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NIST Pubs

Small Business Information Security: the Fundamentals

October 1, 2009

Author(s)

Richard L. Kissel

[Superseded by NISTIR 7621 Rev. 1 (November 2016): https://www.nist.gov/node/1111801 ] For some small businesses, the security of their information, systems...

System and Network Security Acronyms and Abbreviations

September 30, 2009

Author(s)

Karen Scarfone, Victoria Thompson

This report contains a list of selected acronyms and abbreviations for system and network security terms with their generally accepted or preferred definitions...

Guidelines for Accepting 2D Building Plans (NIST IR 7638)

September 30, 2009

Author(s)

Geraldine S. Cheok, James Filliben, Alan M. Lytle

The General Services Administration's (GSA) Public Buildings Services manages 1600 buildings totaling 180, 000, 000 square feet. GSA's ability to capture...

Quick Capture Platform Graphics

September 30, 2009

Author(s)

Brian C. Stanton, Yee-Yin Choong, Mary F. Theofanos, Patrick Hoffman

This document defines all of the graphic images for the quick capture platform. For each graphic we provide a description, the dimensions, the image, the image...

Heating Mode Performance Measurements For A Residential Heat Pump With Single-Faults Imposed

September 30, 2009

Author(s)

William Payne, Piotr Domanski, Seok H. Yoon

The objective of this research was to acquire heating mode experimental data for a residential heat pump needed for the development of a FDD methodology. Within...

Metrics and Tools for Measuring Construction Productivity: Technical and Empirical Considerations

September 30, 2009

Author(s)

Allison L. Huang, Robert E. Chapman, David T. Butry

Although the construction industry is a major component of the U.S. economy, it has experienced a perceived prolonged period of decline in productivity. Due to...

Benefits and Costs of Research: A Case Study of the NIST High Performance Concrete Program

September 30, 2009

Author(s)

Jennifer F. Helgeson

This report provides an economic review of the National Institute of Standards and Technology High Performance Concrete (HYPERCON) Program from the period FY01...

National Checklist Program for IT Products Guidelines for Checklist Users and Developers

September 30, 2009

Author(s)

Stephen Quinn, Karen A. Scarfone, Murugiah Souppaya

[Superseded by SP 800-70 Rev. 2 (February 2011): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=907732] A security configuration checklist is a...

Hostage Rescue Team Quick Capture Platform Use Case Document

September 30, 2009

Author(s)

Brian Stanton, Yee-Yin Choong, Mary Theofanos

The document defines functional requirements for the Quick Capture Platform (QCP). These requirements have been developed for a portable hardware device with...

Guidelines on Firewalls and Firewall Policy

September 28, 2009

Author(s)

Karen A. Scarfone, Paul Hoffman

Firewalls are devices or programs that control the flow of network traffic between networks or hosts employing differing security postures. This publication...

Updated Digital Signature Standard Approved as Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS)186-3

September 28, 2009

Author(s)

Shirley M. Radack

This bulletin summarizes the information in Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publication 186-3, Digital Signature Standard (DSS). Approved in June...

Development of Soft Armor Conditioning Protocols for NIJ 0101.06: Analytical Results

September 24, 2009

Author(s)

Amanda L. Forster, Kirk D. Rice, Michael A. Riley, Guillaume Messin, Sylvain H. Petit, Cyril Clerici, Gale A. Holmes, Joannie W. Chin

This publication details the four major phases of analytical development work, coupled with several additional side studies, undertaken by the Office of Law...

Status Report on the First Round of the SHA-3 Cryptographic Hash Algorithm Competition

September 23, 2009

Author(s)

Andrew Regenscheid, Ray Perlner, Shu-jen H. Chang, John Kelsey, Mridul Nandi, Souradyuti Paul

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is in the process of selecting a new cryptographic hash algorithm through a public competition. The new hash...

Recommendation for Digital Signature Timeliness

September 23, 2009

Author(s)

Elaine B. Barker

Establishing the time when a digital signature was generated is often a critical consideration. A signed message that includes the (purported) signing time...

Bochner Subordination, Logarithmic Diffusion Equations, and Blind Deconvolution of Hubble Space Telescope Imagery and Other Scientific Data

September 23, 2009

Author(s)

Alfred S. Carasso

Generalized Linnik processes and associated logarithmic diffusion equations can be constructed by appropriate Bochner randomization of the time variable in...

Recommendation for EAP Methods Used in Wireless Network Access Authentication

September 17, 2009

Author(s)

Lidong Chen, Katrin Hoeper

This Recommendation specifies security requirements for authentication methods with key establishment supported by the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)...

A Coherent Approach for Interrogating Polybenzoxazole Fibers for Residual Phosphoric Acid

September 17, 2009

Author(s)

Gale A. Holmes, Eun S. Park, Charles M. Guttman, Kathleen M. Flynn, John R. Sieber, Stephanie S. Watson, Kirk D. Rice

Because of the premature failure of soft-body armor that contains the active fiber poly [(benzo-[1,2-d:5,4-d']-benzoxazole-2,6-diyl)-1,4-phenylene] (PBO), the...

Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations [includes updates through 9/14/2009]

September 14, 2009

Author(s)

Ronald S. Ross

[Superseded by NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 3 (August 2009 w/updates through 5/1/2010): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=903280] The...

WWVB Radio Controlled Clocks: Recommended Practices for Manufacturers and Consumers (2009 edition)

September 8, 2009

Author(s)

Michael A. Lombardi, Andrew N. Novick, John P. Lowe, Matthew J. Deutch, Glenn K. Nelson, Douglas D. Sutton, William C. Yates, D. W. Hanson

Radio controlled clocks represent a true revolution in timekeeping. Clocks that synchronize to NIST radio station WWVB now number in the millions in the United...

Building Plumbing System Decontamination - First Report on Recommendations

September 6, 2009

Author(s)

Stephen J. Treado, Mark A. Kedzierski, Stephanie S. Watson, Nicos Martys, Kenneth D. Cole

This report summarizes the measurement results and recommended procedures for responding to building plumbing system contamination incidents and restoring the...

Fundamental Equations of State for Parahydrogen, Normal Hydrogen, and Orthohydrogen

September 4, 2009

Author(s)

Jacob W. Leachman, Bryce Jacobson, Steven Penoncello, Eric Lemmon

If the potential for a boom in the global hydrogen economy is realized, there will be an increase in the need for accurate hydrogen thermodynamic property...

Toward a standard on the wind tunnel method

September 2, 2009

Author(s)

Emil Simiu

This document is intended to provide practicing engineers and building code officials with a technical resource that (i) describes current practices for the...

Time and Frequency Users Manual

September 2, 2009

Author(s)

Michael A. Lombardi

This book is for the person who needs information about making time and frequency measurements. It is written at a level that will satisfy those with a casual...

Perturbations from Ducts on the Modes of Acoustic Thermometers

September 1, 2009

Author(s)

Keith A. Gillis, Michael R. Moldover, Hong Lin

We examine the perturbations of the modes of an acoustic thermometer caused by circular ducts used either for gas flow or as acoustic waveguides coupled to...

First-Principles Calculation of the Third Virial Coefficient of Helium

September 1, 2009

Author(s)

Allan H. Harvey, Giovanni Garberoglio

Knowledge of the pair and three-body potential-energy surfaces of helium is now sufficient to allow calculation of the third density virial coefficient, C(T)...

Uncertainty calculation for spectral-responsivity measurements

September 1, 2009

Author(s)

John H. Lehman, Chih-Ming Wang, Marla L. Dowell, Joshua A. Hadler

This paper discusses a procedure for measuring the absolute spectral responsivity of optical-fiber power meters and computation of the calibration uncertainty...

Study of the Acid Generation in Aqueous Environments from Copolymer Fibers based on 5-amino-2-(p-aminophenyl)-benzimidazole

September 1, 2009

Author(s)

Amanda L. Forster, Guillaume Messin, Kirk D. Rice, Michael A. Riley, Stephanie S. Watson

In a communication to the ballistic vest community released in January 2006, there was an allegation by a competing fiber manufacturer that copolymer fibers...

Outdoor-to-Indoor Channel Measurements and Models

September 1, 2009

Author(s)

Catherine A. Remley, Christopher L. Holloway, David W. Matolak

This document reports on wireless channel measurements and models for outdoor to indoor propagation environments. Although there have been a number of...

Heat and Mass Transfer Through Gypsum Partitions Subjected to Fire Exposures

August 31, 2009

Author(s)

S R. Kukuck

A model is presented that describes the heat transfer through a gypsum wallboard partition assembly incorporating the mass transport effects of water in liquid...

Recommendation for Pair-Wise Key Establishment Schemes Using Integer Factorization Cryptography

August 28, 2009

Author(s)

Elaine B. Barker, Lidong Chen, Andrew R. Regenscheid, Miles E. Smid

[Superseded by SP 800-56B Rev. 1 (September 2014): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=916341] This recommendation specifies key...

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