How Venafi bolsters your NIST compliance

Strengthen NIST Compliance with Venafi

See how Venafi’s powerful machine identity management solutions map to NIST guidelines, strengthening your compliance through secure lifecycle management of digital certificates and cryptographic keys, as well as enforcing robust authentication mechanisms and access controls.

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Venafi aligns with NIST guidance

Venafi helps you comply with specific NIST publications

Venafi aligns with these four primary NIST standards. You can learn more at the links provided.

NIST SP 800-53

Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Processing Systems and Organizations, adopted widely by financial services and insurance organizations

  • Access control and system protection

    Venafi manages machine identities, directly supporting access control and system protection aspects of NIST SP 800-53, so only authorized machines and users maintain access to network resources.

  • Automated control of cryptographic keys

    Venafi automates cryptographic key lifecycles, aligning with NIST SP 800-53’s emphasis on automated management of security controls.

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NIST SP 1800-16

Securing Web Transactions

  • TLS/SSL certificate management

    Venafi directly addresses the management of TLS/SSL certificates as prescribed in NIST SP 1800-16, including automated certificate issuance, renewal and revocation.

  • Adherence to cryptographic standards

    Venafi ensures the use of strong cryptographic standards in TLS/SSL certificates, another aspect detailed in NIST SP 1800-16.

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NIST SP 800-57

Recommendations for Key Management

  • Key lifecycle management

    Venafi’s platform automates the generation, use, storage, archival and destruction of cryptographic keys, aligning with NIST SP 800-57 guidance.

  • Policy and practice statements

    Compliance with NIST SP 800-57 requires adherence to key management policies and practice statements. Venafi’s solutions enforce and audit key management policies.

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NIST SP 800-63

Digital Identity Guidelines

  • Secure communication channels

    By managing TLS/SSL certificates according to NIST SP 800-63, Venafi helps establish and ensures that secure communication channels.

  • Identity proofing and authentication

    Venafi’s management of TLS/SSL certificates aligns with NIST SP 800-63 guidelines on secure communications, which indirectly supports identity proofing and authentication mechanisms.

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