News & Updates

NIST's Crypto Publication Review Board has requested initial public comments on NIST Special Publication 800-102, Recommendation for Digital Signature Timeliness. The comment period is open through January 14, 2025.

The final public drafts (fpd) of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-157 Revision 1, Guidelines for Derived Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Credentials, and SP 800-217, Guidelines for Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Federation, are now available for public review and comment. The public comment period for both final drafts are open through January 10, 2025.

NIST Internal Report (IR) 8517, Hardware Security Failure Scenarios: Potential Weaknesses in Hardware Design, has now been finalized.

The initial public draft (ipd) of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-172 Revision 3, Enhanced Security Requirements for Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), is available for comment. The public comment period is open through January 10, 2025.

The initial public draft of NIST Internal Report (IR) 8547,  Transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards, is now available for public comment. The public comment period is open through January 10, 2025.

The initial public draft of Special Publication (SP) 800-232, Ascon-Based Lightweight Cryptography Standards for Constrained Devices: Authenticated Encryption, Hash, and Extendable Output Functions is available for public comment through February 7, 2025.

The NCCoE has released for public comment the draft of NIST Cybersecurity White Paper (CSWP) 34, Mitigating Cybersecurity and Privacy Risks in Telehealth Smart Home Integration. The comment period for the draft is now open through January 6, 2025.

Draft CSWP 36C, Reallocation of Temporary Identities - Applying 5G Cybersecurity & Privacy Capabilities White Paper Series for Public Comment. The public comment period is open through December 6, 2024.

NIST has released an errata update to its foundational publication on managing cybersecurity risks in supply chains.

A draft of NIST Cybersecurity White Paper (CSWP) 37, "Automation of the NIST Cryptographic Module Validation Program: September 2024 Status Report," is now available for public comment through December 4, 2024.

The Initial Public Draft for SP 1326, NIST Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management: Due Diligence Assessment Quick-Start Guide; is available for public comment. The public comment period is open through December 16, 2024.

NIST publishes NIST Internal Report (IR) 8528, Status Report on the First Round of the Additional Digital Signature Schemes for the NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization Process.

NIST has released an initial public draft (ipd) revision of Special Publication (SP) 800-131A, Transitioning the Use of Cryptographic Algorithms and Key Length The public comment period is open through December 4, 2024.

IST has published Special Publication (SP) 800-233, Service Mesh Proxy Models for Cloud-Native Applications, which performs detailed threat analysis of the various proxy models in the service mesh architecture of cloud-native applications to develop a threat profile and provide recommendations for their applicability.

The initial public draft of NIST Internal Report (IR) 8539, Security Property Verification by Transition Model, is now available for public comment. The public comment period is open through November 25, 2024.

Initial Public Draft (IPD) NIST IR 8480, Attribute Validation Services for Identity Management, is available for public comment through Monday, December 2, 2024.

NIST has published NIST Interagency Report (IR) 8505, A Data Protection Approach for Cloud-Native Applications.

NIST Cybersecurity White Paper (CSWP) 36B Using Hardware-Enabled Security to Ensure 5G System Platform Integrity - Applying 5G Cybersecurity and Privacy Capabilities White Paper Series is available for public comment. The deadline to submit comments to this draft document is October 30, 2024.

The NCCoE has released an initial public draft for "Supply Chain Traceability: Manufacturing Meta-Framework." Public comments are welcome through November 15, 2024. 

NIST Cybersecurity White Paper (CSWP) 31, Proxy Validation and Verification for Critical AI Systems: A Proxy Design Process has been published.

The initial public draft (ipd) of NIST Interagency Report (IR) 8446, Bridging the Gap between Standards on Random Number Generation: Comparison of SP 800-90 Series and AIS 20/31, is now available for public comment through December 20, 2024.

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-50r1 (Revision 1), Building a Cybersecurity and Privacy Learning Program.

The NIST Cybersecurity for IoT Program is proud to announce the release of NIST IR 8425A.

NIST is pleased to announce the release of Internal Report (IR) 8459, Report on the Block Cipher Modes of Operation in the NIST SP 800-38 Series.

NIST's Crypto Publication Review Board is proposing to update FIPS 202, "SHA-3 Standard" and revise Special Publication 800-185, "SHA-3 Derived Functions." Submit public comments through Monday, October 7, 2024.