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141. Guide to General Server Security
Series: Special Publication (NIST SP)
Report Number: 800-123
Topic: Cybersecurity
Published: 7/25/2008
Authors: Karen Ann Scarfone, Wayne Jansen, Tracy Miles
Abstract: The purpose of this document is to assist organizations in understanding the fundamental activities performed as part of securing and maintaining the security of servers that provide services over network communications as a main function. The docume ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=890008

142. Guide to Securing Legacy IEEE 802.11 Wireless Networks [NIST SP (800-48 Revision 1)]
Series: Special Publication (NIST SP)
Report Number: 800-48Rev1
Topic: Cybersecurity
Published: 7/25/2008
Authors: Karen Ann Scarfone, D. Dicoi, Matt Sexton, Cyprus Tibbs
Abstract: The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to organizations in securing their legacy Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 wireless local area networks (WLAN) that cannot use IEEE 802.11i. The document provides an ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=890006

143. An Attack Graph Based Probabilistic Security Metric
Topic: Cybersecurity
Published: 7/21/2008
Authors: Lingyu Wang, Anoop Singhal
Abstract: In today's networked environments, protecting critical resources usually requires us to understand and measure the likelihood of multi-step attacks that combine different vulnerabilities for reaching the attack goal.  Such a measurement is n ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=152107

144. Web Services Security: Techniques and Challenges
Topic: Cybersecurity
Published: 7/21/2008
Author: Anoop Singhal
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=152155

145. Security Measurement Guide for Information Technology Systems
Series: Special Publication (NIST SP)
Report Number: 800-55rev1
Topic: Cybersecurity
Published: 7/16/2008
Authors: Elizabeth Chew, Marianne Swanson, Kevin Mcguire Stine, N Bartol, Anthony Brown, W Robinson
Abstract: This document provides guidance on how an organization, through the use of metrics, identifies the adequacy of in-place security controls, policies, and procedures. It provides an approach to help management decide where to invest in additional secur ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=152183

146. Dynamic Routing and Congestion Control Through Random Assignment of Routes
Topic: Cybersecurity
Published: 7/15/2008
Authors: Fern Y Hunt, Vladimir V Marbukh
Abstract: We introduce an algorithm for maximizing utility through congestion control and random allocation of routes to users. The allocation is defined by a probability distribution whose degree of randomness as measured by its entropy, is controlled. We se ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=152133

147. Guide for Assessing the Security Controls in Federal Information Systems: Building Effective Security Assessment Plans (NIST SP 800-53A)
Series: Special Publication (NIST SP)
Report Number: 800-53
Topic: Cybersecurity
Published: 7/1/2008
Authors: Ronald S Ross, L Arnold Johnson, Stuart William Katzke, Patricia R Toth, G. Stoneburner, G Rogers
Abstract: [Superseded by NIST SP 800-53A, Rev. 1 (June 2010): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=906065] The purpose of NIST Special Publication 800-53A is to provide guidelines for building effective security assessment plans and pro ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=51209

148. A Framework for Measuring the Vulnerability of Hosts
Topic: Cybersecurity
Published: 6/30/2008
Authors: Karen Ann Scarfone, Timothy Grance
Abstract: This paper proposes a framework for measuring the vulnerability of individual hosts based on current and historical operational data for vulnerabilities and attacks. Previous approaches have not been scalable because they relied on complex manually c ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=152092

149. Policy Specification and Enforcement for Smart ID Cards Deployment
Topic: Cybersecurity
Published: 6/3/2008
Author: Ramaswamy Chandramouli
Abstract: Deployment of Smart Cards for Identity Verification requires collection of credentials and provisioning of credentials from and to heterogeneous and sometimes legacy systems. To facilitate this process, a centralized identity store called Identity Ma ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=152096

150. Can TCP Metastability Explain Cascading Failures and Justify Flow Admission Control in the Internet?
Topic: Cybersecurity
Published: 6/2/2008
Author: Vladimir V Marbukh
Abstract: This paper discusses implications of possible metastability of TCP-type fair bandwidth sharing under random flow arrivals/departures for understanding and defending the Internet against cascading failures.  Cascading failures can be viewed as a ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=152132