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The race to protect sensitive electronic information against the threat of quantum computers has entered the home stretch. After spending more than three years
A new publication by cryptography experts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) proposes the direction the technical agency will take to
Engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) needed a way to secure smart manufacturing systems using the digital thread, so they
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
GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a study that estimates a $250 billion
NIST is updating its guidance for transitioning to the use of stronger cryptographic keys and more robust algorithms by federal agencies to protect sensitive
Draft NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-71, Recommendations for Key Establishment Using Symmetric Block Ciphers, addresses key establishment techniques that use
NIST has updated two publications on cryptographic key-establishment schemes—procedures that result in secret keying material being shared among different
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a method for generating numbers guaranteed to be random by quantum
Beguiling, baffling or both—that’s blockchain. Aiming to clarify the subject for the benefit of companies and other organizations, the National Institute of
You can think of it as the Olympics of information scrambling.One of the most important competitions in the history of cryptography—and for the future support
The Cryptographic Module Validation Program run by the U.S. and Canadian governments achieved a significant milestone today as it issued the program's 50th
Candidates for a new information scrambling code for the 21st century made their debut at an international cryptography conference today.The Commerce Department
The National Institute of Standards and Technology today launched a participatory process with American industry to develop an Advanced Encryption Standard. The
Furthering the Administration's commitment to defining a workable key escrow encryption strategy that would satisfy government and be acceptable to business and
As a vital next step in reinventing the government's use of information technology, the Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology
The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology has announced approval of a Digital Signature Standard, which will allow federal
The National Institute of Standards and Technology today announced it will initiate a technical modification to a computer security standard used to support the
The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today the approval of a voluntary standard that can be used by
The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today an opportunity to join a cooperative research consortium for
The National Institute of Standards and Technology announced today a proposed voluntary escrowed encryption standard that will help improve the security and