U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Information technology

Search Publications

Search Title, Abstract, Conference, Citation, Keyword or Author
Published Date
Displaying 576 - 600 of 2300

SHA-3 Derived Functions: cSHAKE, KMAC, TupleHash and ParallelHash

December 22, 2016
Author(s)
John M. Kelsey, Shu-jen H. Chang, Ray Perlner
This Recommendation specifies four types of SHA-3-derived functions: cSHAKE, KMAC, TupleHash, and ParallelHash, each defined for a 128- and 256-bit security strength. cSHAKE is a customizable variant of the SHAKE function, as defined in FIPS 202. KMAC (for

Rethinking Security through Systems Security Engineering

December 21, 2016
Author(s)
Ronald S. Ross, Larry Feldman, Gregory A. Witte
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

Memory and Motor Processes of Password Entry Error

December 19, 2016
Author(s)
Frank Tamborello, Kristen K. Greene
Passwords are tightly interwoven with the digital fabric of our current society. Unfortunately, passwords that provide better security generally tend to be more complex, both in length and composition. Complex passwords are problematic both cognitively and

Measurements and Scoring Procedures for Footwear Impression Comparisons

December 16, 2016
Author(s)
Martin Herman
A software system under development at NIST, called SHOECALC, will be described. It is designed to help both researchers and footwear examiners in the assessment of metrics or scoring procedures that provide objective characterizations of correspondences

Event model to facilitate data sharing among services

December 12, 2016
Author(s)
Olivera Kotevska, Judith R. Gelernter
Development of smart city services is presently hindered because the data is too heterogeneous, despite the increasing availability of data in open data initiatives. We determined metadata fields and semantics for our proposed model after a survey of other

A Secure Multicast Group Management and Key Distribution in IEEE 802.21

December 5, 2016
Author(s)
Yoshikazu Hanatani, Naoki Ogura, Yoshihiro Ohba, Lidong Chen, Subir Das
Controlling a large number of devices such as sensors and smart end points, is always a challenge where scalability and security are indispensa-ble. This is even more critical when it comes to configuration updates to a large number of such devices when

Distributed Control and Communications for Grid Systems

December 5, 2016
Author(s)
Hamid Gharavi
A major problem of the grid system is identifying the source of abnormal behaviors. It is particularly important to identify the areas in which the grid system suffers from power deficiencies due to fault or voltage instability. Phasor Measurement Units

Entangling distant resonant exchange qubits via circuit quantum electrodynamics

November 16, 2016
Author(s)
Jacob M. Taylor, Vanita Srinivasa, Charles Tahan
We investigate a hybrid quantum system consisting of spatially separated resonant exchange qubits, defined in three-electron semiconductor triple quantum dots, that are coupled via a super- conducting transmission line resonator. By analyzing three

Towards a generalized energy prediction model for machine tools

November 9, 2016
Author(s)
Raunak Bhinge, Jinkyoo Park, Kincho H. Law, David Dornfeld, Moneer Helu, Sudarsan Rachuri
Energy prediction of machine tools can deliver many advantages to a manufacturing enterprise, ranging from energy-efficient process planning to machine tool monitoring. Physics-based energy prediction models have been proposed in the past to understand the

Modeling the Internet of Things and People: A Foundational Approach

November 1, 2016
Author(s)
Spencer J. Breiner, Eswaran Subrahmanian, Ram D. Sriram
As we extend the reach of the Internet through sensing and automation, networked systems interact more and more of our daily lives, requiring much greater sensitivity to social networks and greater robustness in the face of human behavior. A tremendous

Caring: An Undiscovered Super "Ility" of Smart Healthcare

October 28, 2016
Author(s)
Nancy Laplante, Phillip Laplante, Jeff Voas
As new and exciting applications emerge using smart technologies, the Internet of Things, data analytics, and others for healthcare, a critical problem is emerging: the potential loss of "caring." The interplay of technology and caring has been discussed

The Algebra of Systems and System Interactions with an application to Smart Grid

October 14, 2016
Author(s)
Charif Mahmoudi, Hasnae Bilil, Edward R. Griffor
Systems are integrations of devices or component elements and even other systems. The notion of a system comprehends engineered and biological or mechanical or physical systems. Examples include information and dynamical systems as well as integrations of

Guide to Cyber Threat Information Sharing

October 4, 2016
Author(s)
Christopher S. Johnson, Mark L. Badger, David A. Waltermire, Julie Snyder, Clem Skorupka
Cyber threat information is any information that can help an organization identify, assess, monitor, and respond to cyber threats. Cyber threat information includes indicators of compromise; tactics, techniques, and procedures used by threat actors

Demystifying the Internet of Things

September 26, 2016
Author(s)
Jeffrey M. Voas, Larry Feldman, Gregory A. Witte
This bulletin summarizes the information presented in NIST SP 800-183, Networks of 'Things'. This publication offers an underlying and foundational science to IoT based on the realization that IoT involves sensing, computing, communication, and actuation.

Framework for learning agents in quantum environments

September 22, 2016
Author(s)
Jacob M. Taylor, Hans Briegel, Vedran Dunjko
In this paper we provide a broad framework for describing learning agents in general quantum environments. We analyze the types of environments which allow for quantum enhancements in learning, by contrasting environments to quantum oracles. We show that
Was this page helpful?