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News
- Round one of the Cryptographic Hash Algorithm Competition began Nov. 1, 2008. NIST received 64 entries for the competition; 51 were selected for meeting the minimum submission requirements and accepted as the First Round Candidates.........
- [May 5, 2009] -- NIST announces that Draft Special Publication (SP) 800-117, Guide to Adopting and Using the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP), has been released for public comment. SCAP comprises.....
- [April 21, 2009] -- NIST announces that Draft Special Publication (SP) 800-118, Guide to Enterprise Password Management, has been released for public comment. SP 800-118 is intended to.....
- [April 3, 2009] -- NIST is pleased to announce the release of SP800-85A-1 PIV Card Application and Middleware Interface Test Guidelines (SP800-73-2 Compliance). This document provides......
- [March 20, 2009] -- NIST announces the release of the Initial Public Draft (IPD) of Special Publication 800-16, Revision 1, Information Security Training Requirements: A Role- and Performance-Based Model. This publication is.........
- [March 6, 2009] -- NIST Computer Security Division announces the release of 2 NIST Interagency Rerports (IRs) - 1 is a draft (NISTIR 7564) and the other (NISTIR 7536) is a final document......
- [February 23, 2009] -- Information regarding the Safeguarding Health Information: Building Assurance through HIPAA Security – A CMS & NIST HIPAA Security Rule Conference is now available.....
NIST Security Events
Safeguarding Health Information: Building Assurance through HIPAA Security – A CMS & NIST HIPAA Security Rule Conference
May 18-19, 2009
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Gaithersburg, Maryland Red Auditorium
To discuss challenges, tips, and techniques for implementing the requirements of the HIPAA Security Rule, with particular focus on ......
NIST Key Management Workshop
June 8-9, 2009
**Mark Your Calendar**
NIST
Gaithersburg, Maryland
NIST is undertaking an effort to improve the overall key management strategies used by the public and private sectors in order to enhance usability of cryptographic technology, provide scalability across all cryptographic technologies, and support a global cryptographic key management infrastructure.