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Recent News

Report on 2024 Accordion Cipher Mode Workshop November 21, 2024
NIST releases NIST IR 8537, NIST Workshop on the Requirements for an Accordion Cipher Mode 2024: Workshop Report.
NIST Privacy Workforce Taxonomy Initial Draft November 21, 2024
The NIST Privacy Framework Team is pleased to announce the release of the NIST Privacy Workforce Taxonomy, Initial Public Draft (IPD)! We welcome stakeholder feedback on the Workforce Taxonomy IPD by January 17, 2025.
Public Comments Requested on SP 800-102 November 15, 2024
NIST's Crypto Publication Review Board has requested initial public comments on NIST Special Publication 800-102, Recommendation for Digital Signature Timeliness. The comment period is open through January 14, 2025.
Draft SP 800-157R1 and SP 800-217 Public Comment November 14, 2024
The final public drafts (fpd) of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-157 Revision 1, Guidelines for Derived Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Credentials, and SP 800-217, Guidelines for Personal Identity Verification (PIV)...
NIST Releases NIST IR 8517 November 13, 2024
NIST Internal Report (IR) 8517, Hardware Security Failure Scenarios: Potential Weaknesses in Hardware Design, has now been finalized.

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Upcoming Events

Special Topics on Privacy and Public Auditability — Event 7 January 16, 2025
Event #7's theme: Special Types of Encryption (part 1) Featured topics: Deniable Encryption, Time lock Encryption, Witness Encryption Structure: Welcome/introduction; invited talks; Panel conversation. Date and time:...
NIST Workshop on Guidance for KEMs February 25, 2025 - February 26, 2025
Read the Code of Conduct for NIST Meetings NIST recently published FIPS 203, Module-Lattice-Based Key-Encapsulation Mechanism Standard, to update it's cryptographic standards with an algorithm designed to provide protection...

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