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Special Publication (NIST SP)

Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF) Version 1.1: Recommendations for Mitigating the Risk of Software Vulnerabilities

February 3, 2022

Author(s)

Karen Scarfone, Murugiah Souppaya, Donna Dodson

Few software development life cycle (SDLC) models explicitly address software security in detail, so secure software development practices usually need to be...

Securing Distributed Energy Resources: An Example of Industrial Internet of Things Cybersecurity

February 2, 2022

Author(s)

James McCarthy, Don Faatz, Eileen Division, Nik Urlaub, John Wiltberger, Tsion Yimer

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) refers to the application of instrumentation and connected sensors and other devices to machinery and vehicles in the...

SRM NIST Standard Reference Materials Catalog January 2022

February 2, 2022

Author(s)

Regina R. Montgomery

SRM Catalog listing all SRMs for sale

Assessing Security and Privacy Controls in Information Systems and Organizations

January 25, 2022

Author(s)

Victoria Yan Pillitteri

This publication provides a set of procedures for conducting assessments of security and privacy controls employed within systems and organizations. The...

Value Assignment of Reference Material 8405 Hazelnut Flour for Allergen Detection

January 21, 2022

Author(s)

Melissa M. Phillips, David M. Bunk, Ashley Beasley Green, James H. Yen

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released RM 8405 Hazelnut Flour for Allergen Detection, which is intended for harmonizing...

Value Assignment of Reference Material 8404 Almond Flour for Allergen Detection

January 21, 2022

Author(s)

Melissa M. Phillips, David M. Bunk, Ashley Beasley Green, James H. Yen

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released RM 8404 Almond Flour for Allergen Detection, which is intended for harmonizing...

Guide to Bluetooth Security

January 19, 2022

Author(s)

John Padgette, John Bahr, Mayank Batra, Rhonda Smithbey, Lily Chen, Karen Scarfone

Bluetooth wireless technology is an open standard for short-range radio frequency communication used primarily to establish wireless personal area networks...

Certification of Standard Reference Material® 17g: Sucrose Optical Rotation

January 12, 2022

Author(s)

Michael Nelson, Jerome Mulloor, Brian Lang, Masaaki Ishikawa, Yoshiro Kondo, Blaza Toman

NIST Conference Papers Fiscal Year 2018, Volume 1: Engineering Laboratory

January 3, 2022

Author(s)

Kathryn Miller

NIST is committed to the idea that results of federally funded research are a valuable national resource and a strategic asset. To the extent feasible and...

Certification of Standard Reference Material® 2367 JC Virus DNA Quantitative Standard

January 3, 2022

Author(s)

Megan Cleveland, Natalia Farkas, Blaza Toman, Peter Vallone

NIST Conference Papers Fiscal Year 2018, Volume 3: Physical Measurement Laboratory and NIST Center for Neutron Research

January 3, 2022

Author(s)

Kathryn Miller

NIST is committed to the idea that results of federally funded research are a valuable national resource and a strategic asset. To the extent feasible and...

NIST Conference Papers Fiscal Year 2018, Volume 2: Communications Technology Laboratory, Information Technology Laboratory, and Material Measurement Laboratory

January 3, 2022

Author(s)

Kathryn Miller

NIST is committed to the idea that results of federally funded research are a valuable national resource and a strategic asset. To the extent feasible and...

Circular Economy in the High-Tech World Workshop Report

December 14, 2021

Author(s)

Martin L. Green, Kelsea Schumacher

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) held a Technical Workshop on January 27 and 28, 2021 to assess the state and challenges of a Circular...

Developing Cyber-Resilient Systems: A Systems Security Engineering Approach

December 8, 2021

Author(s)

Ronald S. Ross, Victoria Yan Pillitteri, Richard Graubart, Deborah Bodeau, Rosalie McQuaid

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-160, Volume 2, Revision 1, focuses on cyber resiliency engineering—an emerging specialty systems engineering discipline...

Certification of Standard Reference Material® 2917: Plasmid DNA for Fecal Indicator Detection and Identification

December 6, 2021

Author(s)

Jason Kralj, Stephanie Servetas, Monique Hunter, Blaza Toman, Scott Jackson

Standard Reference Material (SRM) 2917 is intended for calibrating qPCR-based assays of fecal indicator bacteria (FIB) for assessing water quality. A unit of...

Automated Driving System Safety Measurement Part 1: Operating Envelope Specification

December 2, 2021

Author(s)

Edward Griffor, David A. Wollman, Chris Greer

The safety of Automated Driving System (ADS) equipped vehicles and reliable methods for assessing that safety are critical for successfully deploying these...

IoT Device Cybersecurity Guidance for the Federal Government: IoT Device Cybersecurity Requirement Catalog

November 29, 2021

Author(s)

Katerina N. Megas, Michael Fagan, Jeffrey Marron, Kevin Gerard Brady, Barbara Bell Cuthill, Rebecca Herold, David Lemire, Noel Hoehn

This publication provides a catalog of internet of things (IoT) device cybersecurity capabilities (i.e., features and functions needed from a device to support...

IoT Device Cybersecurity Guidance for the Federal Government: Establishing IoT Device Cybersecurity Requirements

November 29, 2021

Author(s)

Michael Fagan, Katerina N. Megas, Jeffrey Marron, Kevin Gerard Brady, Barbara Bell Cuthill, Rebecca Herold, David Lemire, Noel Hoehn

Organizations will increasingly use Internet of Things (IoT) devices for the mission benefits they can offer, but care must be taken in the acquisition and...

The Lumberton, North Carolina Flood of 2016, Wave 3: A Community Impact and Recovery-Focused Technical Investigation Following Successive Flood Events

October 28, 2021

Author(s)

Jennifer Helgeson, Sara Hamidah, Elaina Sutley

(DRAFT) Promoting Access to Voting: Recommendations for Addressing Barriers to Private and Independent Voting for People with Disabilities

October 21, 2021

Author(s)

Kerrianne Buchanan, Kevin C. Mangold, Sharon J. Laskowski, Karen Reczek

The Executive Summary is not available in this Draft but is provided in the final version of the Report: https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.1273

Certification of Standard Reference Material® 2386 Avocado Powder

October 20, 2021

Author(s)

Melissa M. Phillips, Laura J. Wood, George Caceres, Grace Hahm, Karen E. Murphy, Rick L. Paul, Benjamin Place, James H. Yen

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released SRM 2386 Avocado Powder which has value assignment for over 70 analytes. This...

Advancing Quantum Information Science: Unlocking Secrets

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

Laura M. Ost, Carl J. Williams

A Method for the Preparation of NIST Traceable Fossil Fuel Standards With Concentrations Intermediate to SRM Values: Coal and Coke

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

William R. Kelly, Bruce S. MacDonald, Stefan D. Leigh

A Method for the Preparation of NIST Traceable Fossil Fuel Standards With Concentrations Intermediate to SRM Values: Middle Distillates

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

William R. Kelly, Bruce S. MacDonald, Stefan D. Leigh

Recertification of the SRM 1483a, a Polyethylene

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

Kathleen M. Flynn, William R. Blair

The recertification of a narrow molecular weight distribution poly(ethylene) Standard Reference Material, SRM 1483a, is described. Studies by size exclusion...

Nano/Bioscience and Technology Education for the 21st Century

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

J Jacobs, Winnie Wong-Ng, Gale A. Holmes, Richard F. Kayser

NEW:Update 2005, the 20th annual workshops for science and technology educators with the theme, NANO/BIOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOR THE 21ST CENTURY...

2020 Cybersecurity and Privacy Annual Report

September 28, 2021

Author(s)

Patrick D. O'Reilly, Kristina Rigopoulos, Larry Feldman, Greg Witte

During Fiscal Year 2020 (FY 2020), from October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020, the NIST Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) Cybersecurity and Privacy...

Certification of Standard Reference Material® 1936 Great Lakes Sediment

September 23, 2021

Author(s)

Jacqueline Bangma, Debra Ellisor, Michael Ellisor, N. Alan Heckert, Jennifer Hoguet, Kevin Huncik, Jennifer Ness, Jessica Reiner

Standard Reference Material (SRM) 1936 Great Lakes Sediment is intended for 1) use in validating calibration and validation materials for sediment analysis...

Calibration of Hygrometers with the Hybrid Humidity Generator

September 23, 2021

Author(s)

Christopher W. Meyer, Tobias Herman, W. Wyatt Miller

We describe here the calibration of customer hygrometers using the NIST Hybrid Humidity Generator (HHG). This generator produces humidified air with water...

Certification of Standard Reference Material® 916b: Bilirubin

September 20, 2021

Author(s)

Lee L. Yu, Jeanice Brown Thomas, John Sieber, Stanley Lo, Michael Nelson, Brian Lang, Jerome Mulloor, Blaza Toman

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