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P802.1AE-2018-Rev: MAC Security

December 14, 2025

This standard specifies provision of connectionless user data confidentiality, data integrity, data origin authenticity, and privacy protection by media access independent protocols and entities that operate transparently to MAC Clients. This is a maintenance revision of IEEE Std 802.1AE-2018 as amended by IEEE Std 802.1AE-2018-Cor1, and IEEE Std 802.1AEdk-2023, and any further amendment approved before… read more »

July 2020 Plenary Session (Electronic) – Security TG Agenda

July 15, 2020

The Security Task Group agenda gives precedence to formally submitted maintenance requests on published standards, approved projects, PAR (Project Authorization Request) development previously approved by 802.1, and other matters arising, in that order. Requests for agenda items or time to present should be emailed to the Task Group chair Mick Seaman. Each presentation must be… read more »

802.1AEdk: MAC Privacy protection

September 29, 2025

Full title: IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks–Media Access Control (MAC) Security – Amendment 4: MAC Privacy protection This amendment specified privacy enhancements that complemented existing IEEE Std 802.1AE MAC Security capabilities, reducing the ability of external observers to correlate user data frames, their sizes, transmission timing and transmission frequency with users’ identities… read more »

802E: Privacy Considerations for IEEE 802 Technologies

May 22, 2022

Full title: IEEE Recommended Practice for Privacy Considerations for IEEE 802 Technologies This recommended practice specifies a privacy threat model for IEEE 802 technologies. It provides recommendations on how to protect against privacy threats and promotes a consistent approach to threat mitigation by IEEE 802 protocol developers. IEEE 802.1 Security Task Group projects and related… read more »

Security Task Group

December 14, 2025

The Security Task Group is a part of the IEEE 802.1 Working Group. For general information, see the 802.1 home page. The Security Task Group specifies functionality to support secure communication between devices (end stations and bridges) attached to IEEE 802 LANs. IEEE Std 802.1X Port-Based Network Access Control specifies the use of industry standard authentication and… read more »