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9/18/2018—Draft NISTIR 8222 has been temporarily withdrawn to synchronize with other pending documents on this topic, and to ensure time for stakeholders to
NIST has released Draft NIST Internal Report (NISTIR) 8222, Internet of Things (IoT) Trust Concerns, which identifies seventeen technical trust-related issues
Financial institutions deploy a wide array of information technology devices, systems, and applications across a wide geographic area. While these physical
It is difficult to overstate the importance of the internet to modern business and to society in general. The internet is essential to the exchange of all
NIST has initiated a process to solicit, evaluate, and standardize lightweight cryptographic algorithms that are suitable for use in constrained environments
NIST announces the release of Draft NISTIR 8214, Threshold Schemes for Cryptographic Primitives. This publication provides a high-level overview of the
NIST has released Draft Special Publication (SP) 800-163 Revision 1, which updates a process for vetting mobile applications. This process can be used to ensure
NIST is updating its guidance for transitioning to the use of stronger cryptographic keys and more robust algorithms by federal agencies to protect sensitive
NIST’s Computer Security Division has decided to withdraw eleven (11) SP 800 publications on August 1, 2018. These publications are out of date and will not be
Registration and a call for speakers are open for the 2018 NIST Cybersecurity Risk Management Conference, to be held November 7-9 in Baltimore, Maryland. The
Draft NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-71, Recommendations for Key Establishment Using Symmetric Block Ciphers, addresses key establishment techniques that use
NIST has published Special Publication (SP) 800-116 Revision 1, Guidelines for the Use of PIV Credentials in Facility Access. It provides best practice
NIST is publishing Special Publication (SP) 800-171A, Assessing Security Requirements for Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). It is intended to help
NIST released an update for Special Publication (SP) 800-171 Revision 1, Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Systems and Organizations
Augmenting its efforts to protect the nation’s critical assets from cybersecurity threats as well as protect individuals’ privacy, the National Institute of
NIST is releasing a publication that will help organizations prepare better against potentially destructive attacks to the collection of hardware and firmware
NIST released NIST Internal Report (NISTIR) 7511 Revision 5, Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) Version 1.3 Validation Program Test Requirements, the
NIST has updated the federal agency organizational codes specified in Special Publication (SP) 800-87, Codes for the Identification of Federal and Federally
Cryptography experts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are kicking off an effort to protect the data created by innumerable tiny
NIST has updated two publications on cryptographic key-establishment schemes—procedures that result in secret keying material being shared among different
Virtualized server platforms—like physical server platforms—need to be protected against attacks from hackers who might want to steal information or take
NIST releases a publication that will help organizations to identify those systems and components that are most vital and which may need additional security or