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NIST Pubs

Considerations for Achieving Crypto Agility: Strategies and Practices

Author(s)
Elaine Barker, Lidong Chen, David Cooper, Dustin Moody, Andrew Regenscheid, Murugiah Souppaya, William Newhouse, Russell Housley, Sean Turner, William C. Barker, Karen Kent
Cryptographic (crypto) agility refers to the capabilities needed to replace and adapt cryptographic algorithms in protocols, applications, software, hardware...

NIST SP 2200-08: Suitability of Cannabis Scales (2026 Ed.)

Author(s)
Jan Konijnenburg, Loren Minnich, David Sefcik, Nathanael Heckert
In the last several years, the sale and use of cannabis products have been legalized in multiple States in the U.S. With this legalization comes the legal...

The Burning Character of 3 m to 7 m Douglas-Fir Trees with Varying Moisture Content

Author(s)
Giovanni Di Cristina Torres, Erik Johnsson, Eric Mueller, Matthew Bundy, Anthony Chakalis, Marco Fernandez, Artur Chernovsky, Aika Davis, Anthony Hamins
A series of experiments is reported on the burning behavior of 3.3 m to 7.4 m tall, Douglas-fir trees with the dry basis moisture content varying from 7 % to 55...

Cybersecurity for the Water and Wastewater Sector:

Author(s)
CheeYee Tang, Jeffrey Marron, Stephanie Saravia, Philip Fenimore, Bob Stea, Chalessa White, John Wiltberger
The Water and Wastewater Systems (WWS) sector plays an important role in our national critical infrastructure in supplying clean water to our communities and...

NIST Metric Recipes: Measure. Mix. Learn.

Author(s)
Elizabeth Benham, Kristen Dill, Tanna Nguyen, Angie Tehrani, Lloyd Bekele
Transform your K-12 classroom or home kitchen into a hands-on culinary laboratory by swapping volume cups for a digital scale. Explore this metric recipe series...

OT BACKUP QUICK START GUIDE

Author(s)
Toby Maysey, Michael Powell, Jake Steel, Stephanie Sarvia
Operational Technology (OT) backups are vital for recovery from reliability or cyber incidents. Effective backup management in an OT environment involves...

Analysis of the Manufacturing USA Occupation and Competency Framework

Author(s)
Joseph Long, Brad Conrad, Amelia Stephens, Aaron Bell, Jeremiah Forshey, Robert Foy, Ashley Smith-Schoettker
This analysis describes the most common entry-level occupations in advanced manufacturing across the technology areas associated with the Manufacturing USA...

Status Report on the Second Round of the Additional Digital Signature Schemes for the NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization Process

Author(s)
Dustin Moody, Gorjan Alagic, Maxime Bros, Pierre Ciadoux, Quynh Dang, Thinh Dang, John Kelsey, Jacob Lichtinger, Yi-Kai Liu, Carl Miller, Rene Peralta, Ray Perlner, Angela Robinson, Hamilton Silberg, Daniel Smith-Tone, Noah Waller
NIST is in the process of evaluating public-key digital signature algorithms for potential standardization to protect sensitive information into the foreseeable...
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