News & Updates

A draft manufacturing implementation of the Cybersecurity Framework ("Profile") has been developed to establish a roadmap for reducing cybersecurity risk for manufacturers that is aligned with manufacturing sector goals and industry best practices.

See NIST's Public Affairs press release to read this announcement. The next ISPAB meeting will be October 26, 27 and 28, 2016, at NIST Campus.

NIST Requests Comments on a Draft Special Publication regarding the De-Identification of Government Datasets 

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 in storage.

Draft Special Publication 800-171, Revision 1, represents a limited update to the original publication released in June 2015. In particular, this update includes...

NIST is proud to announce the release of Special Publication 800-182, 2015 Computer Security Division Annual Report. This annual report provides major highlights and accomplishments that the NIST Computer Security Division...

Draft NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 8114, Report on Lightweight Cryptography is now available for public comment. NIST-approved cryptographic standards were designed to perform well using general-purpose computers..

The Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity requests information about current and future states of cybersecurity in the digital economy.

The new SP 800-73-4-based Test Runner has been released

NIST Released 5 Publications During Week of August 1-5, 2016: ...

NIST is requesting comments on a proposed process to solicit, evaluate, and standardize one or more quantum-resistant public-key cryptographic algorithms. Comments are due September 16, 2016.

NIST announces the release of Special Publication (SP) 800-183, Networks of ‘Things’. SP 800-183 offers an underlying and foundational understanding of the Internet of Things (IoT) based on the realization that IoT involves sensing, computing, communication,...

NIST invites comments on two draft publications on the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP). The first is Special Publication 800-126 Revision 3, The Technical Specification for the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP): ...

The Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity will meet Tuesday, August 23, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Central Time at the University of Minnesota's TCF Bank Stadium-DQ Club Room.

The Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity will meet Thursday, July 14, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Central Time at the Hilton University of Houston. 

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting comments on a proposed process to solicit, evaluate, and standardize one or more quantum-resistant public-key cryptographic algorithms.

NIST invites comments on Draft Special Publication 800-179, Guide to Securing Apple OS X 10.10 Systems for IT Professionals: A NIST Security Configuration Checklist. This publication assists IT professionals in securing Apple OS X 10.10...

NIST published a summary of observations from Cybersecurity Framework Workshop 2016 held at NIST in Gaithersburg, Maryland on 6 and 7 April 2016. The summary highlights areas of agreement between workshop participants and respondents to the most recent request for information (RFI),...

NIST announces the release of Special Publication (SP) 800-166, Derived PIV Application and Data Model Test Guidelines. SP 800-166 contains the derived test requirements and test assertions for testing the Derived PIV Application and associated...

NIST is proud to announce the release of Draft Special Publication 800-184, Guide for Cybersecurity Event Recovery. The purpose of this document is to support federal agencies in a technology-neutral way in improving their cyber event recovery plans, processes, and procedures...

The Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity will meet Tuesday, June 21, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time at the University of California, Berkeley in the Chevron Auditorium at the International House.

NIST is proud to announce the release of NISTIR 8135, Identifying and Categorizing Data Types for Public Safety Mobile Applications: Workshop Report...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) invites organizations to provide products and technical expertise to support and demonstrate security platforms for the Data Integrity Building Block.

NIST is pleased to announce the release of DRAFT NISTIR 8136, Mobile Application Vetting Services for Public Safety. The creation of the nation's first public safety broadband network (FirstNet) will require the vetting of mobile apps to ensure they meet...

NIST is pleased to announce the release of Special Publication 800-156, Representation of PIV Chain-of-Trust for Import and Export. The document provides the data representation of a chain-of-trust record for the exchange of records between PIV Card issuers. ...