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Certification of Standard Reference Material® 2859 and Standard Reference Material® 2861 Restricted Elements in Polyvinyl Chloride

April 1, 2020

Author(s)

John R. Sieber, John L. Molloy, Nathanael A. Heckert

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued its first Standard Reference Materials for elemental analysis of polyvinyl chloride. The custom...

Public Safety Communications Research Division Impact Report: Fiscal Years 2017 2019

March 31, 2020

Author(s)

Jeremy E. Glenn, Isabel Shaw, Marc Leh

The Public Safety Communications Research Division (PSCR) at NIST plays a primary role in research and development to impact public safety operational...

Guideline for Using Cryptographic Standards in the Federal Government: Cryptographic Mechanisms

March 31, 2020

Author(s)

Elaine B. Barker

This document is intended to provide guidance to the Federal Government for using cryptography and NIST's cryptographic standards to protect sensitive, but...

Influence of Anvil Wear on Charpy Test Results NIST Contribution to an International Study

March 31, 2020

Author(s)

Enrico Lucon, Raymond L. Santoyo

We investigated the influence of the state of wear of Charpy machine anvils on test results by performing impact tests on NIST specimens of three energy levels...

Global City Teams Challenge Public Safety SuperCluster Progress Report 2018-2019

March 31, 2020

Author(s)

Sokwoo Rhee, Brenda Bannan, Samantha Dubrow, Michael Dunaway, Dean Skidmore, Elisa Torres

NIST co-hosted the 2018-2019 GCTC Smart and Secure Cities and Communities Challenge (SC3) program with DHS S&T and NTIA. The objective was to encourage...

NIST 2019 Interlaboratory Study to Determine Starch Content in Corn Grain Biomass Intermediates

March 26, 2020

Author(s)

Jacolin A. Murray

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is currently developing reference materials (RMs) to support the corn-to-ethanol industry. Two candidate RMs...

Summary: Workshop on Machine Learning for Optical Communication Systems

March 26, 2020

Author(s)

Joshua A. Gordon, Abdella Battou, Michael P. Majurski, Dan Kilper, Uiara Celine, Massimo Tonatore, Joao Pedro, Jesse Simsarian, Jim Westdorp, Darko Zibar

Optical communication systems are expected to find use in new applications that require more intelligent and automated functionality. Optical networks are...

A Summary of Industrial Verification, Validation, and Uncertainty Quantification Procedures in Computational Fluid Dynamics

March 24, 2020

Author(s)

DongHun Yeo

Within a variety of CFD applications, their maturity levels can be significantly varied, depending upon e.g., modeling approach and progress of application...

Strategic Roadmap for Interoperable Public Safety Analytics

March 24, 2020

Author(s)

Diane E. Ridgeway

Since 9/11, the Department of Homeland Security has provided over $16 billion dollars in grant assistance to secure cities and non-profit organizations against...

Voices of First Responders – Examining Public Safety Communication from the Perspective of 9-1-1 Call Takers and Dispatchers: Findings from User-Centered Interviews, Phase 1, Volume 4

March 24, 2020

Author(s)

Michelle P. Steves, Mary Theofanos, Yee-Yin Choong, Shanee Dawkins, Susanne M. Furman, Kristen K. Greene, Sandra Spickard Prettyman

With the newly created Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN), the public safety community has a unique opportunity to review and improve...

NIST Time and Frequency Bulletin

March 20, 2020

Author(s)

Kelsey A. Rodriguez

The Time and Frequency Bulletin provides information on performance of time scales and a variety of broadcasts (and related information) to users of the NIST...

Interoperability of Web Computational Plugins for Large Microscopy Image Analyses

March 20, 2020

Author(s)

Peter Bajcsy

This NIST internal report provides a summary of the workshop on Interoperability of Web Computational Plugins for Large Microscopy Image Analyses. The workshop...

FIPS 140-3 Derived Test Requirements (DTR):CMVP Validation Authority Updates to ISO/IEC 24759

March 20, 2020

Author(s)

Kim B. Schaffer

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-140 specifies the Derived Test Requirements (DTR) for Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-3. SP 800-140...

CMVP Documentation Requirements:CMVP Validation Authority Updates to ISO/IEC 24759

March 20, 2020

Author(s)

Kim B. Schaffer

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-140A modifies the vendor documentation requirements of ISO/IEC 19790 Annex A. As a validation authority, the Cryptographic...

CMVP Security Policy Requirements: CMVP Validation Authority Updates to ISO/IEC 24759 and ISO/IEC 19790 Annex B

March 20, 2020

Author(s)

Kim B. Schaffer

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-140B is to be used in conjunction with ISO/IEC 19790 Annex B and ISO/IEC 24759 6.14. The special publication modifies only...

CMVP Approved Security Functions: CMVP Validation Authority Updates to ISO/IEC 24759

March 20, 2020

Author(s)

Kim B. Schaffer

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-140C replaces the approved security functions of ISO/IEC 19790 Annex C. As a validation authority, the Cryptographic Module...

CMVP Approved Sensitive Security Parameter Generation and Establishment Methods: CMVP Validation Authority Updates to ISO/IEC 24759:2017(E)

March 20, 2020

Author(s)

Kim B. Schaffer

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-140D replaces the approved sensitive security parameter generation and establishment methods requirements of ISO/IEC 19790...

CMVP Approved Authentication Mechanisms: CMVP Validation Authority Requirements for ISO/IEC 19790:2012 Annex E and ISO/IEC 24759:2017

March 20, 2020

Author(s)

Kim B. Schaffer

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-140E replaces the approved authentication mechanism requirements of ISO/IEC 19790 Annex E. As a validation authority, the...

CMVP Approved Non-Invasive Attack Mitigation Test Metrics: CMVP Validation Authority Updates to ISO/IEC 24759:2017

March 20, 2020

Author(s)

Kim B. Schaffer

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-140F replaces the approved non-invasive attack mitigation test metric requirements of ISO/IEC 19790 Annex F. As a validation...

Voices of First RespondersNationwide Public Safety Communication Survey Methodology: Development, Dissemination, and Demographics, Phase 2, Volume 1

March 20, 2020

Author(s)

Kristen Greene, Shanee T. Dawkins, Sandra S. Prettyman, Pamela J. Konkol, Mary F. Theofanos, Kevin C. Mangold, Susanne M. Furman, Michelle P. Steves

With the newly created Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN), the public safety community is in the process of supplementing the use of land mobile...

Summary Report: Meeting of the ASME Standards Subcommittee on Advanced Monitoring, Diagnostics, and Prognostics for Manufacturing Operations Hosted at NIST

March 20, 2020

Author(s)

Brian A. Weiss, Michael P. Brundage, Joan Pellegrino

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) hosted the ASME Standards Subcommittee Meeting on Advanced Monitoring, Diagnostics, and Prognostics...

Approaches for Federal Agencies to Use the Cybersecurity Framework

March 19, 2020

Author(s)

Jeffrey A. Marron, Victoria Y. Pillitteri, Jon M. Boyens, Stephen D. Quinn, Gregory A. Witte, Larry Feldman

Security for Enterprise Telework, Remote Access, and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Solutions

March 18, 2020

Author(s)

Karen Scarfone, Jeffrey E. Greene, Murugiah Souppaya

Today, many people are teleworking (also known as telecommuting), which is the ability of an organization's employees, contractors, business partners, vendors...

Design Considerations to Improve Charpy Instrumented Strikers

March 16, 2020

Author(s)

Nicholas Vlajic, Akobuije Chijioke, Enrico Lucon

Instrumented impact testing allows the applicability of conventional Charpy tests to be extended toward assessing mechanical properties such as dynamic fracture...

Annual Report 2018: NIST/ITL Cybersecurity Program

March 13, 2020

Author(s)

Patrick D. O'Reilly, Kristina G. Rigopoulos, Larry Feldman, Gregory A. Witte

Title III of the E-Government Act of 2002, entitled the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) of 2002, requires NIST to prepare an annual public...

Quantities and Units for Software Product Measurements

March 10, 2020

Author(s)

David W. Flater

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)/International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 80000, the International System of Quantities, collects and...

Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) Part 4: MORPH - Performance of Automated Face Morph Detection

March 6, 2020

Author(s)

Mei L. Ngan, Patrick J. Grother, Kayee K. Hanaoka, Jason M. Kuo

The FRVT MORPH test provides ongoing independent testing of prototype face morphing attack detection (MAD) technologies. The evaluation is designed to obtain...

SI Base Units Relationships Poster

March 3, 2020

Author(s)

Eite Tiesinga, Kristen A. Dill, David B. Newell

This publication is a colorful poster illustrating the relationships of the International System of Units (SI) derived units with special names and symbols and...

Digital Identity Guidelines [includes updates as of 03-02-2020]

March 2, 2020

Author(s)

Paul A. Grassi, Michael E. Garcia, James L. Fenton

These guidelines provide technical requirements for federal agencies implementing digital identity services and are not intended to constrain the development or...

Digital Identity Guidelines: Federation and Assertions [includes updates as of 03-02-2020]

March 2, 2020

Author(s)

Paul A. Grassi, Justin P. Richer, Sarah K. Squire, James L. Fenton, Ellen M. Nadeau, Naomi B. Lefkovitz, Jamie M. Danker, Yee-Yin Choong, Kristen Greene, Mary F. Theofanos

This document and its companion documents, SP 800-63, SP 800-63A, and SP 800-63B, provide technical and procedural guidelines to agencies for the implementation...

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