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Information Technology /Networking

Network test & measurement

News and Updates

Projects and Programs

USGv6 Program

USGv6 Program

NIST is Working with other USG agencies and industry to develop and maintain the standards, test program, deployment guidance and test and measurement tools
Software Defined and Virtual Networks

Software Defined Virtual Networks

NIST is working to develop test and measurement techniques to advance the state of the art in network virtualization, network service function chaining

Internet Infrastructure Protection

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

NIST is working with the Internet industry to design, standardize and foster deployment of technologies to improve the security and robustness of enterprise

Publications

Software

Screen shot from the NIST RPKI Monitor

NIST RPKI Deployment Monitor

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The NIST RPKI Monitor is a test and measurement tool designed to monitor the dynamics of the global Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) and the impact of