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New NIST Security Standard Can Protect Credit Cards, Health Information

Published

Author(s)

Morris J. Dworkin, Larry Feldman, Gregory A. Witte

Abstract

This bulletin summarizes the information presented in NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-38G, "Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: Methods for Format-Preserving Encryption." The publication specifies two methods for format-preserving encryption, FF1 and FF3.
Citation
ITL Bulletin - April 2016
Report Number
April 2016

Keywords

block cipher, confidentiality, encryption, FF1, FF3, format-preserving encryption, information security, mode of operation

Citation

Dworkin, M. , Feldman, L. and Witte, G. (2016), New NIST Security Standard Can Protect Credit Cards, Health Information, ITL Bulletin, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=920780 (Accessed March 29, 2024)
Created April 14, 2016, Updated February 19, 2017