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OpenFMB Proof of Concept Implementation Research

July 29, 2020
Author(s)
Michael J. Bartock, Rebecca Herold
A smart grid messaging framework is known as an Open Field Message Bus (OpenFMB, which was ratified by the North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB) in March 2016 and has been released as NAESB RMQ.26, Open Field Message Bus (OpenFMB) Model Business

Guide to IPsec VPNs

June 30, 2020
Author(s)
Elaine B. Barker, Quynh H. Dang, Sheila E. Frankel, Karen Scarfone, Paul Wouters
Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) is a widely used network layer security control for protecting communications. IPsec is a framework of open standards for ensuring private communications over Internet Protocol (IP) networks. IPsec configuration is

Evolving Advanced Persistent Threat Detection Using Provenance Graph and Metric Learning

June 29, 2020
Author(s)
Gbadebo Ayoade, Khandakar A. Akbar, Pracheta Sahoo, Yang Gao, Anoop Singhal, Kangkook Jee, Latifur Khan, Anmol Agarwal
Advanced persistent threats (APT) have increased in recent times as a result of the rise in interest by nationstates and sophisticated corporations to obtain high profile information. Typically, APT attacks are more challenging to detect since they

NIST Privacy Framework: An Overview

June 25, 2020
Author(s)
Kaitlin R. Boeckl, Naomi B. Lefkovitz
This bulletin summarizes the information found in the voluntary NIST Privacy Framework: A Tool for Improving Privacy through Enterprise Risk Management (Version 1.0). The Privacy Framework is a tool developed in collaboration with stakeholders intended to

Big Data Analytics for Smart Factories of the Future

June 18, 2020
Author(s)
Robert Gao, Lihui Wang, Moneer Helu, Roberto Teti
Continued advancement of sensors has led to an ever-increasing amount of data of various physical nature to be acquired from production lines. As rich information relevant to the machines and processes are embedded within these "big data," how to

Securing Web Transactions TLS Server Certificate Management

June 16, 2020
Author(s)
Murugiah P. Souppaya, William A. Haag Jr., Mehwish Akram, William C. Barker, Rob Clatterbuck, Brandon Everhart, Brian Johnson, Alexandros Kapasouris, Dung Lam, Brett Pleasant, Mary Raguso, Susan Symington, Paul Turner, Clint Wilson, Donna F. Dodson
Transport Layer Security (TLS) server certificates are critical to the security of both internet- facing and private web services. Despite the critical importance of these certificates, many organizations lack a formal TLS certificate management program

Foundational Cybersecurity Activities for IoT Device Manufacturers

May 29, 2020
Author(s)
Michael J. Fagan, Katerina N. Megas, Karen Scarfone, Matthew Smith
Internet of Things (IoT) devices often lack device cybersecurity capabilities their customers-- organizations and individuals--can use to help mitigate their cybersecurity risks. Manufacturers can help their customers by improving how securable the IoT

IoT Device Cybersecurity Capability Core Baseline

May 29, 2020
Author(s)
Michael J. Fagan, Katerina N. Megas, Karen Scarfone, Matthew Smith
Device cybersecurity capabilities are cybersecurity features or functions that computing devices provide through their own technical means (i.e., device hardware and software). This publication defines an Internet of Things (IoT) device cybersecurity

Simulation Testbed for Railway Infrastructure Security and Resilience Evaluation

April 8, 2020
Author(s)
Bradley Potteiger, Himanshu Neema, Xenofon Koutsoukos, CheeYee Tang, Keith A. Stouffer
The last decade has seen an influx of digital connectivity, operation automation, and remote sensing and control mechanisms in the railway domain. The management of the railway operations through the use of distributed sensors and controllers and with

Automatic Recognition of Advanced Persistent Threat Tactics for Enterprise Security

March 16, 2020
Author(s)
Qingtian Zou, Anoop Singhal, Xiaoyan Sun, Peng Liu
Advanced Persistent Threats (APT) has become the concern of many enterprise networks. APT can remain undetected for a long time span and lead to undesirable consequences such as stealing of sensitive data, broken workflow, and so on. To achieve the attack

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 report on activities undertaken in the previous year, and planned for the coming year, to carry

SCAP Composer User Guide

February 28, 2020
Author(s)
Joshua Lubell
SCAP Composer is a software application for creating Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) source data stream collections from Extensible Markup Language (XML) documents valid with respect to schemas defined in SCAP component specifications. SCAP
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