News & Updates

The Secretary of Commerce has approved the publication of FIPS 201-3, NIST latest revision of "Personal Identity Verification (PIV) of Federal Employees and Contractors."

NIST Special Publication (SP) 1800-13, "Mobile Application Single Sign-On: Improving Authentication for Public Safety First Responders," is now available.

NIST has published Special Publication (SP) 800-204B, "Attribute-based Access Control for Microservices-based Applications using a Service Mesh."

NIST's NCCoE has released Draft NISTIR 8335, "Identity as a Service for Public Safety." The public comment period ends August 2, 2021.

NIST's National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released Draft NISTIR 8336, "Background on Identity Federation Technologies for the Public Safety Community." The public comment period ends July 26, 2021.

Draft NISTIR 8334, "Using Mobile Device Biometrics for Authenticating First Responders," is available for public comment through July 19, 2021.

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

NIST has released Draft NISTIR 8344, "Ontology for Authentication," for public comment. Please submit your comments by April 9, 2021.

Draft SP 800-204B, "Attribute-based Access Control for Microservices-based Applications Using a Service Mesh," is available for comment through February 24, 2021.

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence has released Draft NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide (SP 1800-27), "Securing Property Management Systems," for public comment. The comment period closes on October 28, 2020.

A draft white paper, "Trusted Internet of Things (IoT) Device Network-Layer Onboarding and Lifecycle Management," is available for comment through October 8, 2020.

NIST has released Draft Special Publication (SP) 800-209, "Security Guidelines for Storage Infrastructure," for public comment.  The comment period is open through August 31, 2020.

NIST announces the publication of SP 800-204A, "Building Secure Microservices-based Applications Using Service-Mesh Architecture."

NIST publishes Revision 1 of SP 800-175B, "Guideline for Using Cryptographic Standards in the Federal Government: Cryptographic Mechanisms."

The NCCoE has released Draft SP 1800-24, "Securing Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS): Cybersecurity for the Healthcare Sector," for public comment. The comment period ends November 18, 2019.

NIST has published NIST SP 800-204, Security Strategies for Microservices-based Application Systems.

NIST has published Cybersecurity Practice Guide Special Publication (SP) 1800-17, "Multifactor Authentication for E-Commerce: Risk-Based, FIDO Universal Second Factor Implementations for Purchasers"

The NCCoE has released Draft SP 1800-16, "Securing Web Transactions: Transport Layer Security (TLS) Server Certificate Management," for public comment. The comment period ends September 13, 2019.

A draft NIST Cybersecurity White Paper, "A Taxonomic Approach to Understanding Emerging Blockchain Identity Management Systems," is available for public comment until August 9, 2019.

NIST has released Draft NIST Special Publication 800-175B Revision 1 for comment. The public comment period ends September 5, 2019.

NCCoE has released a second draft of SP 1800-13, "Mobile Application Single Sign-On: Improving Authentication for Public Safety First Responders." Public comments are due by June 28, 2019.

NIST has published SP 800-57 Part 2 Rev. 1, "Recommendation for Key Management: Part 2 – Best Practices for Key Management Organizations."

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NIST is releasing Draft Special Publication (SP) 800-204, "Security Strategies for Microservices-based Application Systems." Public comments are due by April 26, 2019.

(New comments due date:  February 18, 2019) The NCCoE seeks comments on Volumes A and B of Draft SP 1800-16, "Securing Web Transactions: TLS Server Certificate Management." Public comments are due by February 18, 2019.