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Events

Upcoming Events

April 10, 2024 - April 12, 2024
NIST plans to hold the 5th NIST PQC Standardization Conference from April 10-12, 2024, in Rockville, Maryland.  The purpose of the conference is to discuss various aspects of the algorithms (both those selected and those...
July 23, 2024 - July 25, 2024
Full Workshop and Registration Details NIST will host the on Formal Methods within Certification Programs (FMCP 2024) on July 23-25, 2024, at the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence in Rockville, Maryland. Topics...

Past Events

December 5, 2023
The Federal Cybersecurity and Privacy Professionals Forum is an informal group sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to promote the sharing of system security and privacy information among...
November 8, 2023
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will be hosting a webinar to introduce two recently published Public Draft Special Publications (SPs):  The 3-part Drafts of SP 800-73 Revision 5, Interfaces for...
October 25, 2023 - October 26, 2023
The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) is authorized by 15 U.S.C. 278g-4, as amended, and advises the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), and...
October 3, 2023 - October 4, 2023
AGENDA On-Demand Videos   Day 1 - October 3, 2023  Day 2 - October 4, 2023 --> On-Demand Videos Day 1 - October 3, 2023  Day 2 - October 4, 2023 NIST will host the Third NIST Workshop on Block Cipher Modes of...
September 26, 2023 - September 28, 2023
Quick links about the workshop: videos of the 10 sessions; list of presentation abstracts; call for presentation abstracts. Quick links about the Threshold Call: NISTIR 8214C ipd (Jan-2023), and received comments (Apr-2023)....
August 29, 2023
The Federal Cybersecurity and Privacy Professionals Forum is an informal group sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to promote the sharing of system security and privacy information among...
July 25, 2023
Event #6's theme: Community Efforts on Advanced Cryptographic Techniques Featured topics: FHE, MPC, ZKP, ABE, Threshold Crypto, PAKE. Structure: Welcome/introduction; 6 invited talks; panel conversation. Date and time:...
July 25, 2023 - July 26, 2023
Last December, the public comment period opened for the Draft Fourth Revision to NIST Special Publication 800-63, Digital Identity Guidelines (Draft NIST SP 800-63-4). The formal comment period is now closed, but we welcome...
July 12, 2023 - July 13, 2023
The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) is authorized by 15 U.S.C. 278g-4, as amended, and advises the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), and...
June 21, 2023 - June 22, 2023
NIST hosted the Sixth Lightweight Cryptography Workshop (virtual) on June 21-22, 2023 to explain the selection process and to discuss various aspects of lightweight cryptography standardization. Agenda Call for Papers...
June 6, 2023
On June 6, 2023, NIST will host a webinar to provide an overview of the significant changes in NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-171, Revision 3, Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Systems and...
May 31, 2023 - June 1, 2023
NIST hosted a virtual workshop on Random Bit Generation (RBG) as specified in the SP 800-90 series of publications: SP 800-90A (Deterministic Random Bit Generator Mechanisms), SP 800-90B (Entropy Sources), and SP 800-90C (RBG...
May 25, 2023
The automotive industry is facing significant challenges from increased cybersecurity risk and adoption of AI and opportunities from rapid technological innovations. This webinar will be the third community of interest...
May 24, 2023 - May 25, 2023
Fourth Annual Multi-Cloud Conference and Workshop May 25, 2023 - Conference Co-Hosted by NIST, DoC, and Tetrate This year’s Multi-Cloud Conference will focus on delivering Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) through...
May 23, 2023
The Federal Cybersecurity and Privacy Professionals Forum is an informal group sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to promote the sharing of system security and privacy information among...
May 23, 2023 - May 24, 2023
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is co-hosting with the Department of Commerce on Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023, the fourth annual conference in the series focusing on the Open Security Controls...
April 19, 2023
The automotive industry is facing significant challenges from increased cybersecurity risk and adoption of AI and opportunities from rapid technological innovations. This webinar will be the second community of interest...
March 16, 2023
This final webinar in the Digital Identity Guidelines Webinar Series will focus on the evolving nature of authentication technology and how organizations and NIST are addressing new innovations in the space. Panelists will...
March 15, 2023 - March 16, 2023
Executive Order 13702 established the National Strategic Computing Initiative (NSCI) to maximize the benefits of high-performance computing (HPC) for economic competitiveness and scientific discovery. Security is an essential...
March 9, 2023
This second webinar in the Digital Identity Guidelines Webinar Series will focus on the changes NIST has made to the identity proofing guidance and illicit inputs on how the government and industry can collaboratively...
March 2, 2023
The first webinar in the Digital Identity Guidelines Webinar Series will center on a discussion of risk as it relates to digital identity. Panelists will explore the various lenses through which digital identity can be...
March 1, 2023 - March 2, 2023
The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) is authorized by 15 U.S.C. 278g-4, as amended, and advises the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), and...
February 28, 2023
The Federal Cybersecurity and Privacy Professionals Forum is an informal group sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to promote the sharing of system security and privacy information among...
February 9, 2023
Featured topics: identity-based encryption (IBE), attribute-based encryption (ABE) and broadcast encryption Structure: welcome; 3 invited talks; panel conversation. Date and time: February 9th (Thursday), 2023, 12:00–15:50...
February 7, 2023
The automotive industry is facing significant challenges from increased cybersecurity risk and adoption of AI and opportunities from rapid technological innovations. To provide assistance to the industry, NIST has started a...