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Two PIV Special Publications (SP) have been released: (1) SP 800-73-4, Interfaces for Personal Identity Verification, AND (2) SP 800-78-4, Cryptographic Algorithms and Key Sizes for Personal Identity Verification

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. 

NIST requests comments on the draft report NISTIR 8062, Privacy Risk Management for Federal Information Systems, which describes a privacy risk management framework for federal information systems. 

The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet Wednesday, June 10, 2015 - Friday, June 12, 2015. All sessions will be open to the public.

NIST announces the public comment release of Draft NIST Internal Report (NISTIR 8058), Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) Version 1.2 Content Style Guide: Best Practices for Creating and Maintaining SCAP 1.2 Content. 

NIST IR 8041, Proceedings of the Cybersecurity for Direct Digital Manufacturing (DDM) Symposium is now available. Direct Digital Manufacturing involves fabricating physical objects from a data file using

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 requests comments on SP 800-63-2, Electronic Authentication Guideline. This document describes the technical requirements necessary to meet the four Levels of Assurance that are specified in the OMB ...

NIST requests comments on an initial public draft report on NISTIR 8053, De-identification of Personally Identifiable Information. This document describes terminology, process and procedures for the removal ...

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)

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. 

Draft Special Publication 800-70 Revision 3, National Checklist Program for IT Products--Guidelines for Checklist Users and Developers, has been released for public comment. (NOTE: This draft document has been approved final: December 2015).

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 release of the NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 7823, Advanced Metering Infrastructure Smart Meter Upgradeability Test Framework. As electric utilities turn to Advanced Metering Infrastructures (AMIs) to promote the development and deployment of the Smart Grid, ...

NIST Internal Report (NISTIR) 8023, Risk Management for Replication Devicesis now available. A replication device (RD) is any device that reproduces (e.g., copies, prints, scans) documents, images, or objects from an electronic or physical source.

NIST announces the final public draft release of Special Publication 800-82, Revision 2, Guide to Industrial Control System (ICS) Security. (Note: As of May 2015, this draft has been approved as final) Special Publication 800-82 provides guidance on how to improve the security in Industrial Control..

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) invites organizations to provide products and technical expertise to support and demonstrate security platforms for situational awareness for the energy sector.

NIST announces the release of an Errata Update for Special Publication 800-53, Revision 4, Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations. This update contains new mapping tables for ISO/IEC 27001: 2013

The purpose of Special Publication 800-163, Vetting the Security of Mobile Applications, is to help organizations understand the process for vetting the security of mobile applications, ...

NIST requests comments on a Second Public Draft of NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 7977, Cryptographic Standards and Guidelines Development Process. This revised document describes the principles, processes and procedures behind our cryptographic standards development efforts...

NIST announces the release of NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 8018, Public Safety Mobile Application Security Requirements Workshop Summary. The purpose of this publication is to capture the findings of a half-day workshop held by the Association of Public ...

Special Publication 800-57, Part 3, Revision 1, Recommendation for Key Management, Part 3: Application-Specific Key Management Guidance, is intended primarily to help system administrators ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) proposes to withdraw six Federal Information Processing Standards from the FIPS series. The standards proposed for withdrawal are: FIPS 181, FIPS 185, FIPS 188, FIPS 190, FIPS 191 and FIPS 196.

The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet Wednesday, February 11, 2015 - Friday, February 13, 2015. All sessions will be open to the public.

NIST announces the release of Special Publication (SP) 800-157, Guidelines for Derived Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Credentials. SP 800-157 defines a technical specification for implementing and deploying Derived PIV Credentials to mobile devices, ...