ITL Standards Activities History

Our History in Standards

ITL has a long history and deep expertise in the development of standards. Examples include:
 

• ITL produced its earliest Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) in the late 1960s. 
• Our public cryptographic algorithms competitions date back decades and continue today with a focus on international standardization.
• Since 1984, ITL has been accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as a standards developer. 
• Throughout the 1980s, ITL developed several American National Standards that were eventually superseded by standards developed in the private sector. 
• Today, ITL maintains its ANSI accreditation solely for the purpose of maintaining one biometric standard.