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NIST Announces 14 Candidates to Advance to the Second Round of the Additional Digital Signatures for the Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization Process

October 25, 2024

After over a year of evaluation, NIST has selected 14 candidates for the second round of the Additional Digital Signatures for the NIST PQC Standardization

Computer Security Division

News and Updates

NIST Requests Public Comments on SP 800-102, Recommendation for Digital Signature Timeliness

Guidelines for Derived PIV Credentials and PIV Federation: SP 800-157r1 and SP 800-217 Available for Public Comment

NIST Invites Comments on Enhanced Security Requirements for Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information

NIST Releases IR 8517, Hardware Security Failure Scenarios: Potential Weaknesses in Hardware Design

Transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards | Draft NIST IR 8547 is Available for Comment

Ascon-Based Lightweight Cryptography Standards for Constrained Devices | NIST Invites Public Comments on SP 800-232

NEW | NIST Releases Errata Update for Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management Guidance

NIST Releases the C-SCRM Due Diligence Assessment Quick-Start Guide for Public Comment

NIST Announces 14 Candidates to Advance to the Second Round of the Additional Digital Signatures for the Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization Process

Transitioning the Use of Cryptographic Algorithms and Key Lengths | Comment on NIST SP 800-131A Revision 3

NIST Releases SP 800-233, Service Mesh Proxy Models for Cloud-Native Applications

Security Property Verification by Transition Model | NIST Invites Public Comments on IR 8539

NIST Releases IR 8505, A Data Protection Approach for Cloud-Native Applications

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Bridging the Gap between Standards on Random Number Generation: Comparison of SP 800-90 Series and AIS 20/31 | Draft IR 8446 is Available for Public Comment

NIST Publishes IR 8459, Report on the Block Cipher Modes of Operation in the SP 800-38 Series

NIST Proposes to Update FIPS 202, "SHA-3 Standard" and Revise SP 800-185, "SHA-3 Derived Functions"

NIST to Revise Special Publication 800-135 Rev. 1 | Recommendation for Existing Application-Specific Key Derivation Functions

Enhancing Security of Devices and Components Across the Supply Chain | Draft Workshop Summary

Announcing Approval of Three Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) for Post-Quantum Cryptography

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NIST Cloud Computing Forensic Reference Architecture: SP 800-201

Secure Software Development Practices for Generative AI and Dual-Use Foundation Models | NIST SP 800-218A

Service Mesh Proxy Models for Cloud-Native Applications: Draft SP 800-233 Available for Public Comment

Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Interfaces, Cryptographic Algorithms, and Key Sizes: NIST Revises SP 800-73 and SP 800-78

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