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NIST Pubs

Cryptographic Algorithms and Key Sizes for Personal Identity Verification

December 31, 2010

Author(s)

William Polk, Donna F. Dodson, William E. Burr, Hildegard Ferraiolo, David Cooper

[Superseded by SP 800-78-4 (May 2015): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=918499] This document contains the technical specifications...

Guidelines for the Secure Deployment of IPv6

December 29, 2010

Author(s)

Sheila E. Frankel, Richard Graveman, John Pearce, Mark Rooks

Due to the exhaustion of IPv4 address space, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) mandate that U.S. federal agencies begin to use the IPv6 protocol...

The Common Configuration Scoring System (CCSS): Metrics for Software Security Configuration Vulnerabilities

December 27, 2010

Author(s)

Peter Mell, Karen Scarfone

The Common Configuration Scoring System (CCSS) is a set of measures of the severity of software security configuration issues. CCSS is derived from the Common...

Securing WiMAX Wireless Communications

December 27, 2010

Author(s)

Shirley M. Radack

This bulletin summarizes the information presented in NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-127, Guide to Securing WiMAX Wireless Communications: Recommendations of...

Recommendation for Existing Application-Specific Key Derivation Functions

December 23, 2010

Author(s)

Quynh Dang

[Superseded by NIST SP 800-135 Rev. 1, "Recommendation for Existing Application-Specific Key Derivation Functions" (December 2011), http://www.nist.gov...

Recommendation for Password-Based Key Derivation Part 1: Storage Applications

December 22, 2010

Author(s)

Meltem Sonmez Turan, Elaine Barker, William E. Burr, Lidong Chen

This Recommendation specifies techniques for the derivation of master keys from passwords or passphrases to protect stored electronic data or data protection...

Improving the Efficiency of Markov Chain Analysis of Complex Distributed Systems

December 20, 2010

Author(s)

Christopher E. Dabrowski

In large-scale distributed systems, the interactions of many independent components may lead to emergent global behaviors with unforeseen, often detrimental...

3D Imaging Systems for Manufacturing, Construction, and Mobility (NIST TN 1682)

December 15, 2010

Author(s)

Geraldine S. Cheok, Maris Juberts, Marek Franaszek

The National Defense Center of Excellence for Industrial Metrology and 3D Imaging (COE-IM3DI) is conducting research to enable the next generation of...

A gas pressure scale based on primary standard piston gauges

December 6, 2010

Author(s)

Douglas A. Olson, Robert G. Driver, Walter J. Bowers Jr.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has redefined its gas pressure scale, up to 17 MPa, based on two primary standard piston gauges. The primary...

Best Practice Guidelines for Structural Fire Resistance Design of Concrete and Steel Buildings

December 1, 2010

Author(s)

Long T. Phan, John L. Gross, Therese P. McAllister

This document is intended to provide practicing engineers and building code officials with a technical resource that contains the current best practice for fire...

Modeling Smoldering Fires using the Computer Model CONTAM

December 1, 2010

Author(s)

William D. Davis

The computer model CONTAM was used to simulate the spread of smoke in a house with a working furnace during smoldering fires. Three smoldering experiments from...

Assessing differences between results determined according to the Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement

December 1, 2010

Author(s)

Raghu N. Kacker, Ruediger Kessel, Klaus-Dieter Sommer

When the data consist of multiple results of measurement for a common measurand, often one needs to determine whether the results agree with each other. A...

A review of fatigue crack growth for pipeline steels exposed to hydrogen

November 30, 2010

Author(s)

Nicholas Nanninga, Andrew J. Slifka, Yaakov Levy, Calvin L. White

Hydrogen pipeline systems offer an economical means of storing and transporting energy in the form of hydrogen gas. Pipelines can be used to transport hydrogen...

(NISTIR 7743) Usability in Health IT: Technical Strategy, Research, and Implementation

November 29, 2010

Author(s)

Janice (Ginny) Redish, Svetlana Z. Lowry

On July 13, 2010, 27 roundtable discussion participants and more than 100 other attendees gathered at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)...

(NISTIR 7741) NIST Guide to the Processes Approach for Improving the Usability of Electronic Health Records

November 29, 2010

Author(s)

Robert M. Schumacher, Svetlana Z. Lowry

Usability has been a topic of considerable interest in the health IT community. This document provides NIST guidance for those developing electronic health...

Toward a Preliminary Framework for Assessing the Trustworthiness of Software

November 26, 2010

Author(s)

Elizabeth N. Fong, Charline Cleraux, Frederick E. Boland Jr.

Is trustworthiness of software measurable? The determination of trustworthiness of a piece of software is difficult. There may be different quantifiable...

Biological Cell Feature Identification by a Modified Watershed-Merging Algorithm

November 24, 2010

Author(s)

David E. Gilsinn, Kiran Bhadriraju, John T. Elliott

Biological cells are composed of many subsystems and organelles. The subsystem called the cytoskeleton is composed of long rod-shaped structures. They give the...

Comparison of Confidence Intervals for Large Operational Biometric Data by Parametric and Non-parametric Methods

November 23, 2010

Author(s)

Su L. Cheng, Ross J. Micheals, John Lu

Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) or Detection Error Trade-off (DET) curves are used to measure the performance of a biometric verification or...

The Exchange of Health Care Information: Designing a Security Architecture to Protect Information Security and Privacy

November 23, 2010

Author(s)

Shirley M. Radack

This bulletin summarizes the information presented in NISTIR 7497, Security Architecture Design Process for Health Information Exchanges (HIEs). The publication...

Wavelengths, Transition Probabilities, and Energy Levels for the Spectra of Barium (Ba III through Ba LVI)

November 19, 2010

Author(s)

Jean E. Sansonetti, John J. Curry

Energy levels, with designations and uncertainties, have been compiled for the spectra of barium (Z=56) ions from doubly-ionized to hydrogen-like. Wavelengths...

WSQ Problem with Two-Thumb Captures from Large Platen Live-Scan Devices

November 18, 2010

Author(s)

Craig I. Watson

This paper investigates an issue with the Wavelet Scalar Quantization (WSQ) compression algorithm which causes severe degradation of the compressed image. The...

Modeling, Simulation and Analysis for Sustainable Product Development

November 17, 2010

Author(s)

Mahesh Mani, Bjoern J. Johansson, Kevin W. Lyons, Ram D. Sriram, Gaurav Ameta

Simulation plays a critical role in the design of products, materials and manufacturing processes. Increasingly, simulation is replacing physical tests to...

SlapSegII Analysis: Matching Segmented Fingerprint Images

November 16, 2010

Author(s)

Craig I. Watson

This report is an extension of the SlapSegII evaluation and will study the affect of slap fingerprint segmentation on matching accuracy. This study will compare...

November 2010 SRM Spotlight

November 16, 2010

Author(s)

Regina R. Montgomery

The SRM Spotlight is a newsletter published by the Measurement Services Division for users of NIST standard reference materials. The Spotlight announces new...

(NISTIR 7742) Customized Common Industry Format Template for Electronic Health Record Usability Testing

November 16, 2010

Author(s)

Robert M. Schumacher, Svetlana Z. Lowry

This document provides a template for the modified version of Software engineering Software product Quality Requirements and Evaluation(SQuaRE) Common Industry...

Direct Determination of Phases in Portland Cements by Quantitative X-Ray Powder Diffraction

November 15, 2010

Author(s)

Paul E. Stutzman

The transformation of chemical analyses to phase estimates via the Bogue calculations has been successfully used by industry for the past 70 years. Since its...

Evaluation of the FEMA P-695 Methodology for Quantification of Building Seismic Performance Factors

November 15, 2010

Author(s)

Charles Kircher, Gregory Deierlein, John Hooper, Helmut Krawinkler, Steve Mahin, Benson Shing, John Wallace

This work was an extension of work conducted under the ATC-63 Project, funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which resulted in the...

Numerical Simulation of Along-Wind Loading on Small Structures Using a Simplified Wind Flow Model

November 10, 2010

Author(s)

Dong Hun Yeo

Aerodynamic measurements of wind-induced pressures on structures are required for the codifi-cation of design wind loads. However, the reliable measurement of...

2010 Programs of the Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory

November 5, 2010

Author(s)

Lisa J. Fronczek, Bessmarie A. Young

The National Institute of Standards and Technology s Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory (MEL) promotes innovation and the competitiveness of U.S...

Alarm Information for Decision Support

November 4, 2010

Author(s)

William D. Davis, Adam M. Barowy, Stephen Kerber

Experiments conducted in a Toledo Ohio school are used to examine the use of signals from simulated heat detectors by incident command. Two approaches are...

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