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Secure Systems and Applications

We research, develop and produce guidelines, recommendations and best practices for foundational security mechanisms, protocols and services.

Overview

The Secure Systems and Applications (SSA) Group’s security research focuses on identifying emerging and high-priority technologies, and on developing security solutions that will have a high impact on the U.S. critical information infrastructure. The group conducts research and development on behalf of government and industry from the earliest stages of technology development through proof-of-concept, reference and prototype implementations, and demonstrations. SSA works to transfer new technologies to industry, produce new standards and guidance for federal agencies and industry, and develop tests, test methodologies, and assurance methods.

For more information regarding the Secure Systems and Applications Group, visit the CSRC website.

Projects / Programs 

Publications

A Generic STS Viewer on the Web

Author(s)
Wendell Piez
In an alternate universe, XML (1998) and XSLT 1.0 (1999) were not developed so early, and did not have to wait for the rest of the web to catch up. In ours, it

Guide to a Secure Enterprise Network Landscape

Author(s)
Ramaswamy Chandramouli
Access to multiple cloud services, the geographic spread of enterprise Information Technology (IT) resources (including multiple data centers), and the

Awards

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