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Draft Special Publication 800-157, Guidelines for Derived Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Credentials and Draft NIST Interagency Report 7981, Mobile, PIV, and Authentication, are now available 

NIST announces the release of NIST Interagency Report (IR) 7849, A Methodology for Developing Authentication Assurance Level Taxonomy for Smart Card-based Identity Verification. Smart cards (smart identity tokens) are now extensively deployed for identity verification, ...

The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - Friday, March 14, 2014. All sessions will be open to the public.

The Smart Grid Advisory Committee (SGAC or Committee), will meet in open session on Tuesday, March 18, 2014 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time and Wednesday, March 19, 2014 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern time. 

NIST requests comments on Draft NIST Interagency Report 7977, NIST Cryptographic Standards and Guidelines Development Process. This document describes the principles, ...

This notice announces the issuance of the Cybersecurity Framework (the “Cybersecurity Framework” or “Framework”). 

NIST requests comments on the Draft of Special Publication (SP) 800-168, Approximate Matching: Definition and Terminology. SP 800-168 contains a definition for approximate matching including requirements and considerations ...

NIST Special Publication 800-53 Revision 4, Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations

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 ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Department of Commerce, intends to sponsor a FRDC G36to facilitate public-private collaboration for accelerating the widespread adoption of integrated cybersecurity tools and technologies. 

NIST requests comments on Draft Special Publication (SP) 800-152, A Profile for U.S. Federal Cryptographic Key Management Systems. SP 800-152 contains requirements for the design, implementation, procurement, installation, ...

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 ...

The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet Thursday, December 19, 2013 and Friday, December 20, 2013. All sessions will be open to the public.

The comment period for Draft Special Publication 800-52 Revision 1, Guidelines for the Selection, Configuration, and Use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) Implementations, has been extended. The new deadline to submit comments is Friday, December 13, 2013.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) invites and requests nomination of individuals for appointment to eight existing Federal Advisory Committees

Recent news reports about leaked classified documents have caused concern from the cryptographic community about......

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) seeks comments on the preliminary version of the Cybersecurity Framework (“preliminary Framework”).

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) seeks comments on draft NISTIR 7628 Rev. 1, Guidelines for Smart Grid Cyber Security. 

NIST announces the release of the Second Public Draft of Special Publication (SP) 800-16 (Revision 1), A Role-Based Model For Federal Information Technology/Cyber Security Training for public comment. SP 800-16 describes information technology / cyber security role-based ...

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. 

NIST Released 2 Publications - Special Publication 800-81-2 and NIST Interagency Report 7956

NIST announces the release of Draft Special Publication (SP) 500-52 (Revision 1), Guidelines for the Selection, Configuration, and Use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) Implementations for public comment. 

NIST is extending the deadline for submitting comments relating to Computer Security Incident Coordination. r>

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

This notice announces the Secretary of Commerce's approval of Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publication 201-2, Personal Identity Verification (PIV) of Federal Employees and Contractors.