News & Updates

This document, Analyzing Collusion Threats in the Semiconductor Supply Chain | NIST Cybersecurity White Paper 46; has been approved as final.

NIST has published Special Publication (SP) 800-228, Guidelines for API Protection for Cloud-Native Systems.

NIST's proposal to withdraw Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 198-1, HMAC, has been announced in the Federal Register. Comments are due July 23, 2025.

NCCoE released the sixth white paper in the series, 5G Network Security Design Principles, which provides the network infrastructure security design principles that commercial and private 5G network operators are encouraged to use.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announces the phased conclusion of the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) Validation Program.

NIST Special Publication 1800-35, "Implementing a Zero Trust Architecture," provides results and best practices from NCCoE's work with 24 vendors to demonstrate end-to-end zero trust architecture.

NIST proposes to develop three general-purpose cryptographic accordions that are variants of the HCTR2 technique. These will be specified in future SP 800-197x publications. Submit comments on this proposal through August 6, 2025.

Metrics and Methodology for Hardware Security Constructs utilizes a comprehensive methodology and two key metrics to analyze different hardware weaknesses and the specific attack patterns that can exploit them.

NIST has released the initial public draft (ipd) of Special Publication (SP) 800-18r2. The comment period is open through July 30, 2025.

NIST has released Internal Report (IR) 8557 for the Virtual Workshop on Usable Cybersecurity and Privacy for Immersive Technologies

NIST Cybersecurity White Paper (CSWP) 41, "Likely Exploited Vulnerabilities: A Proposed Metric for Vulnerability Exploitation Probability", helps organizations identify actively exploited vulnerabilities and measure prioritization after patching.

In addition to publishing a report on the "Workshop on Foundational Cybersecurity Activities for IoT Device Manufacturers" (IR 8572), an initial public draft of IR 8259r1, "Foundational Cybersecurity Activities for IoT Product Manufacturers," is available for comment through July 14, 2025.

The initial public draft (IPD) of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-234, "High-Performance Computing (HPC) Security Overlay," is now available for public comment. The due date has been extended to August 4, 2025.

NIST has released the initial public draft of NIST Internal Report (IR) 7621r2, Small Business Cybersecurity: Non-Employer Firms

NIST published Special Publication 800-236, FY 2024 Annual Report for NIST Cybersecurity and Privacy Program.

NIST Publishes NIST IR 8562, the Summary Report for "Workshop on Updating Manufacturer Guidance for Securable Connected Product Development"

NIST CSWP 42, Towards Automating IoT Security: Implementing Trusted Network -Layer Onboarding, is available for public comment. The comment period is open through May 29, 2025.

The initial public draft of the NIST Privacy Framework 1.1 is available for public comment through June 13, 2025.

NIST announces the release of NIST Interagency Report (IR) 8552 Requirements for Cryptographic Accordions.

NIST's Crypto Publication Review Board is proposing to withdraw Special Publications 800-102, "Recommendation for Digital Signature Timeliness." Submit public comments through Monday, May 12, 2025.

After two public comment periods, NIST has decided to revise CMAC and CCM block cipher modes of operation specified in NIST Special Publications 800-38B and 800-38C.

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-81r3 (Revision 3), Secure Domain Name System (DNS) Deployment Guide, describes the different roles of DNS and gives recommendations for protecting the integrity, availability, and confidentiality of DNS services. The public comment period is open through May 26, 2025.

NIST has finalized Special Publication (SP) 800-61r3 (Revision 3), Incident Response Recommendations and Considerations for Cybersecurity Risk Management: A CSF 2.0 Community Profile.

NIST requests public comments on NIST IR 8214C 2pd, NIST First Call for Multi-Party Threshold Schemes which will help the NIST Multi-Party Threshold Cryptography and Privacy-Enhancing Cryptography projects collect reference materials on advanced cryptography. Submit comments by May 30, 2025.

The initial public draft (ipd) of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-228, Guidelines for API Protection for Cloud-Native Systems, is now available for public comment.