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Special Publication (NIST SP)

Guide for Security-Focused Configuration Management of Information Systems

August 12, 2011

Author(s)

L A. Johnson, Kelley L. Dempsey, Ronald S. Ross, Sarbari Gupta, Dennis Bailey

The purpose of Special Publication 800-128, Guide for Security-Focused Configuration Management of Information Systems, is to provide guidelines for

NIST-SP 500-291, NIST Cloud Computing Standards Roadmap

August 10, 2011

Author(s)

Michael D. Hogan, Fang Liu, Annie W. Sokol, Tong Jin

The NIST Cloud Computing Standards Roadmap Working Group has surveyed the existing standards landscape for security, portability, and interoperability standards

SRM 1450d, Fibrous-Glass Board, for Thermal Conductivity from 280 K to 340 K

August 1, 2011

Author(s)

Robert R. Zarr, Amanda C. Harris, John F. Roller, Stefan D. Leigh

Thermal conductivity measurements at and near room temperature are presented as the basis for certified values of thermal conductivity for SRM 1450d, Fibrous

SP250 Spectral Irradiance Calibrations

July 25, 2011

Author(s)

Howard W. Yoon, Charles E. Gibson

This document describes the process of the realization, the maintenance and the dissemination of the spectral irradiance scale and its accompanying

Emergency First Responder Respirator Thermal Characteristics: Workshop Proceedings

June 29, 2011

Author(s)

Amy E. Mensch, Nelson P. Bryner

The purpose of this workshop was to identify performance needs and establish research priorities to address the thermal characteristics of respiratory equipment

Report of the 95th National Conference on Weights and Measures

June 10, 2011

Author(s)

Linda D. Crown, Tina G. Butcher, Steven E. Cook, Lisa Warfield, David A. Sefcik

The 95th Annual Meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) was held July 11 to 15, 2010, at the Crowne Plaza St. Paul Riverfront, St

Proposed UNIFORMAT II Classification of Bridge Elements

June 10, 2011

Author(s)

Muthiah Kasi, Robert E. Chapman

This report presents a proposed UNIFORMAT II classification of bridge elements. Elemental classifications differ from traditional product-related

Guide to Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security - Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, Distributed Control Systems (DCS), and other control system configurations such as Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

June 7, 2011

Author(s)

Keith A. Stouffer, Joseph A. Falco, Karen A. Scarfone

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-82, Guide to Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security, provides guidance on how to secure Industrial Control Systems (ICS)

Center for Nanoscale Science & Technology 2010 Report

May 9, 2011

Author(s)

Lloyd J. Whitman, Robert G. Rudnitsky, G. D. Rogers

BIOS Protection Guidelines

April 29, 2011

Author(s)

David Cooper, William Polk, Andrew Regenscheid, Murugiah Souppaya

This document provides guidelines for preventing the unauthorized modification of Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) firmware on PC client systems. Unauthorized

Technical Study of the Sofa Super Store Fire, South Carolina, June 18, 2007, Volume II (Appendices)

March 14, 2011

Author(s)

Nelson P. Bryner, Stephen P. Fuss, Bryan W. Klein, Anthony D. Putorti Jr.

A fire occurred on the evening of June 18, 2007, in the Sofa Super Store in Charleston, SC. NIST analyzed the fire ground, consulted with other experts, and

Technical Study of the Sofa Super Store Fire, South Carolina, June 18, 2007, Volume I

March 14, 2011

Author(s)

Nelson P. Bryner, Stephen P. Fuss, Bryan W. Klein, Anthony D. Putorti Jr.

A fire occurred on the evening of June 18, 2007, in the Sofa Super Store in Charleston, SC. NIST analyzed the fire ground, consulted with other experts, and

NIST Measurement Services: Regular Spectral Transmittance

March 10, 2011

Author(s)

David W. Allen, Edward A. Early, Benjamin K. Tsai, Catherine C. Cooksey

This document describes measurement services, instrumentation, and measurement techniques for regular spectral transmittance over the spectral range from 250 nm

Managing Information Security Risk: Organization, Mission, and Information System View

March 1, 2011

Author(s)

Ronald S. Ross

The purpose of Special Publication 800-39 is to provide guidance for an integrated, organization-wide program for managing information security risk to

NIST SP 500-268, Source Code Security Analysis Tool Function Specification Version 1.1

February 28, 2011

Author(s)

Elizabeth N. Fong, Paul E. Black, Michael J. Kass, Hsiao-Ming M. Koo

Software assurance tools are a fundamental resource to improve assurance in today's software applications. Some tools analyze software requirements or design

National Checklist Program for IT Products Guidelines for Checklist Users and Developers

February 25, 2011

Author(s)

Stephen D. Quinn, Murugiah P. Souppaya, Melanie Cook, Karen Scarfone

Special Publication 800-70 Revision 2 - National Checklist Program for IT Products Guidelines for Checklist Users and Developers describes security

Guide to Using Vulnerability Naming Schemes

February 25, 2011

Author(s)

David A. Waltermire, Karen Scarfone

This publication provides recommendations for using two vulnerability naming schemes: Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) and Common Configuration

The Technical Specification for the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP): SCAP Version 1.1

February 25, 2011

Author(s)

David A. Waltermire, Stephen D. Quinn, Karen Scarfone

This document provides the definitive technical specification for Version 1.1 of the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP). SCAP consists of a suite of

2010 Proceedings of the Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems (PerMIS'10) Workshop

February 8, 2011

Author(s)

Rajmohan (. Madhavan, Elena R. Messina, Brian A. Weiss

The 2010 Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems workshop is the tenth in a series dedicated to defining measures and methodologies of evaluating

Guide to Security for Full Virtualization Technologies

January 28, 2011

Author(s)

Murugiah P. Souppaya, Karen Scarfone, Paul Hoffman

The purpose of SP 800-125 is to discuss the security concerns associated with full virtualization technologies for server and desktop virtualization, and to

Transitions: Recommendation for Transitioning the Use of Cryptographic Algorithms and Key Lengths

January 13, 2011

Author(s)

Elaine B. Barker, Allen L. Roginsky

[Superseded by SP 800-131A Revision 1 (November 2015): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=919563] At the start of the 21st century

Cryptographic Algorithms and Key Sizes for Personal Identity Verification

December 31, 2010

Author(s)

William Polk, Donna F. Dodson, William E. Burr, Hildegard Ferraiolo, David Cooper

[Superseded by SP 800-78-4 (May 2015): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=918499] This document contains the technical specifications

Guidelines for the Secure Deployment of IPv6

December 29, 2010

Author(s)

Sheila E. Frankel, Richard Graveman, John Pearce, Mark Rooks

Due to the exhaustion of IPv4 address space, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) mandate that U.S. federal agencies begin to use the IPv6 protocol

Recommendation for Existing Application-Specific Key Derivation Functions

December 23, 2010

Author(s)

Quynh H. Dang

[Superseded by NIST SP 800-135 Rev. 1, "Recommendation for Existing Application-Specific Key Derivation Functions" (December 2011), http://www.nist.gov

Recommendation for Password-Based Key Derivation Part 1: Storage Applications

December 22, 2010

Author(s)

Meltem Sonmez Turan, Elaine B. Barker, William E. Burr, Lidong Chen

This Recommendation specifies techniques for the derivation of master keys from passwords or passphrases to protect stored electronic data or data protection

Technical Study of the Sofa Super Store Fire-South Carolina, June 18, 2007 Volume II DRAFT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT (for final version, see NIST SP 1119, March 2011)

October 28, 2010

Author(s)

Nelson P. Bryner, Anthony D. Putorti Jr., Stephen P. Fuss, Bryan W. Klein

A fire occurred on the evening of June 18, 2007, in the Sofa Super Store in Charleston, SC. NIST analyzed the fire ground, consulted with other experts, and

Technical Study of the Sofa Super Store Fire- South Carolina, June 18, 2007 Volume I DRAFT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT (for final version, see NIST SP 1118, March 2011)

October 28, 2010

Author(s)

Nelson P. Bryner, Anthony D. Putorti Jr., Stephen P. Fuss, Bryan W. Klein

A fire occurred on the evening of June 18, 2007, in the Sofa Super Store in Charleston, SC. NIST analyzed the fire ground, consulted with other experts, and

Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: Three Variants of Ciphertext Stealing for CBC Mode

October 21, 2010

Author(s)

Morris J. Dworkin

A limitation to Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) mode, as specified in NIST Special Publication 800-38A, is that the plaintext input must consist of a sequence of

Disaster Resilience: A Guide to the Literature

October 13, 2010

Author(s)

Stanley W. Gilbert

Although there is a great deal of high-quality information available on resilience-related topics hazard assessment, vulnerability assessment, risk assessment

Practical Combinatorial Testing

October 7, 2010

Author(s)

David R. Kuhn, Raghu N. Kacker, Yu Lei

Combinatorial testing can help detect problems like this early in the testing life cycle. The key insight underlying t-way combinatorial testing is that not

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