Standards Information Center

Your gateway to help navigate the dynamic U.S. and international standards landscape

NIST maintains this public-facing web portal to provide resources and standards information to government, academia, and the public. The Standards Information Center serves as a starting point to identify information on standards, regulations, conformity assessment, and other requirements. The Center helps users navigate a complex U.S. and international standards landscape.

The Standards Information Center provides the following free services:

• Guidance and quick research in response to queries on national/global standards and current or proposed technical regulations; 
• Referrals to standards-developing organizations; government agencies; technical experts; and providers of translation services, conformity assessments, and related services; 
• Publications on a range of topics, including guides to compliance for specific industries, conformity assessment basics, and more.

Contact the Standards Information Center (SIC) at stdsinfo [at] nist.gov (stdsinfo[at]nist[dot]gov) for information on these services.
 

The Standards information Center does not answer the following types of requests. Please contact these NIST departments directly: 

• Calibrations or Traceability, please email: calibrations [at] nist.gov (calibrations[at]nist[dot]gov)
• Computer Security Publications (FIPS, NISTIRs and Special Publications ), visit their website
• Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP), please email: cmvp [at] nist.gov (cmvp[at]nist[dot]gov)
• Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Program (CAVP), please email: cavpval [at] nist.gov (cavpval[at]nist[dot]gov)
• Standard Reference Materials, please email srminfo [at] nist.gov (srminfo[at]nist[dot]gov)