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NIST Pubs

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

February 15, 2018

Author(s)

Stephen Quinn, Murugiah Souppaya, Melanie R. Cook, Karen A. Scarfone

A security configuration checklist is a document that contains instructions or procedures for configuring an information technology (IT) product to an...

The Technical Specification for the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) Version 1.3

February 14, 2018

Author(s)

David A. Waltermire, Stephen D. Quinn, Harold Booth, Karen Scarfone, Dragos Prisaca

The Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) is a suite of specifications that standardize the format and nomenclature by which software flaw and security...

SCAP 1.3 Component Specification Version Updates: An Annex to NIST Special Publication 800-126 Revision 3

February 14, 2018

Author(s)

Harold Booth, David A. Waltermire, Mark L. Badger, Melanie R. Cook, Stephen Quinn, Karen Scarfone

The Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) is a multi-purpose framework of component specifications that support automated configuration, vulnerability...

Synchrotron Methods for Flexible Hybrid Electronics Industrial Recommendations on Interagency (DoC-DoD-DoE) Partnerships to Address Measurement Challenges Hindering the Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Ecosystem

February 12, 2018

Author(s)

Christopher L. Soles, Richard A. Vaia, Ronald Pindak

The round-table participants concluded that facilities at NSLS-II provide immediate opportunities to address some of the critical processing and measurement...

Investigation of Residential Cooking Fire Suppression Technologies

February 12, 2018

Author(s)

Anthony P. Hamins, Daniel Madrzykowski, Sung C. Kim, Jonathan Kent

A wide range of cooking fire experiments were conducted to examine the effectiveness of retrofit residential kitchen fire suppression systems. A series of...

NISTfit: A natively multithreaded C++11 framework for model development

February 12, 2018

Author(s)

Ian Bell, Matthias Kunick

The current trend in computer architecture is for increasingly parallel computation while the clock frequency stagnates. The increase in computing speed is...

NISTIR 5672, Advanced Mass Calibration and Measurement Assurance Program for State Calibration Laboratories (2018 Ed)

February 7, 2018

Author(s)

Georgia L. Harris

This publication provides guidelines for evaluating data from advanced mass calibrations and for establishing measurement assurance programs in precision mass...

NISTIR 6969, Selected Laboratory and Measurement Practices, and Procedures, to Support Basic Mass Calibrations (2018 Edition)

February 7, 2018

Author(s)

Georgia L. Harris

This publication contains good laboratory practices, good measurement practices, and standard operating procedures to support the Basic Mass CD-ROM (SP 1001, SP...

Reference Correlations for the Thermal Conductivity of n-Hexadecane from the Triple Point to 700 K and up to 50 MPa

February 6, 2018

Author(s)

S.A. Monogenidou, Marc J. Assael, Marcia L. Huber

This paper presents new wide-ranging correlations for the thermal conductivity of n-hexadecane based on critically evaluated experimental data. The correlations...

Future Generation Wireless R&D Gaps Report

February 5, 2018

Author(s)

Nada T. Golmie

This report identifies and describes several of the most significant gaps within various components of the wireless industry. This report is intended to serve...

National Fire Research Laboratory Commissioning Project: Testing Steel Beams under Localized Fire Exposure

February 5, 2018

Author(s)

Lisa Y. Choe, Selvarajah Ramesh, Matthew S. Hoehler, Mina S. Seif, John L. Gross, Chao Zhang, Matthew F. Bundy

National checklist program for IT products - guidelines for checklist users and developers:

February 1, 2018

Author(s)

Stephen D Quinn, Murugiah Souppaya, Melanie Cook, Karen Scarfone

The technical specification for the security content automation protocol (SCAP) version 1.3:

February 1, 2018

Author(s)

David Waltermire, Stephen Quinn, Harold Booth, Karen Scarfone, Dragos Prisaca

SCAP 1.3 component specification version updates: an annex to NIST special publication 800-126 revision 3:

February 1, 2018

Author(s)

Harold Booth, David Waltermire, Lee Badger, Melanie Cook, Stephen D Quinn, Karen Scarfone

Evaluation of cloud computing services based on NIST SP 800-145:

February 1, 2018

Author(s)

Eric Simmon

Future generation wireless research and development gaps report:

February 1, 2018

Author(s)

Nada Golmie, David Cypher, Marc Leh, Darcy Ziegler

Mission critical voice QoE mouth-to-ear latency measurement methods:

February 1, 2018

Author(s)

Jesse Frey, Jaden Pieper, Tim Thompson

NIST time and frequency bulletin - februrary:

February 1, 2018

Author(s)

Kathryn Stephenson

Dietary supplement laboratory quality assurance program: exercise M final report:

February 1, 2018

Author(s)

Melissa M Phillips, Catherine A Rimmer, Laura J Wood, Maria R Ale, Charles A Barber, Hannah Stindt, Lee Yu

Proficiency test policy and plan for state weights & measures laboratories (2018 ed):

February 1, 2018

Author(s)

Georgia L. Harris, L F Eason, Ken Fraley, Kelleen Larson

Selected laboratory and measurement practices and procedures to support basic mass calibrations:

February 1, 2018

Author(s)

Georgia L Harris

Advanced mass calibration and measurement assurance program for state calibration laboratories:

February 1, 2018

Author(s)

Ken L Fraley, Georgia L Harris

SRM NIST Standard Reference Materials Catalog January 2018

February 1, 2018

Author(s)

Gina Montgomery

Guidance for Improving LTE-based Mobile Communications Security

January 30, 2018

Author(s)

Jeffrey Cichonski, Joshua M. Franklin, Michael Bartock, Larry Feldman, Greg Witte

This bulletin summarizes the information found in NIST SP 800-187: Guide to LTE Securtiy, which serves as a guide to the fundamentals of how LTE networks...

Security Considerations for Code Signing

January 26, 2018

Author(s)

David Cooper, Andrew Regenscheid, Murugiah Souppaya

A wide range of software products (also known as code)--including firmware, operating systems, mobile applications, and application container images--must be...

Security Recommendations for Hypervisor Deployment on Servers

January 23, 2018

Author(s)

Ramaswamy Chandramouli

The Hypervisor is a collection of software modules that provides virtualization of hardware resources (such as CPU/GPU, Memory, Network and Storage) and thus...

CYCLE_D-HX: NIST Vapor Compression Cycle Model Accounting for Refrigerant Thermodynamic and Transport Properties, Version 1.0; User's Guide

January 16, 2018

Author(s)

Piotr A. Domanski, J S. Brown, Riccardo Brignoli

The CYCLE_D-HX package simulates the performance of single-component refrigerants and refrigerant blends in subcritical vapor-compression refrigeration cycles...

Measured Emission Spectra of Selected AWS-3 LTE Transmitters

January 16, 2018

Author(s)

Michael R. Frey, Geoffrey Sanders, Jolene Splett, John M. Ladbury, Frank Sanders, Azizollah Kord, Ryan T. Jacobs

Version three of Advanced Wireless Services (AWS-3) radio systems will soon use spectrum that is adjacent to bands currently used by airborne telemetry links at...

Domain Name System-Based Electronic Mail Security

January 15, 2018

Author(s)

Scott W. Rose, Karen M. Waltermire, Santos Jha, Chinedum Irrechukwu, William C. Barker

This document describes a security platform for trustworthy email exchanges across organizational boundaries. The project includes reliable authentication of...

Developing Trust Frameworks to Support Identity Federations

January 12, 2018

Author(s)

David M. Temoshok, Christine Abruzzi

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