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Secret cryptographic keying material may be electronically established between parties by using a.....

NIST announces the release of the Final Draft of Special Publication 800-171A.....

As part of its ongoing cybersecurity efforts, NIST has issued the first update to its flagship systems security engineering...

NIST is pleased to release the draft NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework (NCWF) - a reference resource that will allow our nation to more effectively identify, recruit, develop and maintain its cybersecurity talent...

These documents are 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.

NIST requests comments on Special Publication 800-175B,Guideline for Using Cryptographic Standards in the Federal Government: Cryptographic Mechanisms. ...

NIST announces the final release of Special Publication (SP) 800-167, Guide to Application Whitelisting. The purpose of this publication is to assist organizations in understanding the basics ...

NIST announces the publication of Special Publication (SP) 800-152, A Profile for U. S. Federal Cryptographic Key Management Systems. This document contains requirements for the design, ...

NIST requests public comments on Draft NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide 1800-3, Attribute Based Access Control.

NIST is pleased to announce the release of Special Publication 800-79-2, Guidelines for the Authorization of Personal Identity Verification Card Issuers (PCI) and Derived PIV Credential Issuers (DPCI).

Federal agencies are concerned about the risks associated with information and communications technology (ICT) products and services that may contain potentially malicious functionality, are counterfeit, or are vulnerable due to poor manufacturing and development practices within the...

NIST announces the release of Special Publication 800-171, Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Non-federal Information Systems and Organizations (Final Public Draft). (NOTE: This draft has been since approved as final as of June 2015)

NIST announces the release of Special Publication 800-53A, Revision 4, Assessing Security and Privacy Controls in Federal Information Systems and Organizations: Building Effective Assessment Plans.

NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 7987 describes an access control framework, referred to as the Policy Machine (PM), which fundamentally changes the way access control policy is expressed and enforced. The report gives a detailed description of the PM ...

NIST has determined to extend the public comment period for the draft revision of Special Publication 800-56B, Recommendation for Pair-Wise Key Establishment Schemes Using Integer Factorization Cryptography ...

NIST requests comments on the initial public draft of Special Publication (SP) 800-160, Systems Security Engineering: An Integrated Approach to Building Trustworthy Resilient Systems.

NIST has released Special Publication 800-52 Revision 1, Guidelines for the Selection, Configuration, and Use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) Implementations. TLS provides mechanisms to protect sensitive data during electronic dissemination across networks.

NIST announces the final release of Special Publication (SP) 800-162, Guide to Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC) Definition and Considerations. ABAC is a logical access control methodology where authorization to perform a set of operations is determined by evaluating attributes ...

This document provides guidance to federal departments and agencies on identifying, assessing, and mitigating Information and Communications Technology (ICT) supply chain risks at all levels in their organizations.

800-90 A Rev. 1: Recommendation for Random Number Generation Using Deterministic RBG800-90 B: Recommendation for the Entropy Sources Used for Random Bit Generation 800-90 C: Recommendation for RBG Constructions are 3 drafts

NIST has released Special Publication 800-63-2, Electronic Authentication Guideline. This recommendation provides technical guidelines for Federal agencies implementing electronic authentication and is not intended to constrain the development or use of standards outside of this purpose.

This document provides guidance to federal departments and agencies on identifying, assessing, and mitigating Information and Communications Technology (ICT) supply chain risks at all levels ...

NIST announces the completion of Special Publication (SP) 800-130, A Framework for Designing Cryptographic Key Management Systems. This publication contains a description of the topics to be considered and the documentation requirements ...

NIST announces the final release of Special Publication (SP) 800-124 Revision 1, Guidelines for Managing the Security of Mobile Devices in the Enterprise. The purpose of this publication is to help organizations centrally manage and secure mobile devices against a variety of threats.

NIST announces the release of Special Publication 800-38F, Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: Methods for Key Wrapping. This publication describes cryptographic methods for the protection of the confidentiality and integrity of cryptographic keys.