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Information Technology Laboratory

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FISSEA 2019 Call for Presentations

March 21, 2019

32 nd Annual FISSEA Conference Innovations in Cybersecurity Awareness and Training: A 360-Degree Perspective June 27-28, 2019 Call for

Recommendation for Cryptographic Key Generation: Draft NIST SP 800-133 Rev. 1 Available for Comment

March 6, 2019

Cryptography is often used in information technology security environments to protect sensitive, high-value data that might be compromised during transmission

Save the Date for the NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference

March 5, 2019

Join us as we expand the national effort to document the K12 cybersecurity education programs on-going throughout the country, accelerate methods to best

Threshold Schemes for Cryptographic Primitives: NISTIR 8214

March 1, 2019

NIST announces the publication of NIST Internal Report (NISTIR) 8214, Threshold Schemes for Cryptographic Primitives. This publication provides a high-level

Methods for Format-Preserving Encryption: NIST Requests Public Comments on Draft Special Publication 800-38G Revision 1

February 28, 2019

Summary NIST requests public comments on Draft Special Publication 800-38G Revision 1, Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: Methods for Format

Connect with NICE at RSA Conference 2019

February 27, 2019

The NICE Program Office will be participating in the RSA Conference next week in San Francisco, California. See below for ways you can connect with us. We hope

Trustworthy Email: NIST Publishes SP 800-177 Rev. 1

February 26, 2019

The past forty years have seen both the worldwide adoption of email and the simultaneous rise of Internet-based crimes and threats. While the Internet’s

Updated Version of Special Publication 800-162, Guide to Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC) Definition and Considerations

February 25, 2019

NIST Special Publication 800-162, Guide to Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC) Definition and Considerations, has been updated with minor editorial changes

Save the Date for the 10th Annual NICE Conference and Expo

February 20, 2019

10th ANNUAL NICE CONFERENCE AND EXPO SAVE THE DATE: November 18-20, 2019 LOCATION: Phoenix, Arizona Visit the Conference website We are excited to announce that

NIST and the Executive Order on Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence

February 14, 2019

On Feb. 11, 2019, President Donald J. Trump issued the Executive Order on Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence. The EO specifically

Attribute Considerations for Access Control Systems: Draft NIST SP 800-205 Available for Comment

February 13, 2019

Attribute-based access control systems rely upon enterprise-specific attributes to both define access control policy rules and enforce the access control

NIST Marks Fifth Anniversary of Popular Cybersecurity Framework

February 12, 2019

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—Five years after the release of the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, organizations across all sectors of the

Request for Public Comments on Stateful Hash-Based Signatures (HBS)

February 4, 2019

Summary NIST is requesting public comments on the intended approval of LMS and XMSS as stateful hash-based signature (HBS) schemes. Questions for

NIST Publishes Status Report on Round 1 of the NIST PQC Standardization Process

January 31, 2019

On January 30, 2019, NIST announced the 26 candidate algorithms that are advancing to the second round of the NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC)

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NIST Reveals 26 Algorithms Advancing to the Post-Quantum Crypto ‘Semifinals’

January 30, 2019

The field has narrowed in the race to protect sensitive electronic information from the threat of quantum computers, which one day could render many of our

PQC Standardization Process: Second Round Candidate Announcement

January 30, 2019

After over a year of evaluation, NIST would like to announce the candidates that will be moving on to the 2nd round of the NIST PQC Standardization Process.

Risk Management Framework Update: NIST Publishes SP 800-37 Revision 2

December 20, 2018

Today, NIST is publishing NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-37 Revision 2 , Risk Management Framework for Information Systems and Organizations: A System Life

NICE Released the Winter 2018-19 eNewsletter

December 18, 2018

The Winter 2018-19 NICE eNewsletter has been published to provide subscribers information on academic, industry, and government developments related to the

Secure Interdomain Traffic Exchange – BGP Robustness and DDoS Mitigation: NIST Releases Draft Special Publication 800-189

December 17, 2018

In recent years, numerous routing control plane anomalies such as Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), prefix hijacking, and route leaks have resulted in Denial of

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