NIST announces a workshop to examine public key-based management techniques as specified in ANSI X9.42 (Agreement of Symmetric Keys Using Discrete Logarithm Cryptography), ANSI X9.44 (Key Establishment Using Factoring- Based Public Key Cryptography for the Financial Services Industry), and ANSI X9.63 (Public Key Cryptography for the Financial Services Industry: Key Agreement and Key Transport Using Elliptic Curve Cryptography). The purpose of the workshop is to review the many options and techniques contained in these standards and to discuss other related issues. It will be held at NIST in Gaithersburg, Maryland on February 10-11, 2000.