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Rethinking Security through Systems Security Engineering

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Author(s)

Ronald S. Ross, Larry Feldman, Gregory A. Witte

Abstract

This bulletin summarizes the information presented in NIST SP 800-160: Systems Security Engineering: Considerations for a Multidisciplinary Approach in the Engineering of Trustworthy Secure Systems. The publication addresses the engineering-driven perspective and actions necessary to develop more defensible and survivable systems, inclusive of the machine, physical, and human components that compose the systems and the capabilities and services delivered by those systems.
Citation
ITL Bulletin - December 2016
Report Number
December 2016
NIST Pub Series
ITL Bulletin
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

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Keywords

assurance, implementation, integration, protection needs, resiliency, risk management, risk treatment, security architecture, security requirements, stakeholder, system-of-systems, system element, system life cycle, systems, systems engineering, systems security engineering, trustworthiness
Information technology, Cybersecurity and privacy and Internet of Things (IoT)

Citation

Ross, R. , Feldman, L. and Witte, G. (2016), Rethinking Security through Systems Security Engineering, ITL Bulletin, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=922469 (Accessed October 9, 2025)

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Created December 21, 2016, Updated January 27, 2020
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