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News
- NIST Issues Call for a New "Hash" Algorithm. NIST has opened a public competition to develop a new cryptographic “hash” algorithm, which converts a .........
- [May 6, 2008] -- Draft SP 800-123, Guide to General Server Security, is available for public comment. This document is intended to assist organizations in installing, configuring, and maintaining secure......
- [May 1, 2008] -- NIST announces the release of the public draft of Special Publication 800-66 Revision 1, An Introductory Resource Guide to Implementing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule (Draft). This Special Publication (SP), which......
- [May 1, 2008] -- NIST announces the release of draft Special Publication 800-108, Recommendation for Key Derivation Using Pseudorandom Functions. This Recommendation specifies......
- May 1, 2008] -- The NIST Computer Security Division is proud to announce the release of NIST Interagency Report (IR) 7442: Computer Security Division - 2007 Annual Report. This publication highlights the......
- [April 30, 2008] -- NIST is pleased to announce Special Publication 800-87 (SP 800-87) Codes for the Identification of Federal and Federally-Assisted Organizations, Revision 1 - 2008. SP 800-87 Revision 1 provides the......
- [April 3, 2008] -- At the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) request, NIST is administering public comment for proposed settings changes to the Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC).
- [April 1, 2008] -- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is pleased to announce a draft publication SP 800-116, A Recommendation for the Use of PIV Credentials in Physical Access Control Systems. This draft provides.....
- [January 25, 2008] -- Presentations from the HIPAA Security Rule Implementation and Assurance A CMS & NIST Workshop are now available.
NIST Security Events
[March 11-13, 2008] -- FISSEA’s 21st Annual Conference: "Security Through Innovation & Collaboration"
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, Maryland USA