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News
- NIST announces the Second Round Candidates of the Cryptographic Hash Competition.
- {September 22, 2009} -- NIST is proud to announce the release of 4 publications (1 draft SP and 3 final SPs). The documents are Draft SP 800-127, SP 800-41 Rev. 1, SP 800-102, SP 800-120. To read the full announcement of these documents.....
- {September 11, 2009} -- Draft Special Publication 800-85B-1 has been released for public comment. NIST produced a revised version of NIST Special Publication SP 800-85B PIV Data Model Conformance Test Guidelines. The revisions include additional.....
- {August 28, 2009} -- After a detailed internal assessment, the Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) has proposed a reorganization of its structure. A key goal of the proposed reorganization is to strengthen NIST’s.....
- {August 26, 2009} -- NIST Computer Security Division Releases 2 Draft Documents: NIST IR 7621 Small Business Information Security: The Fundamentals and Special Publication 800-81R1 Secure Domain Name System (DNS) Deployment Guide. For more information regarding these 2 drafts.......
- {August 19, 2009} -- NIST announces that the Draft NIST Interagency Report 7609, Cryptographic Key Management Workshop Summary (June 8-9, 2009), is available for public comment. The Cryptographic Key Management (CKM) workshop was initiated.....
- {August 17, 2009} -- NIST announces that the Draft NIST Special Publication 800-38E, Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: The XTS-AES Mode for Confidentiality on Block-Oriented Storage Devices, is available for public comment. This document approves the.....
- {August 14, 2009} -- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is pleased to announce the release of NIST Interagency Report 7611, Use of ISO/IEC 24727 -- Service Access Layer Interface for Identity (SALII): support for development and use of interoperable identity credentials. The Interagency Report details properties and capabilities of.....
- {August 13, 2009| -- NIST announces that Draft Special Publication (SP) 800-73-3, Interfaces for Personal Identity Verification, has been released for public comment. Draft SP 800-73-3 introduces new, optional features.....
- }August 11, 2009}-- NIST announces that draft NIST IR 7581, System and Network Security Acronyms and Abbreviations, is now available for public comment. The report contains a list of acronyms and abbreviations for selected.....
- {July 31, 2009} -- NIST announces the final publication of Special Publication 800-53, Revision 3, Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations. Special Publication 800-53, Revision 3, is historic in nature. For the first time, and as part of the ongoing initiative to develop a unified.....
- {July 31, 2009} -- NIST announces that Draft Special Publication (SP) 800-126, The Technical Specification for the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP), has been released for public comment. SCAP comprises specifications for organizing and expressing security-related information in.....
- {July 27, 2009} -- Comments Received on White Paper: The Transitioning of Cryptographic Algorithms and Key Sizes</strong> are now available.....
NIST Security Events
Privilege (Access) Management Workshop
September 1-3, 2009
National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg, MD.
End-to-End Voting Systems Workshop
October 13-14, 2009
George Washington Univ..