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Projects/Programs

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IDMS Standards Activities

Ongoing
One of the major outcomes of this effort will be clear, robust, tested, sufficient and implementable Biometric Data Exchange Format, Biometric Sample Quality

Internet Infrastructure Protection

Ongoing
ITL’s Internet Infrastructure Protection (IIP) program, led by the Advanced Network Technologies Division (ANTD), works with industry to develop the measurement

Lightweight Cryptography

Ongoing
There are several emerging areas (e.g. sensor networks, healthcare, distributed control systems, the Internet of Things, cyber physical systems) in which highly

Mobile Security and Forensics

Ongoing
Mobile devices, such as Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), Blackberry, and cell phones have become essential tools in our personal and professional lives. The

National Checklist Program

Ongoing
NIST maintains the National Checklist Repository, which is a publicly available resource that contains information on a variety of security configuration

National Vulnerability Database (NVD)

Ongoing
The NVD is the U.S. government repository of standards based vulnerability management data represented using the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP)

NIST Automated Vehicles Program

Ongoing
Building on a successful first-year Strategic and Emerging Research Initiatives (SERI) project NIST and Autonomous Vehicles (see 2022 NIST AV workshop and

Post-Quantum Cryptography

Ongoing
Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) - An area of cryptography that researches and advances the use of quantum-resistant primitives, with the goal of keeping

Robust Inter-Domain Routing

Ongoing
We live in a network-centric society that increasingly relies on the Internet’s routing infrastructure to facilitate human communication, connect users to

Security Content Automation Protocol

Ongoing
The Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) is a synthesis of interoperable specifications derived from community ideas. Community participation is a great

Security for Internet Systems and IETF

Ongoing
The field of security metrology is early in its development. Organizations collect many individual measures, but often do not understand how to analyze those

IT System and Network Administration

Ongoing
The Information Technology (IT) System and Network Administration site represents NIST resources for managing, maintaining, and securing IT products that are

Technical Security Guidance Program

Ongoing
Security is becoming increasingly complicated and difficult both on technical grounds and on policy grounds. Technically, Federal agencies and other have to