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Elaine B. Barker (Assoc)

Projects:

Current Projects:

  • Key Management
  • Random Number Generation
  • ANSI X9F1 standards activities

Past Projects:

  • AES and Digital Signatures
  • ANSI X9F1 and X9F3/E9 standards
  • Key Recovery Demonstration Project
  • Key Escrow
  • FIPS 140-1 development
  • Treasury Electronic Certification System
  • ANSI X12 security standards
  • MAC Validation System
  • Key Management Validation System

Selected Publications

Publications

Recommendation for Random Bit Generator (RBG) Constructions

Author(s)
Elaine Barker, John Kelsey, Kerry McKay, Allen Roginsky, Meltem Sonmez Turan
The NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-90 series of documents supports the generation of high-quality random bits for cryptographic and non-cryptographic use. SP
Created October 9, 2019, Updated June 7, 2025
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