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Special Publication (NIST SP)

Guide to General Server Security

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

Microfluidic DNA Analysis Systems for Forensic Applications

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

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 to SSL VPNs

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

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

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

Handbook of Frequency Stability Analysis

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

Reference 0 /45 Colorimeter

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

The TREC 2006 Terabyte Track

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

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

Guidelines on Active Content and Mobile Code

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

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

Standard Reference Materials Catalog January 2008

Author(s)
Regina R. Montgomery, Joan C. Sauerwein
NIST Standard Reference materials (SRMs) are used by industry, government and academia to ensure the highest quality measurements. This catalog lists over 1300

0:45 Surface Color

Author(s)
Maria E. Nadal, E A. Early, Robert R. Bousquet
This document, SP250-71 (2007), NIST Measurements Services: 0:45 Surface Color, describes the instrumentation, standards, and techniques used to measure the

Certification of SRM 46H

Author(s)
Chiara F. Ferraris, William F. Guthrie, Max A. Peltz, Robin K. Haupt
The standard reference material (SRM) for fineness of cement, SRM 114, is an integral part of the calibration material routinely used in the cement industry to
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