIST IR) 8547, "Transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards."

Join NIST on September 30 and October 6–7, 2026, for Threshold Call Preview Talks #3 (TCPT3). Hosted virtually by the NIST Multi-Party Threshold Cryptography (MPTC) team, this event highlights upcoming external submissions for the NIST Threshold Call.

NIST has released Internal Report (IR) 8611, m-NGAC: Transcending Traditional Database Security Models.

NIST's NCCoE announces the release of the final NIST Interagency Report (IR) 8576, Transit Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) Community Profile.

NIST has published Cybersecurity White Paper (CSWP) 52, "Firmware-Based Monitoring for Bus-Based Computer Systems," introducing a low-cost, innovative approach to enhancing hardware security visibility.