Standards bodies

• a NIST blog Celebrate this milestone with us! • Email us at csf [at] nist.gov or tag @NISTcyber on X telling us what your favorite CSF 2.0 resource is (or how your organization h

• The CSS Working Group published today a First Public Working Draft of Selectors Level 5 . • Selectors are patterns that match against elements in a tree, and as such form one of

• Following the W3C Technical Architecture Group (TAG)’s election results , the W3C Team has chosen and the Advisory Board and Technical Architecture Group have ratified the follow

• The Privacy Working Group has published the first draft of a Group Note titled Considerations for Reviewing Differential Privacy Systems (for Non-Differential Privacy Experts) .

• Brian Kardell appointed to W3C Technical Architecture Group for 2026‑2028 term. • Appointment follows public nomination call and W3C Team selection process. • Disqualified candid

• The Accessibility Guidelines Working Group published Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.1 as a W3C Recommendation. • ACT Rules Format defines a format for wri

• The Accessible Platform Architectures Working Group has published the first draft of the Group Note titled Cognitive Accessibility Research Modules . • This set of modules looks

• The Accessibility Guidelines Working Group has published the first draft of a Group Note titled W3C Accessibility Guidelines Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM) 2.0 . • WCAG-EM desc

• The Security Interest Group has published the first draft of a Group Note titled Cryptography usage in Web Standards . • This document serves as a clear, practical, and standards

• The Internationalization Working Group has published the first draft of a Group Note titled Text-to-Speech Rendering of Electronic Documents Containing Ruby: User Requirements .

• IETF Administration LLC released 2026 draft budget, inviting community feedback. • Budget focuses on sustaining core standards work and expanding AI-related initiatives. • Agenti

• Data Privacy Week celebrates global awareness, led by the National Cybersecurity Alliance. • NIST’s Privacy Engineering Program plans 2026 privacy risk management guidelines. • P

• The W3C Workshop on Smart Voice Agents will take place on 25-27 February 2026, virtually on Zoom. • The workshop agenda is now available. • The goals of this workshop are: To ide

• IETF Administration LLC finalizes 2026 budget after community consultation. • 2026 budget aims to support IETF’s technical work and sustainability goals. • IETF celebrates 40th a

• The Web Machine Learning Working Group invites implementations of an updated Candidate Recommendation Snapshot of Web Neural Network (WebNN) API . • This document describes a ded

• The Security Interest Group has published the first drafts of the following Group Notes: Threat Modeling Guide : This document describes when, why, and how to perform threat mode

• IETF Administration LLC 2026 BudgetA draft budget was shared previously for community consultation and the IETF Administration LLC now has finalised its budget for 2026.Jay Daley

• The Web Authentication Working Group has published Web Authentication: An API for accessing Public Key Credentials Level 3 as a W3C Candidate Recommendation Snapshot. • This spec

• The Data Shapes Working Group has published a First Public Working Draft of SHACL 1.2 Node Expressions . • This document describes Shapes Constraint Language (SHACL) Node Express

• a NIST blog Standards in the VDC Ecosystem In our first blog post in this series, we highlighted that VDCs can represent a wide range of credentials, from a driver’s license to a

• Today, the W3C Team proposed advancing the Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.1 to W3C Recommendation. • Published by the Accessibility Guidelines Working Gro

• IETF Administration LLC 2026 BudgetA draft budget was shared previously for community consultation and the IETF Administration LLC now has finalised its budget for 2026.Jay Daley

• IETF Administration LLC 2026 BudgetA draft budget was shared previously for community consultation and the IETF Administration LLC now has finalised its budget for 2026.Jay Daley

• The Timed Text Working Group has published IMSC Text Profile 1.3 as a W3C Candidate Recommendation Snapshot. • IMSC 1.3 defines a text-only profile of [ ttml2 ] intended for subt

• The Timed Text Working Group invites implementations of an updated Candidate Recommendation Snapshot of Dubbing and Audio description Profiles of TTML2 . • This specification def

• IETF Administration LLC 2026 BudgetA draft budget was shared previously for community consultation and the IETF Administration LLC now has finalised its budget for 2026.Jay Daley

• The CSS Working Group invites implementations of an updated Candidate Recommendation Snapshot of CSS Color Adjustment Module Level 1 . • This module introduces a model and contro

• The RDF & SPARQL Working Group has published the first draft of a Group Note titled RDF 1.2 Interoperability . • The goal of this specification is to provide guidance and good pr

• As 2025 is drawing to an end we want to express our gratitude to our Members, staff, and community for the immense work accomplished this year towards making the web work - for e

• Filter by topic and date IETF 124 post-meeting survey - Stephanie McCammon IETF Secretariat Director of Meeting Operations and Sponsorships - Jay Daley IETF Executive Director 11

• a NIST blog Rodney Petersen has served as the Director of NICE at the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) for the past eleven years where his focus has been on

• IETF Administration LLC 2026 BudgetA draft budget was shared previously for community consultation and the IETF Administration LLC now has finalised its budget for 2026.Jay Daley

• IETF Administration LLC 2026 BudgetA draft budget was shared previously for community consultation and the IETF Administration LLC now has finalised its budget for 2026.Jay Daley

• IETF Administration LLC 2026 BudgetA draft budget was shared previously for community consultation and the IETF Administration LLC now has finalised its budget for 2026.Jay Daley

• IETF Administration LLC 2026 BudgetA draft budget was shared previously for community consultation and the IETF Administration LLC now has finalised its budget for 2026.Jay Daley

• Filter by topic and date Suggested IETF 124 Sessions for Getting Familiar with New Topics 9 Oct 2025 These IETF 124 meeting sessions are likely to include discussions and proposa

• IETF Administration LLC 2026 BudgetA draft budget was shared previously for community consultation and the IETF Administration LLC now has finalised its budget for 2026.Jay Daley

• IETF Administration LLC 2026 BudgetA draft budget was shared previously for community consultation and the IETF Administration LLC now has finalised its budget for 2026.Jay Daley

• a NIST blog Update: The comment period for your feedback on the second public draft of NIST IR 8259 has been extended through December 10, 2025. • Over the past few months, NIST

• IETF Administration LLC 2026 BudgetA draft budget was shared previously for community consultation and the IETF Administration LLC now has finalised its budget for 2026.Jay Daley

• Filter by topic and date IETF 123 post-meeting survey - Jay Daley IETF Executive Director 15 Aug 2025 The IETF 123 Madrid meeting was held 19-25 July 2025. • The results of the p

• IETF Administration LLC 2026 BudgetA draft budget was shared previously for community consultation and the IETF Administration LLC now has finalised its budget for 2026.Jay Daley

• IETF Administration LLC 2026 BudgetA draft budget was shared previously for community consultation and the IETF Administration LLC now has finalised its budget for 2026.Jay Daley

• IETF Administration LLC 2026 BudgetA draft budget was shared previously for community consultation and the IETF Administration LLC now has finalised its budget for 2026.Jay Daley

• a NIST blog Today is the day! • Digital Identity Guidelines, Revision 4 is finally here…it’s been an exciting journey and NIST is honored to be a part of it. • Serving as a cul

• IETF Administration LLC 2026 BudgetA draft budget was shared previously for community consultation and the IETF Administration LLC now has finalised its budget for 2026.Jay Daley

• Thank you to everyone who participated in the Cyber AI Profile Workshop NIST hosted this past April! • This work intends to support the cybersecurity and AI communities - and the

• a NIST blog A lot has changed in America’s cybersecurity workforce development ecosystem since 2016: employment in cybersecurity occupations has grown by more than 300,000[1]; th

• NICE Framework updated in 2020 to integrate emerging tech, especially AI, into cybersecurity workforce planning. • Stakeholder dialogues span federal agencies, industry, academia

• NIST held Cybersecurity & AI Profile Workshop to gather feedback on CSF and AI RMF profiles. • Profiles aim to guide adoption of AI in cybersecurity and defend against AI-enabled

• NIST’s 2020 IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act mandated five‑year guideline reviews. • IR 8259 set foundational cybersecurity activities for IoT manufacturers. • IR 8259A/B expand

• NIST celebrates National Small Business Week, spotlighting SMBs’ vital role in U.S. economy and cybersecurity. • 34.8 million SMBs, 99% of U.S. businesses, 81.7% having no paid e

• One year since NIST released Cybersecurity Framework 2.0, boosting enterprise security readiness. • New 2025 resources offer tailored pathways for diverse audiences to implement

• Final NIST blog concludes US‑UK collaboration on privacy‑preserving federated learning. • Series tracks evolution from theoretical PET discussions to real‑world adoption. • Explo

• NIST released 10+ new cybersecurity translations across six languages for global stakeholders. • International partners engaged through travel, sharing key NIST projects worldwid

• PPFL hides raw data from training org, preventing quality assessment and format validation. • Traditional preprocessing steps are often omitted in PPFL research, focusing solely

• NIST’s 2020 IR 8259 outlines foundational cybersecurity activities for IoT device manufacturers. • The guide has 40,000+ downloads and is available in English, Spanish, and Portu

• Cybersecurity demand surges, yet no standardized entry path for professionals. • Registered apprenticeships offer paid, on‑the‑job training with real‑world experience. • Apprenti

• Verifiable digital credentials turn physical IDs into cryptographically verifiable digital tokens stored on smartphones. • Common buzzwords include ‘digital wallet,’ ‘mobile driv

• NIST launches Staff Stories Spotlight series during Cybersecurity Awareness Month to highlight diverse staff backgrounds. • Theme ‘Secure our World’ emphasizes global collaborati