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Information Technology Laboratory

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Applying the Cybersecurity Framework to Satellite Command and Control: NIST Interagency Report (IR) 8401

January 3, 2023

NIST recognizes the importance of the infrastructure that provides positioning, timing, and navigation (PNT) information to the scientific knowledge, economy

Withdrawal of NIST Special Publication 800-107 Revision 1

December 20, 2022

In August 2021, NIST’s Crypto Publication Review Board initiated a process to review NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-107 Revision 1, Recommendation for

Announcement of Proposal to Update FIPS 197, The Advanced Encryption Standard

December 19, 2022

As a part of the periodic review of NIST’s cryptographic standards and guidelines, NIST's Crypto Publication Review Board ("Review Board") announced the review

Call for Comments on NIST Draft Revision 4 of SP 800-63: Digital Identity Guidelines

December 16, 2022

The rapid proliferation of online services over the past few years has heightened the need for reliable, equitable, secure, and privacy-protective digital

NIST Drafts Revised Guidelines for Digital Identification in Federal Systems

December 16, 2022

The draft publication features updates intended to help fight online crime, preserve privacy and promote equity and usability.

Announcement of Proposal to Revise FIPS 180-4, Secure Hash Standard (SHS)

December 15, 2022

As a part of the periodic review of NIST’s cryptographic standards and guidelines, NIST's Crypto Publication Review Board announced the review of Federal

NIST Retires SHA-1 Cryptographic Algorithm

December 15, 2022

The venerable cryptographic hash function has vulnerabilities that make its further use inadvisable.

NIST Transitioning Away from SHA-1 for All Applications

December 15, 2022

NIST is introducing a plan to transition away from the current limited use of the Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA-1) hash function. Other approved hash functions

Withdrawal of NIST Special Publication 800-106, Randomized Hashing for Digital Signatures

December 15, 2022

In January 2022, NIST's Crypto Publication Review Board  initiated a review process for NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-106, Randomized Hashing for Digital

National Online Informative References (OLIR) Program: Two Draft NIST IRs Available for Comment

December 8, 2022

NIST is seeking public comments on two draft NIST Internal Reports (NIST IR) for the National Online Informative References (OLIR) Program. This Program is a

Recap and Resources from the NICE K12 Conference

December 8, 2022

The NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference took place this week in St. Louis, Missouri. The conference brought together over 400 participants and featured

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Spotlight: The Cybersecurity and Privacy of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device)

December 1, 2022

The threat to privacy and security is real, but what can device users and IT managers do?

120-Day Cybersecurity Apprenticeship Sprint Ends During National Apprenticeship Week

November 18, 2022

The Cybersecurity Apprenticeship Sprint , a national campaign to promote Registered Apprenticeships to develop the cybersecurity workforce, ended this week

NIST Publishes SP 800-215: Guide to a Secure Enterprise Network Landscape

November 17, 2022

NIST has published Special Publication (SP) 800-215, Guide to a Secure Enterprise Network Landscape. Access to multiple cloud services (e.g., IaaS, SaaS), the

NIST Releases IR 8286D: Using Business Impact Analysis to Inform Risk Prioritization and Response

November 17, 2022

Business impact analyses (BIAs) have been traditionally used for business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR) planning to understand the potential impacts

NIST Releases Revised Guidance on Engineering Trustworthy Secure Systems

November 16, 2022

NIST has released a major revision to Special Publication (SP) 800-160 Volume 1, Engineering Trustworthy Secure Systems. This final publication offers

NIST releases NIST IR 8409: Measuring the Common Vulnerability Scoring System Base Score Equation

November 15, 2022

NIST has published NIST Internal Report (IR) 8409, Measuring the Common Vulnerability Scoring System Base Score Equation. Calculating the severity of

De-Identifying Government Data Sets: Third Public Draft Available for Comment

November 15, 2022

NIST has released the third public draft of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-188, De-Identifying Government Data Sets, for public comment. De-identification

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Performance Measurement Guide for Information Security: Annotated Outline Available for Comment

November 14, 2022

Summary NIST has released a working draft of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-55 Revision 2, Performance Measurement Guide for Information Security. The public

Winners Announced in First Phase of UK-US Privacy-Enhancing Technologies Prize Challenges

November 10, 2022

Winning ideas would tackle financial crime and public health emergencies.

Software Supply Chain and DevOps Security Practices: Implementing a Risk-Based Approach to DevSecOps: Final Project Description Released

November 9, 2022

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released the final project description, Software Supply Chain and DevOps Security Practices

Mitigating AI/ML Bias in Context: Final Project Description Released

November 8, 2022

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released a new final project description, Mitigating AI/ML Bias in Context: Establishing Practices

Decision to Convert FIPS 198-1 to a NIST Special Publication

November 4, 2022

In August 2021, NIST's Crypto Publication Review Board initiated a review process for Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 198-1 The Keyed-Hash

Draft Project Description for Securing Water and Wastewater Utilities: Cybersecurity for the Water and Wastewater Systems Sector

November 2, 2022

Seeking Feedback The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has published for comment a draft project description, Securing Water and Wastewater

Summary and Analysis of Responses to CUI Series Pre-Draft Call for Comments

November 1, 2022

In July 2022, NIST issued a Pre-Draft Call for Comments on the Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) series of publications. The Pre-Draft Call for Comments

Advanced communications
-Open Radio Access Network (Open-RAN)
-Quantum communications
-Spectrum sharing
-Wireless (RF)
Bioscience
-Bioeconomy
--Biological data
-Bioimaging
-Bioinformatics
-Biomanufacturing
-Biomaterials
-Biometrology
-Biosecurity
--Biosurveillance
--Genomic cybersecurity
--Nucleic acid sequence screening
-Cell measurements
-Engineering / synthetic biology
--Biofabrication
--Cell-free systems
--Genome engineering
--Protein engineering
-Gene delivery systems
-Genome editing
-Genomics
-Glycomics
-Metabolomics
-Microbial measurements
-Proteomics
-Transcriptomics
Buildings and Construction
-Building codes and standards
-Building control systems
-Building damage and repair
-Building economics
-Building materials
-Energy efficiency
-Heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment
-Indoor air quality
-Structural engineering
-Thermal comfort
Chemistry
-Analytical chemistry
-Chemical engineering and processing
-Chemical thermodynamics and chemical properties
-Molecular characterization
-Theoretical chemistry and modeling
-Thermochemical properties
Electronics
-Electromagnetics
-Flexible electronics
-Magnetoelectronics
-Optoelectronics
-Organic electronics
-Semiconductors
-Sensors
-Superconducting electronics
Energy
-Alternative energy
-Conventional energy
-Electric power / smart grid
-Fuels
Environment
-Air / water / soil quality
-Climate Measurements
-Environmental health
-Greenhouse gas measurements
-Marine science
-Sustainability
Fire
-Fire detection
-Fire dynamics and science
-Fire fighting
-Fire modeling
-Fire risk reduction
-Materials flammability
-Structural fire resistance
-Wildland urban interface fire
Forensic Science
-Digital evidence
-Drugs and toxicology
-Firearms and toolmarks
-Forensic biometrics
-Forensic genetics
-Trace evidence
Health
-Biopharmaceuticals
-Cell and gene therapy
-Clinical diagnostics
--Cancer
--Medical imaging
-Food and nutrition
-Human microbiome
-Precision medicine
-Regenerative medicine and advanced therapy
--Flow cytometry
Information technology
-Artificial intelligence
--AI measurement and evaluation
--Applied AI
--Fundamental AI
--Hardware for AI
--Machine learning
--Trustworthy and responsible AI
-Biometrics
-Cloud computing and virtualization
-Complex systems
-Computational science
-Conformance testing
-Cyber-physical systems
--Smart cities
-Cybersecurity
--Cryptography
--Cybersecurity education and workforce development
--Cybersecurity measurement
--Identity and access management
--Privacy engineering
--Risk management
--Securing emerging technologies
--Trustworthy networks
--Trustworthy platforms
-Data and informatics
--Human language technology
--Information retrieval
--Natural language processing
-Federal information processing standards (FIPS)
-Health IT
-Internet of Things (IoT)
-Interoperability testing
-Location based services
-Mobile
-Networking
--Mobile and wireless networking
--Network management and monitoring
--Network modeling and analysis
--Network security and robustness
--Network test and measurement
--Next generation networks
--Protocol design and standardization
--Software defined and virtual networks
-Privacy
-Software research
--Software testing
-Usability and human factors
--Accessibility
-Video analytics
-Virtual / augmented reality
-Visualization research
-Voting systems
Infrastructure
Manufacturing
-Additive manufacturing
-Factory communications
-Factory operations planning and control
-Interoperability in manufacturing
-Machining
-Manufacturing economics
-Manufacturing quality assurance
-Manufacturing systems design and analysis
-Monitoring, diagnostics and prognostics
-Process improvement
-Process measurement and control
-Product data
-Robotics in manufacturing
--Agility and adaptability
--Collaborative robots
--Dexterous grasping
--Manipulation
--Mobility and industrial autonomous vehicles
--Navigation / actuation / control
--Sensing and perception
-Supply chain
-Sustainable manufacturing
-Systems engineering
-Systems integration
-Technology commercialization
Materials
-Ceramics
-Composites
-Concrete / cement
-Materials characterization
--Composition and structure
--Mechanical properties
--Thermal properties
-Metals
-Modeling and computational material science
-Polymers
-Superconductors
Mathematics and statistics
-Experiment design
-Image and signal processing
-Modeling and simulation research
-Numerical methods and software
-Statistical analysis
-Uncertainty quantification
Metrology
-Amount of substance
-Dimensional metrology
-Electrical / electromagnetic metrology
-Flow metrology and rheology
-Force metrology
-Humidity metrology
-Ionizing radiation metrology
-Mass metrology
-Metric
-Optical / photometry / laser metrology
-Pressure and vacuum metrology
-Thermometry metrology
-Time and frequency metrology
-Weights and measures
Nanotechnology
-Nanobiotechnology
-Nanochemistry
-Nanoelectronics
-Nanofabrication / manufacturing
--Lithography
--Self-assembly
-Nanofluidics
-Nanomagnetics
-Nanomaterials
-Nanomechanics
-Nanometrology
-Nanophotonics
-Nanophysics
-Nanoplasmonics
Neutron research
Performance excellence
-Assessment tools and services
-Baldrige award
-Baldrige examiners
-Baldrige Framework and Criteria
-Best practices
-Leadership development
Physics
-Atomic / molecular / quantum
-Biological physics
-Condensed matter
-Electron physics
-Magnetics
-Nuclear physics
-Optical physics and communications
-Quantum information science
-Radiation
-Spectroscopy
-Thermodynamics
-Time and frequency
Public safety
-Chemical / Biological / Radiological / Nuclear / Explosives (CBRNE)
-First responder preparedness
-Law enforcement
-Public safety communications research
-Response robots
Resilience
-Community resilience
--Recovery
--Resilience metrics
-Disaster and failure studies
-Earthquake risk reduction
-Resilience economics
-Resilient materials
-Windstorm impact reduction
Standards
-Accreditation
-Calibration services
-Conformity assessment
-Documentary standards
-Frameworks
-Quality assurance
-Reference data
-Reference instruments
-Reference materials
-Standards education
Technology transfer
Transportation
-Aerospace
-Automotive