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NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Report on the May 2025 NIST Measurement Week: Realization of an OSAC draft Interim Performance Assessment for Terrestrial Laser Scanners Used by Law Enforcement Agencies

Author(s)
Balasubramanian Muralikrishnan, Katharine Shilling, Mary Gregg, Vincent Lee, Jason Keller, Erin Casey, Eugene Liscio, Bryon O'Neil, Mike Russ, Toby Terpstra
This report describes a terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) testing event, the NIST Measurement Week, held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Single-photon Sources and Detectors Dictionary

Author(s)
Joshua Bienfang, Thomas Gerrits, Paulina Kuo, Alan Migdall, Sergey Polyakov, Oliver Slattery
The intention of this dictionary is to define relevant terms and metrics used in the characterization of single-photon detectors and sources with the goal to

Priming Additively Manufactured Cobalt-free Maraging Steels for Improved Properties via Changes to As-Built Microstructure

Author(s)
Alec Saville, Jake Benzing, Fan Zhang, Joseph Aroh, Jordan Weaver, Russell Evans, Nicholas Derimow, Samantha Webster, Nikolas Hrabe, Cassidy Allen, Newell Moser, May Martin, Jason Holm, Christin Aumayr, Tilman Seifert, Michael Hirtler
Supply chain challenges and health concerns have spurred the development of new Co-free, Cr-containing maraging steels with several new alloys already

Requirements for Cryptographic Accordions

Author(s)
Yu Long Chen, Michael Davidson, Morris Dworkin, John Kelsey, Yu Sasaki, Meltem Sonmez Turan, Alyssa Thompson, Nicky Mouha, Donghoon Chang
This report introduces the cryptographic accordion as a tweakable, variable-input-length strong pseudorandom permutation (VIL-SPRP) that is constructed from an

NIST Time and Frequency Bulletin

Author(s)
Kelsey Rodriguez
The Time and Frequency Bulletin provides information on performance of time scales and a variety of broadcasts (and related information) to users of the NIST

Refrigerant Properties Development R&D: Final Report to U.S. Department of Energy on Interagency Agreements 892434-19-S-EE000031 and 892434-23-S-EE000120

Author(s)
Mark McLinden, Katrina Avery, Ala Bazyleva, Ian Bell, Tara Fortin, Marcia Huber, Andrei Kazakov, Eric Lemmon, Stephanie Outcalt, Richard Perkins, Elizabeth Rasmussen, Demian Riccardi, Aaron Rowane
The HVAC&R industry is facing the challenge of phasing down the use of the HFC (hydrofluoro-carbon) refrigerants. New energy-efficient refrigerants are required

Status Report on the Fourth Round of the NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization Process

Author(s)
Gorjan Alagic, Maxime Bros, Pierre Ciadoux, David Cooper, Quynh Dang, Thinh Dang, John Kelsey, Jacob Lichtinger, Yi-Kai Liu, Carl Miller, Dustin Moody, Rene Peralta, Ray Perlner, Angela Robinson, Hamilton Silberg, Daniel Smith-Tone, Noah Waller
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is selecting public-key cryptographic algorithms through a public, competition-like process. The new public

Prioritizing Cybersecurity Risk for Enterprise Risk Management

Author(s)
Stephen Quinn, Nahla Ivy, Matthew Barrett, Greg Witte, Robert Gardner
This document is the second in a series that supplements NIST Interagency Report (IR) 8286, Integrating Cybersecurity and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM). This

Using Business Impact Analysis to Inform Risk Prioritization and Response

Author(s)
Stephen Quinn, Nahla Ivy, Julie Anne Chua, Matthew Barrett, Larry Feldman, Daniel Topper, Greg Witte, Robert Gardner
While business impact analysis (BIA) has historically been used to determine availability requirements for business continuity, the process can be extended to

A Security Perspective on the Web3 Paradigm

Author(s)
Dylan Yaga, Peter Mell
Web3 is a proposed vision for the future of the internet that is restructured to be more user-centric with an emphasis on decentralized data. Users would own
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