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Information Technology Laboratory

Computer Security Division

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Recommendation for Random Bit Generator Constructions: Fourth Public Draft of NIST SP 800-90C Available for Comment

July 3, 2024

Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC): Specification of HMAC and Recommendations for Message Authentication | Draft SP 800-224 is Available for Public Comment

June 28, 2024

NIST Requests Public Comments on SP 800-38B and SP 800-38C | CMAC and CCM Block Cipher Modes of Operation

June 14, 2024

A Data Protection Approach for Cloud-Native Applications: Draft NIST IR 8505 is Available for Comment

June 14, 2024

Hardware Security Failure Scenarios: Potential Weaknesses in Hardware Design | Draft of NIST IR 8517 is Available for Comment

June 13, 2024

NIST Publishes Automated Vehicles Workshop Report

June 4, 2024

NIST held a virtual workshop in September 2023 on Standards and Performance Metrics for On-Road Automated Vehicles, attracting over 600 attendees from industry

Just Published | NIST’s FY 2023 Cybersecurity & Privacy Annual Report

May 20, 2024

NIST Proposes to Revise SP 800-135 Rev. 1, Recommendation for Existing Application-Specific Key Derivation Functions

May 15, 2024

NIST Finalizes Updated Guidelines for Protecting Sensitive Information

May 14, 2024

Contractors and other organizations that do business with the federal government now have clearer, more straightforward guidance for protecting sensitive data.

NIST Issues Updated Security Requirements and Assessment Procedures for Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)

May 14, 2024

NIST Publishes IR 8504, Access Control on NoSQL Databases

May 7, 2024

A Security Perspective on the Web3 Paradigm | Draft NIST IR 8475 Available for Comment

April 11, 2024

Online Introductory Courses Available for NIST SP 800-53, SP 800-53A, and SP 800-53B

April 10, 2024

Incident Response Recommendations and Considerations for Cybersecurity Risk Management | Comment on SP 800-61 Revision 3 Initial Public Draft

April 3, 2024

Incident response is a critical part of cybersecurity risk management and should be integrated across organizational operations. The six Functions of the NIST

The Access Control Rule Logic Circuit Simulation (ACRLCS) has been Updated

March 6, 2024

NIST to Revise Special Publication 800-38D | Galois/Counter Mode (GCM) and GMAC Block Cipher Modes

March 5, 2024

NIST Automated Vehicles Team Visits Virginia Tech Transportation Institute to Discuss Collaborative Efforts

March 1, 2024

On February 28-29, 2024, the NIST Automated Vehicles team , representing multiple NIST laboratories, visited the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI)

Non-Fungible Token (NFT) Security: NIST IR 8472 is Now Available

March 1, 2024

NIST has published the final version of Internal Report (IR) 8472, Non-Fungible Token Security. Non-fungible token (NFT) technology provides a mechanism to sell

Integrating Software Supply Chain Security in DevSecOps CI/CD Pipelines | NIST Publishes SP 800-204D

February 12, 2024

High-Performance Computing Security | NIST Releases SP 800-223

February 9, 2024

NIST has published Special Publication (SP) 800-223, High-Performance Computing Security: Architecture, Threat Analysis, and Security Posture. Executive Order

NIST to Revise Special Publication 800-38E

February 9, 2024

NIST Requests Comments on SP 800-60r2, Guide for Mapping Types of Information and Systems to Security Categories

January 31, 2024

NIST seeks to update and improve the guidance in Special Publication (SP) 800-60, Guide for Mapping Types of Information and Information Systems to Security

NIST Invites Public Comments on IR 8504, Access Control on NoSQL Databases

January 30, 2024

Measurement Guide for Information Security: NIST SP 800-55 Draft Volumes 1 and 2 Available for Comment

January 17, 2024

The initial public drafts (ipd) of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-55, Measurement Guide for Information Security, Volume 1 — Identifying and Selecting

NIST Offers Guidance on Measuring and Improving Your Company’s Cybersecurity Program

January 17, 2024

Draft publication can help with evaluating information security efforts.

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