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Updates 2013

NIST Initiating Review of Cryptographic Standards Development Process
November 01, 2013

Recent news reports about leaked classified documents have caused concern from the cryptographic community about the security of NIST cryptographic standards and guidelines. NIST is also deeply concerned by these reports, some of which have questioned the integrity of the NIST standards development process.

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Created December 22, 2016, Updated June 22, 2020