Toward Standardizing Lightweight Cryptography

McKay, Kerry; Feldman, Larry; Witte, Gregory

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ITL Bulletin

Toward Standardizing Lightweight Cryptography

Documentation Topics

Date Published: June 2017

Editor(s)

Kerry McKay (NIST), Larry Feldman (G2), Gregory Witte (G2)

Abstract

This bulletin summarizes the information in NISTIR 8114: Report on Lightweight Cryptography which provides an overview of the lightweight cryptography project at NIST and describes plans for the standardization of lightweight cryptography algorithms.

Keywords

constrained devices, lightweight cryptography, standardization

Control Families

System and Communications Protection; System and Information Integrity

Documentation

Publication:
June 2017 ITL Bulletin (pdf)

Supplemental Material:
None available

Related NIST Publications:
IR 8114

Document History:
06/20/17: ITL Bulletin (Final)

Topics

Security and Privacy

lightweight cryptography

Activities and Products

standards development