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Melanie Cook, Stephen D. Quinn, David A. Waltermire, Dragos Prisaca
This report defines the requirements and associated test procedures necessary for products or modules to achieve one or more Security Content Automation
This Recommendation provides cryptographic key management guidance. It consists of three parts. Part 1 provides general guidance and best practices for the
Michael J. Bartock, Jeffrey A. Cichonski, Murugiah P. Souppaya, Paul Fox, Mike Miller, Ryan Holley, Karen Scarfone
This report documents proof of concept research for Derived Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Credentials. Smart card-based PIV Cards cannot be readily used
This guideline presents methods for the preparation and investigation of samples of multiwall carbon nanotube-polymer composites by scanning electron microscopy
David W. Flater, Paul E. Black, Elizabeth N. Fong, Raghu N. Kacker, Vadim Okun, Stephen S. Wood, David R. Kuhn
Much software research and practice involves ostensible measurements of software, yet little progress has been made on an SI-like metrological foundation for
Aaron N. Johnson, Rodney A. Bryant, Tamae M. Wong, James R. Whetstone, Eric Harman, Woong Kang, Keith A. Gillis, Hsin-Hung Lee, Iosif I. Shinder, Liang Zhang
On April 20-21, 2015, NIST hosted a workshop that, through measurement science, enabled the owners of stationary sources (primarily the electric power industry)
In recent years, there has been great interest in reducing the cement content of concrete, due to the high energy and carbon dioxide footprints of cement
As described by Reinhardt and co-workers [1], overpressure in the FAA Aerosol Can Test (FAA-ACT) has been observed for the halon replacements HFC-125, Novec
Murugiah P. Souppaya, Karen Scarfone, Larry Feldman
This bulletin summarizes the information presented in NISTIR 7966, "Security of Interactive and Automated Access Management Using Secure Shell (SSH)". The
Infrared thermography is a relatively mature measurement science, however systematic evaluation of measurement uncertainty for multi-point measurement (an
In mathematics, computer science, and operations research, mathematical optimization is the process of finding best feasible values (oftentimes maxima or minima
Many researchers have used simulation to investigate the spread of congestion in networks. These researchers often find that congestion can be modeled as a
Karen E. Murphy, Jingyu Liu, Antonio R. Montoro Bustos, Monique E. Johnson, Michael R. Winchester
This NIST special publication (SP) is one in a series of NIST SPs that address research needs articulated in the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI)
Joseph A. Falco, Jeremy A. Marvel, Richard J. Norcross, Karl Van Wyk
Metrics and test methods are needed to characterize the control capabilities of robots with both intrinsic and extrinsic force sensing. The availability of
When generating a random graph, if more structure is desired than is given in the popular Erd\H{o}s Renyi model, one method is to generate a degree sequence