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Special Publication (NIST SP)

Guide to Bluetooth Security

September 30, 2008

Author(s)

Karen A. Scarfone, John Padgette

[Superseded by SP 800-121 Rev. 1 (June 2012): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm? pub_id=911133] Bluetooth is an open standard for short...

Interfaces for Personal Identity Verification

September 18, 2008

Author(s)

Ramaswamy Chandramouli, James F. Dray Jr., Hildegard Ferraiolo, Scott Guthery, William I. MacGregor, Ketan L. Mehta

[Superseded by SP 800-73-3 (February 2010): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=504797] SP 800-73-2 specifies the PIV data model...

Guide to Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security (final draft)

September 2, 2008

Author(s)

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

[Superseded by NIST SP 800-82 (June 2011): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm? pub_id=907249] The purpose of this document is to provide...

High power laser calibrations at NIST

September 1, 2008

Author(s)

Xiaoyu X. Li, Joshua A. Hadler, Christopher L. Cromer, John H. Lehman, Marla L. Dowell

This document describes the calibration service for the responsivity of laser power meters and detectors used with continuous wave high power lasers at laser...

Charpy Machine Verification: Limits and Uncertainty

September 1, 2008

Author(s)

Jolene Splett, Christopher N. McCowan, Chih-Ming Wang

The purpose of this document is to clarify some issues pertaining to uncertainty statements and the ASTM E 23 limits used in the Charpy machine verification...

Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial, & Other Biometric Information Part 2: XML Version (ANSI/NIST-ITL 2-2008)

August 14, 2008

Author(s)

Elaine M. Newton, Gerry Coleman, Patrice Yuh

This complement to the ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2007 standard establishes an equivalent XML format. This format defines the content, format, and units of measurement for...

Natural Gas Flow Calibration Service

August 1, 2008

Author(s)

Aaron N. Johnson

This document describes NIST's high pressure natural gas flow calibration service (NGFCS). Flow calibrations are conducted offsite at the Colorado Experimental...

Guide for Mapping Types of Information and Information Systems to Security Categories (2 vols.)

August 1, 2008

Author(s)

Kevin M. Stine, Richard L. Kissel, William C. Barker, Annabelle Lee, J Fahlsing, Jessica Gulick

Title III of the E-Government Act, titled the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) of 2002, tasked NIST to develop (1) standards to be used by...

A Guide to Printed and Electronic Resources for Developing a Cost-Effective Risk Mitigation Plan for New and Existing Constructed Facilities

July 31, 2008

Author(s)

Douglas S. Thomas, Robert E. Chapman

Developing a cost-effective risk mitigation plan involves assessing the risks associated with natural and man-made hazards, formulating combinations of...

Guide to General Server Security

July 25, 2008

Author(s)

Karen A. Scarfone, Wayne Jansen, Miles C. Tracy

The purpose of this document is to assist organizations in understanding the fundamental activities performed as part of securing and maintaining the security...

Guide to Securing Legacy IEEE 802.11 Wireless Networks

July 25, 2008

Author(s)

Karen A. Scarfone, Derrick Dicoi, Matt Sexton, Cyrus Tibbs

The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to organizations in securing their legacy Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11...

Microfluidic DNA Analysis Systems for Forensic Applications

July 18, 2008

Author(s)

Michael Gaitan, Jayna J. Shah, Darwin Reyes-Hernandez, Pierre-Alain Auroux, Jon Geist, Laurie E. Locascio, Wyatt N. Vreeland, David J. Ross, Peter Vallone, Paul Smith, Nicole Morgan, Tom Pohida, John Kakareka, Annelise Barron

This report summarizes the NIST effort on microfluidic DNA analysis systems for forensic applications sponsored by the National Institute of Justice. Currently...

Performance Measurement Guide for Information Security

July 16, 2008

Author(s)

Elizabeth Chew, Marianne M. Swanson, Kevin M. Stine, N Bartol, Anthony Brown, W Robinson

This document provides guidance on how an organization, through the use of metrics, identifies the adequacy of in-place security controls, policies, and...

Guide for Assessing the Security Controls in Federal Information Systems: Building Effective Security Assessment Plans

July 1, 2008

Author(s)

Ronald S. Ross, L A. Johnson, Stuart W. Katzke, Patricia R. Toth, G. Stoneburner, G Rogers

[Superseded by NIST SP 800-53A, Rev. 1 (June 2010): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=906065] The purpose of NIST Special Publication...

Guide to SSL VPNs

July 1, 2008

Author(s)

Sheila E. Frankel, Paul Hoffman, Angela Orebaugh, Richard Park

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) provide users with secure remote access to an organization's resources. An SSL VPN consists of one or...

Handbook of Frequency Stability Analysis

July 1, 2008

Author(s)

William Riley, David A. Howe

This handbook, which can be used as both a tutorial and a reference, describes practical techniques for frequency stability analysis. It covers the definitions...

A Profile for IPv6 in the U.S. Government - Version 1.0

July 1, 2008

Author(s)

Douglas C. Montgomery, J. S. Nightingale, Sheila E. Frankel, Mark E. Carson

This publication seeks to assist Federal agencies in formulating plans for the acquisition of IPv6 technologies. To achieve this, we define a standards profile...

Guidelines for the Accreditation of Personal Identity Verification Card Issuers

June 18, 2008

Author(s)

Ramaswamy Chandramouli, Dennis Bailey, Nabil Ghadiali, Dennis K. Branstad

[Superseded by SP 800-79-2 (July 2015): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=918845] The purpose of this publication is to provide...

Reference 0 /45 Colorimeter

May 12, 2008

Author(s)

Maria E. Nadal

The Optical Technology Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a new instrument designed to measure the surface...

NIST Physics Laboratory: Technical Activities Report (2005-2007)

May 1, 2008

Author(s)

William R. Ott, Jonathan E. Hardis

Codes for the Identification of Federal and Federally-Assisted Organization

April 25, 2008

Author(s)

William C. Barker, Hildegard Ferraiolo

The Homeland Security Presidential Directive HSPD-12 called for new standards to be adopted governing the interoperable use of identity credentials to allow...

Managing Risk from Information Systems - Second Public Draft

April 9, 2008

Author(s)

Ronald S. Ross, Stuart W. Katzke, Marianne M. Swanson, L A. Johnson, G Stoneburner

The International System of Units (SI), 2008 Edition

April 1, 2008

Author(s)

Barry N. Taylor

The definitive international reference on the SI is a booklet published by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM, Bureau International des...

Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SI)

March 30, 2008

Author(s)

Ambler Thompson, Barry N. Taylor

This 2007 edition of SP811 updates International System of Units (SI) usage as implemented in the 8th edition of the SI Brochure, incorporates a significant...

The TREC 2006 Terabyte Track

March 24, 2008

Author(s)

Stefan Buttcher, Charles L. Clarke, Ian Soboroff

The primary goal of the Terabyte Track is to develop an evaluation methodology for terabyte-scale document collections. In addition, we are interested in...

Measurement Issues in Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes

March 15, 2008

Author(s)

S Arepalli, Stephen W. Freiman, Stephanie A. Hooker, Kalman D. Migler

Recommended Practice Guide for Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Characterization consisting of five chapters: Introduction; Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) ; Near...

Computer Security Incident Handling Guide

March 7, 2008

Author(s)

Karen A. Scarfone, Timothy Grance, Kelly Masone

[Superseded by SP 800-61 Rev. 2 (August 2012): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=911736] Computer security incident response has...

Guidelines on Active Content and Mobile Code

March 7, 2008

Author(s)

Wayne Jansen, Theodore Winograd, Karen A. Scarfone

Active content technologies allow code, in the form of a script, macro, or other kind of portable instruction representation, to execute when the document is...

Overview of the TREC 2006 Enterprise Track

February 25, 2008

Author(s)

Ian M. Soboroff, Arjen de Vries, Nick Craswell

The goal of the enterprise track is to conduct experiments with enterprise data --- intranet pages, email archives, document repositories --- that reflect the...

Software Assurance Tools: Web Application Security Scanner Functional Specification Version 1.0

February 14, 2008

Author(s)

Paul E. Black, Elizabeth N. Fong, Vadim Okun, Romain Gaucher

Software assurance tools are a fundamental resource for providing an assurance argument for today's software applications throughout the software development...

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