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Special Publication (NIST SP)

Performance Assurance and Data Integrity Practices

Author(s)
Robert L. Patrick, Robert P. Blanc
This report identifies the approaches and techniques now practiced for detecting, and when possible, correcting malperformance as it occurs in computer

Design Alternatives for Computer Network Security

Author(s)
Gerald D. Cole, Dennis K. Branstad
The security problems associated with a network of computers are an extension of those of stand-alone computer systems, but require additional security controls

Audit and Evaluation of Computer Security

Author(s)
Zella G. Ruthberg, Robert G. McKenzie
The National Bureau of Standards, with the support of the U.S. General Accounting Office, sponsored an invitational workshop on "Audit and Evaluation of
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