News & Updates

NIST has released Draft NISTIR 8270, "Introduction to Cybersecurity for Commercial Satellite Operations." The public comment period is open through August 13, 2021.

NIST's National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has finalized NISTIR 8320A, "Hardware-Enabled Security: Container Platform Security Prototype."

NIST's OSCAL 1.0.0 provides a stable release for wide-scale implementation.

NIST's National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released Preliminary Draft NISTIR 8374, "Cybersecurity Framework Profile for Ransomware Risk Management." The public comment period is open through July 9, 2021.

NIST invites comments on Draft NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-216, "Recommendations for Federal Vulnerability Disclosure Guidelines." The public comment period is open through August 9, 2021.

NIST's National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released Draft NISTIR 8320, "Hardware-Enabled Security: Enabling a Layered Approach to Platform Security for Cloud and Edge Computing Use Cases." The public...

NIST has published a new Cybersecurity Practice Guide, NIST Special Publication (SP) 1800-15, "Securing Small-Business and Home Internet of Things (IoT) Devices: Mitigating Network-Based Attacks Using Manufacturer Usage...

NIST has released Draft Special Publication (SP) 800-172A, "Assessing Enhanced Security Requirements for Controlled Unclassified Information." Public comments are due June 11, 2021.

Draft NISTIR 8356, "Considerations for Digital Twin Technology and Emerging Standards," is now available for public comment through June 16, 2021.

NIST has published NISTIR 8212, "An Information Security Continuous Monitoring Program Assessment," and the ISCMAx tool that implements the ISCM program assessment described in SP 800-137A.

NIST's NCCoE has published Cybersecurity Practice Guide SP 1800-27, "Securing Property Management Systems."

A new draft NISTIR 8310, "Cybersecurity Framework Election Infrastructure Profile," is available for public comment through May 14, 2021.

NIST's NCCoE has released Draft SP 1800-22, "Mobile Device Security: Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)." The public comment period is open through May 17, 2021.

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence has released a Draft Project Description on Trusted IoT Device Network-Layer Onboarding and Lifecycle Management. The public comment period is open through April 21, 2021.

The NCCoE is requesting comments on a new Draft Project Description, "Addressing Visibility Challenges with TLS 1.3." Public comments may be submitted through March 29, 2021.

NIST publishes NISTIR 8323, "Foundational PNT Profile: Applying the Cybersecurity Framework for the Responsible Use of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Services," in response to Executive Order 13905 of Feb. 12,...

NIST announces the release of Special Publication (SP) 800-172, "Enhanced Security Requirements for Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information: A Supplement to NIST Special Publication 800-171"

Draft NIST SP 800-47 Revision 1, "Managing the Security of Information Exchanges," is now available for public comment through March 12, 2021.

New supplemental materials are available for SP 800-53 Rev. 5 and SP 800-53B: spreadsheets for the Control Catalog and Control Baselines.

NIST publishes NISTIR 8322, Workshop Summary Report for “Building the Federal Profile for IoT Device Cybersecurity” Virtual Workshop.

A new NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide, NIST SP 1800-24, is now available:  "Securing Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS): Cybersecurity for the Healthcare Sector."

Four draft guidance documents on defining IoT cybersecurity requirements--for federal agencies and IoT device manufacturers--are now available for comment through February 26, 2021:  Draft SP 800-213 and Draft NISTIRs...

A new publication formalizes the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) entry metadata submission process that's used in conjunction with the National Vulnerability Database (NVD).

Draft NISTIR 8286A, "Identifying and Estimating Cybersecurity Risk for Enterprise Risk Management," is available for comment through February 1, 2021.

NIST has issued supplemental materials and errata updates for both SP 800-53 Rev. 5 and SP 800-53B, which were originally published in September 2020. New materials include control mappings and control comparisons.