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Cryptographic Standards and Guidelines

News and Updates

NIST Releases Draft SP 800-175B Rev. 1 for Comment
July 3, 2019
NIST has released Draft NIST Special Publication 800-175B Revision 1 for comment. The public comment period ends September 5, 2019.
Release of Special Publication (SP) 800-175A and SP 800-175B
August 23, 2016
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...
Created December 29, 2016, Updated August 23, 2021