National Institute of Standards and Technology
Current NIST Cybersecurity Alerts
- 8th Annual NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conferenceon December 5, 2022
Attend the NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference in St. Louis, Missouri on December 5-6, 2022 -- the national conference for K12 cybersecurity education! Gain tools to accelerate learning, identify methods to nurture a diverse learning
- Announcement of Proposal to Convert FIPS 198-1, "The Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC)," to a NIST Special Publicationon September 20, 2022
As a part of the periodic review of NIST’s cryptographic standards and guidelines, NIST's Crypto Publication Review Board announced the review of FIPS 198-1 The Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC) in August 2021. In response, NIST received
- NIST IoT Cybersecurity Program Releases Two New Documentson September 20, 2022
NIST’s Cybersecurity for the Internet of Things (IoT) program has released two new documents: The final version of Profile of the IoT Core Baseline for Consumer IoT Products (NIST IR 8425). The public draft (June 2022) took the consumer IoT
- NIST releases NIST IR 8286C: Staging Cybersecurity Risks for Enterprise Risk Management and Governance Oversighton September 14, 2022
NIST has released NIST Internal Report (IR) 8286C, Staging Cybersecurity Risks for Enterprise Risk Management and Governance Oversight. This report completes the cybersecurity risk management (CSRM) and enterprise risk management (ERM) integration
- Early Bird Registration for the 2022 NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conferenceon September 13, 2022
The NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference Planning Committee is excited to announce that Early Bird Registration for the conference is NOW OPEN THROUGH OCTOBER 15th. The conference takes place on Monday and Tuesday, December 5-6, 2022, at the
- Recommendation for Random Bit Generator Constructions: Third Public Draft of NIST SP 800-90C Available for Commenton September 7, 2022
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the third public draft of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-90C, Recommendation for Random Bit Generator (RBG) Constructions. The NIST SP 800-90 series of documents supports the
- Discussion on the Full Entropy Assumption of the SP 800-90 Series: Initial Public Draft of NIST IR 8427 Available for Commenton September 7, 2022
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the initial public draft of NIST Interagency Report (IR) 8427, Discussion on the Full Entropy Assumption of the SP 800-90 Series. This document is being released at the same time
- Request for Additional Digital Signature Schemes for the Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization Processon September 6, 2022
The Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) standardization process is continuing into a fourth round with the following key-encapsulation mechanisms (KEMs) still under consideration: BIKE, Classic McEliece, HQC, and SIKE. However, there are no remaining
- NIST Publishes SP 800-108 Revision 1, Recommendation for Key Derivation Using Pseudorandom Functionson August 18, 2022
NIST is pleased to announce the release of Special Publication (SP) 800-108r1, ***Recommendation for Key Derivation Using Pseudorandom Functions***. This publication specifies techniques for the derivation of additional keying material from a secret
- Journey to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0 | Workshop #1on August 17, 2022
NIST has begun the process to update the NIST Cybersecurity Framework to keep pace with the evolving cybersecurity landscape. The CSF was originally developed during a year-long, collaborative process where NIST served as a convener for industry
- NIST requests comments on IR 8214B initial public draft: Notes on Threshold EdDSA/Schnorr Signatureson August 12, 2022
NIST requests public comments on the initial public draft (ipd) of NIST IR 8214B, Notes on Threshold EdDSA/Schnorr Signatures. This report considers signature schemes that are compatible with the verification phase of the Edwards Curve Digital