U.S. flag   An unofficial archive of your favorite United States government website
Dot gov

Official websites do not use .rip
We are an unofficial archive, replace .rip by .gov in the URL to access the official website. Access our document index here.

Https

We are building a provable archive!
A lock (Dot gov) or https:// don't prove our archive is authentic, only that you securely accessed it. Note that we are working to fix that :)

Computer Security Resource Center

Computer Security Resource Center

This is an archive
(replace .gov by .rip)
    Projects Crypto Standards Development Process

Cryptographic Standards and Guidelines Development Process

News and Updates

NIST Released NISTIR 7977
March 31, 2016
NIST announces the release of NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 7977,Cryptographic Standards and Guidelines Development Process. This document describes the principles, processes and procedures behind our cryptographic...
Public Comment: Second Public Draft NISTIR 7977
January 23, 2015
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...
VCAT recommendations for the NIST Cryptographic Standards
July 14, 2014
NIST’s Visiting Committee for Advanced Technology (VCAT) finalized a report detailing recommendations for NIST’s cryptographic standards program. The VCAT’s recommendations are ...
Draft NIST Interagency Report 7977
February 18, 2014
NIST requests comments on Draft NIST Interagency Report 7977, NIST Cryptographic Standards and Guidelines Development Process. This document describes the principles, ...
Initiating Review of Cryptographic Standards Development Process
November 1, 2013
Recent news reports about leaked classified documents have caused concern from the cryptographic community about......

Contacts

Kevin Stine - Chief Cybersecurity Advisor (Acting)
kevin.stine@nist.gov

Topics

Security and Privacy: cryptography

Activities and Products: standards development

Created May 24, 2016, Updated April 28, 2021