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Information Technology Laboratory

Computer Security Division

News and Updates

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Blockchain Networks: Token Design and Management Overview – Draft NISTIR 8301 Available for Comment

September 29, 2020

Traditional data and operations management across organizations and on the web can involve inefficient transaction reconciliation between siloed databases...

Performance Measurement Guide for Information Security: Pre-Draft Call for Comments

September 24, 2020

NIST is planning to update NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-55 Revision 1, Performance Measurement Guide for Information Security. For more details on an...

Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations: NIST Publishes SP 800-53, Revision 5

September 23, 2020

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-53, Revision 5, Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations, represents a multi-year effort to...

Guide to Enterprise Telework Security: Pre-Draft Call for Comments Available on Special Publication 800-46 Rev. 2

September 10, 2020

NIST requests review and comments on Special Publication (SP) 800-46 Revision 2, Guide to Enterprise Telework, Remote Access, and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)...

Draft White Paper: Trusted Internet of Things (IoT) Device Network-Layer Onboarding and Lifecycle Management

September 8, 2020

A Draft NIST Cybersecurity White Paper, Trusted Internet of Things (IoT) Device Network-Layer Onboarding and Lifecycle Management, is now available for public...

NIST Cloud Computing Forensic Science Challenges: NISTIR 8006 Now Available

August 25, 2020

NIST announces the final publication of NISTIR 8006, NIST Cloud Computing Forensic Science Challenges, which defines and discusses a set of challenges related...

Impact Analysis Tool for Independent Cyber Supply Chain Risks: NISTIR 8272 Now Available

August 25, 2020

NIST announces the publication of NISTIR 8272, Impact Analysis Tool for Interdependent Cyber Supply Chain Risks. This document describes a tool developed to...

ITL Bulletin: Secure File Exchanges

August 3, 2020

Every day, in order to perform their jobs, workers exchange files over the Internet through email attachments, file sharing services, and other means. Many of...

Control Baselines for Information Systems and Organizations: Draft NIST SP 800-53B Available for Comment

July 31, 2020

NIST seeks feedback on Draft NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-53B, Control Baselines for Information Systems and Organizations. SP 800-53B provides three...

General Access Control Guidance for Cloud Systems: NIST Publishes SP 800-210

July 31, 2020

NIST has published Special Publication (SP) 800-210, General Access Control Guidance for Cloud Systems, which presents an initial step toward understanding...

Open Field Message Bus (OpenFMB) Proof of Concept Implementation: NIST TN 2066

July 29, 2020

There is a smart grid messaging framework known as an Open Field Message Bus (OpenFMB); it describes a publish-and-subscribe model of communication for smart...

PQC Standardization Process: Third Round Candidate Announcement

July 22, 2020

It has been almost a year and a half since the second round of the NIST PQC Standardization Process began. After careful consideration, NIST would like to...

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NIST’s Post-Quantum Cryptography Program Enters ‘Selection Round’

July 22, 2020

The race to protect sensitive electronic information against the threat of quantum computers has entered the home stretch. After spending more than three years...

Security Guidelines for Storage Infrastructure: Draft SP 800-209 Available for Comment

July 21, 2020

Storage infrastructure—along with compute (encompassing OS and host hardware) and network infrastructures—is one of the three fundamental pillars of Information...

NIST Roadmap Toward Criteria for Threshold Schemes for Cryptographic Primitives: Publication of NISTIR 8214A

July 7, 2020

NIST has published NISTIR 8214A, NIST Roadmap Toward Criteria for Threshold Schemes for Cryptographic Primitives, which presents a structured approach for...

NIST Kick-Starts ‘Threshold Cryptography’ Development Effort

July 7, 2020

A new publication by cryptography experts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) proposes the direction the technical agency will take to...

Enhanced Security Requirements for Protecting CUI: NIST Seeks Public Comments on Draft SP 800-172

July 6, 2020

Summary NIST is seeking comments on Draft NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-172, Enhanced Security Requirements for Protecting Controlled Unclassified...

NIST Revises Guide to IPsec VPNs: SP 800-77 Revision 1

June 30, 2020

Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) is a network layer security control used to protect communications over public networks, encrypt IP traffic between hosts...

OSCAL 1.0.0 Milestone 3 Release

June 16, 2020

NIST is pleased to announce the release of OSCAL 1.0.0 Milestone 3. This is the third official milestone pre-release of OSCAL and marks the last pre-release...

Cryptographic Key Generation: NIST Publishes SP 800-133 Rev. 2

June 4, 2020

NIST announces the publication of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-133 Revision 2, Recommendation for Cryptographic Key Generation , which discusses the...

Building Secure Microservices-based Applications Using Service-Mesh Architecture: NIST Special Publication 800-204A Now Available

May 27, 2020

As microservices-based applications are increasingly deployed within large enterprises and cloud-based environments, dedicated and scalable infrastructure is...

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