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Information Technology Laboratory

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Zero Trust Architecture: Draft NIST SP 800-207 Available for Comment

September 23, 2019

NIST invites comments on Draft Special Publication (SP) 800-207, Zero Trust Architecture, which discusses the core logical components that make up a zero trust...

Draft Cybersecurity Practice Guide--Energy Sector Asset Management

September 23, 2019

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released Draft NIST Special Publication (SP) 1800-23, Energy Sector Asset Management, for public...

Draft Cybersecurity Practice Guide--Securing Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS)

September 16, 2019

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released Draft NIST Special Publication (SP) 1800-24, Securing Picture Archiving and Communication...

Preliminary Draft of the NIST Privacy Framework

September 9, 2019

NIST seeks comments on the Preliminary Draft of the NIST Privacy Framework: A Tool for Improving Privacy through Enterprise Risk Management (“Preliminary Draft”...

Cyber Resiliency Engineering: Final Public Draft of NIST SP 800-160 Volume 2 Available for Comment

September 4, 2019

The goal of the NIST Systems Security Engineering initiative is to address security, safety, and resiliency issues from a stakeholder requirements and...

Lightweight Cryptography (LWC) Standardization: Round 2 Candidates Announced

August 30, 2019

NIST would like to announce the 32 candidates that will be moving on to the 2nd round of the NIST LWC Standardization Process. The second-round candidates of...

Guidelines for the Selection, Configuration, and Use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) Implementations: NIST SP 800-52 Rev. 2

August 29, 2019

Given the nature of interconnected networks and the use of the internet to share information, the protection of sensitive data can become difficult if proper...

Situational Awareness for Electric Utilities: NIST Publishes Cybersecurity Practice Guide SP 1800-7

August 7, 2019

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has published the final version of NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide SP 1800-7, Situational Awareness...

Security Strategies for Microservices-based Application Systems: NIST Publishes SP 800-204

August 7, 2019

Microservices architecture is increasingly being used to design, develop, and deploy large-scale application systems in both cloud-based and enterprise...

Core Cybersecurity Feature Baseline for Securable IoT Devices: Draft NISTIR 8259 Available for Comment

July 31, 2019

As manufacturers create an incredible and ever-growing variety of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, they should also understand the cybersecurity risks...

Multifactor Authentication for E-Commerce: NIST Publishes Cybersecurity Practice Guide SP 1800-17

July 30, 2019

As retailers in the United States have adopted chip-and-signature and chip-and-PIN (personal identification number) point-of-sale security measures, there have...

Recommendation for Cryptographic Key Generation: NIST Publishes SP 800-133 Revision 1

July 23, 2019

Cryptography relies upon two basic components—an algorithm and a cryptographic key—to protect data in an information technology security environment. Such data...

Draft Cybersecurity Practice Guide--Mobile Device Security: Corporate-Owned Personally-Enabled (COPE)

July 22, 2019

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released Draft NIST Special Publication (SP) 1800-21, Mobile Device Security: Corporate-Owned...

Transport Layer Security (TLS) Server Certificate Management: Public Draft of SP 1800-16 Available for Comment

July 17, 2019

This NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide— Draft SP 1800-16, Securing Web Transactions: Transport Layer Security (TLS) Server Certificate Management—shows large...

Draft White Paper: A Taxonomic Approach to Understanding Emerging Blockchain Identity Management Systems

July 9, 2019

Traditional identity management has typically involved the storing of user credentials (e.g., passwords) by organizations and third parties, which often results...

Guideline for Using Cryptographic Standards in the Federal Government—Cryptographic Mechanisms: NIST Releases Draft NIST SP 800-175B Rev. 1

July 3, 2019

Network and data security are essential in today's environment of increasingly open and interconnected systems, networks, and mobile devices. Critical security...

Guide to IPsec VPNs: Draft NIST SP 800-77 Rev. 1 Available for Comment

July 2, 2019

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

Protecting the Integrity of Internet Routing: NIST Publishes Cybersecurity Practice Guide SP 1800-14

June 28, 2019

It is difficult to overstate the importance of the internet to modern business and to society in general. The internet is essential to the exchange of all...

Considerations for Managing Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity and Privacy Risks: NISTIR 8228

June 25, 2019

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a rapidly evolving and expanding collection of diverse technologies that interact with the physical world, yet many...

NCCoE Releases Two Data Confidentiality Draft Project Descriptions

June 24, 2019

Summary The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) is announcing the release of two new data confidentiality draft project descriptions. We are...

Open Security Controls Assessment Language (OSCAL): V. 1.0.0, Milestone 1

June 21, 2019

NIST is pleased to announce the first official release of the Open Security Controls Assessment Language ( OSCAL), Version 1.0.0 - Milestone 1. The release...

Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information: Comment on Draft NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 2 and Draft NIST SP 800-171B

June 19, 2019

Summary NIST is seeking comments on Draft NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-171 Revision 2, Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal...

Attribute Considerations for Access Control Systems: NIST Publishes SP 800-205

June 18, 2019

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

NCCoE Posts Two Draft Project Descriptions to Support Small and Medium Businesses and to Secure Industrial Control Systems in the Manufacturing Sector

June 17, 2019

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has posted two draft Project Descriptions for public comment: Detecting and Protecting Against Data...

Draft White Paper: Mitigating the Risk of Software Vulnerabilities by Adopting a Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF)

June 11, 2019

NIST is releasing a Draft NIST Cybersecurity White Paper for public comment, Mitigating the Risk of Software Vulnerabilities by Adopting a Secure Software...

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