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NIST Pubs

Metrics and Methodology for Hardware Security Constructs

Author(s)
Sanjay Rekhi, Kostas Amberiadis, Abir Ahsan Akib, Ankur Srivastava
Although hardware is commonly believed to be security-resilient, it is often susceptible to vulnerabilities arising from design and implementation flaws. These...

Implications of the Bullet Black Box Study

Author(s)
Bullet Black Box Working Group
The Bullet Black Box Working Group (BulletBB-WG) was convened to review the results of the NIST-Noblis Bullet Black Box Study, and assess the implications of...

NIST Special Publication 260 NIST.SP.260-256 Certification of Standard Reference Material®s 3672a & 3673a: Organic Contaminants in Smokers' Urine (Frozen) & Organic Contaminants in Non-Smokers' Urine (Frozen)

Author(s)
Ashley Russell, Carolyn Burdette, Johanna Camara, Nathanael Heckert, Jennifer Hoguet, Kevin Huncik, Jared Ragland, Elena Wood
Standard Reference Material (SRM) 3672a Organic Contaminants in Smokers' Urine (Frozen) and SRM 3673a Organic Contaminants in Non-Smokers' Urine (Frozen) are...

MEMSDuino: An Arduino-Based MEMS Switch Controller

Author(s)
Lafe Spietz, Adam Sirois, Nathan Flowers-Jacobs, Peter Hopkins, Samuel Benz, Steve Waltman
Radio frequency cryogenic switches are a critical enabling technology for quantum information science, both for calibration and high throughput testing of...

The Burning Characteristics of 3 m to 6 m Dry Douglas-Fir Trees

Author(s)
Erik Johnsson, Giovanni Di Cristina Torres, Eric Mueller, Matthew Bundy, Anthony Chakalis, Marco Fernandez, Anthony Hamins
A series of experiments are reported on the burning behavior of dry, 3 m to 6 m tall, Douglas fir trees. The measurements were conducted in the open under quasi...

A Plan for Global Engagement on AI Standards

Author(s)
Jesse Dunietz, Mark Latonero, Kathleen Roberts
This plan has been developed by the Department of Commerce in coordination with the Department of State and agencies across the U.S. Government. It reflects...

Wind-Driven Fire Spread to a Structure from Landscape Timbers

Author(s)
Erik Johnsson, Kathryn Butler, Marco Fernandez, Wei Tang, Shonali Nazare, Philip Deardorff, Sebastian Arana, Alexander Maranghides
NIST is studying how combustible landscape features around a home burn to better understand their levels of hazard and potential roles in spreading wildland...

Guia Breve sobre la Incertidumbre de Medicion

Author(s)
Antonio Possolo, Maria Victoria Gelabert, David Hibbert, Jürgen Stohner, Olha Bodnar, Juris Meija
Esta Guía Breve reintroduce a los lectores en los principales conceptos y herramientas técnicas utilizadas para la evaluación y expresión de la incertidumbre de...

Requirements for Cryptographic Accordions

Author(s)
Yu Long Chen, Michael Davidson, Morris Dworkin, John Kelsey, Yu Sasaki, Meltem Sonmez Turan, Alyssa Thompson, Nicky Mouha, Donghoon Chang
This report introduces the cryptographic accordion as a tweakable, variable-input-length strong pseudorandom permutation (VIL-SPRP) that is constructed from an...
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