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Kerry McKay (Fed)

Publications

Recommendation for the Entropy Sources Used for Random Bit Generation

Author(s)
Meltem Sonmez Turan, Elaine B. Barker, John M. Kelsey, Kerry A. McKay, Mary L. Baish, Mike Boyle
This Recommendation specifies the design principles and requirements for the entropy sources used by Random Bit Generators, and the tests for the validation of

Toward Standardizing Lightweight Cryptography

Author(s)
Kerry A. McKay, Larry Feldman, Gregory A. Witte
This bulletin summarizes the information in NISTIR 8114: Report on Lightweight Cryptography which provides an overview of the lightweight cryptography project

Report on Lightweight Cryptography

Author(s)
Kerry A. McKay, Lawrence E. Bassham, Meltem Sonmez Turan, Nicky W. Mouha
NIST-approved cryptographic standards were designed to perform well using general-purpose computers. In recent years, there has been increased deployment of
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Created May 31, 2018, Updated June 15, 2021