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Guide to Information Security Testing and Assessment

December 18, 2008
Author(s)
Shirley M. Radack
… information disseminated in NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-115, Technical Guide to Information Security Testing and … Assessment: Recommendations of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, which was written by Karen Scarfone …

Glossary of Key Information Security Terms

April 25, 2006
Author(s)
Richard L. Kissel
… been extracted from NIST Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) and the Special Publication (SP) 800 series. The terms included are not all inclusive of terms …

Setting the Standards

February 1, 2000
Author(s)
B C. Collins, W G. Leight
… This invited article reviews the nature of the pluralistic standards system in the United States and its important … Emphasis is placed on the need to develop a National Standards Strategy and the importance that all those … conformity assessment, national standards strategy, participation in standards development, …

Requirements for Cryptographic Accordions

April 11, 2025
Author(s)
Yu Long Chen, Michael Davidson, Morris Dworkin, John Kelsey, Yu Sasaki, Meltem Sonmez Turan, Alyssa Thompson, Nicky Mouha, Donghoon Chang
… cipher modes of operation that are specified in the NIST SP 800-38 series. This report introduces associated terminology, …

Standards and Measurements of Ionizing Radiations in the 20th Century at the National Bureau of Standards/National Institute of Standards and Technology Chapter 1: 1901 - 1921

December 27, 2023
Author(s)
Bert Coursey, Keith Martin
… This report describes the development of standards for radioactivity and x rays in the US during the first two decades of the 20th century. The first standards for radium were pioneered by chemists in industry and academia. The US national standards were established at the National Institute of …

Certification of 3180 Series Standard Reference Materials(R) Anions in Solution

August 26, 2025
Author(s)
Brian Lang, Thomas Vetter, John Molloy, Antonio Possolo
… The 3180 series Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) are single anion … Over the course of its shelf life, an anion solution standard undergoes stability testing to monitor the continued … of its certified value. Currently, NIST offers seven anion standard solutions: bromide, chloride, fluoride, iodide, …

Changes and Improvements in the 10 k-ohm Special Calibration Service

August 21, 2003
Author(s)
George R. Jones Jr., Marlin E. Kraft, Randolph Elmquist
… At the 10 k(ohm) level, equally good transport standards are available and many laboratories also rely on these standards. NIST uses an automated Warshawsky-type guarded bridge circuit to compare these standards at the 10 k(ohm) level, and cryogenic current …

Standardization and Enterprise Integration

January 1, 1997
Author(s)
Jim G. Nell
… to standards. The premise of the paper is to create a standardization strategy for integration that matches the way … standards, information technology, standards, strategic standardization … Standardization and Enterprise Integration …

Recent Improvements and Revised Uncertainties in the NIST Ac-Dc Difference Calibration Service for Thermal Transfer Standards

July 1, 1998
Author(s)
Thomas E. Lipe Jr., Joseph R. Kinard Jr., Clifton B. Childers
… ac-dc difference calibration service for thermal transfer standards at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Related developments include the … cryogenic sensors, thermal converters, thermal transfer standards, transition-edge … 1998 National Conference of Standards Laboratories Workshop and Symposium (NCSL) …

Standards Electronic Automatic Computer (SEAC)

November 1, 2004
Author(s)
Russell A. Kirsch
… The Standards Electronic Automatic Computer (SEAC) was the first … was a cooperative project between the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) team of computer engineers and world-class … programmable computer, SEAC, Standards Electronic Automatic Computer … Standards Electronic Automatic Computer (SEAC) …

Preserving the Miracle

January 1, 2000
Author(s)
W G. Leight
… This article discusses how standards are developed; the roles played by the private … Partnership in RMS Standards Newsletter … National Technology Transfer and Advance, participation, standards, standards development, trade …

A Framework for XML Schema Naming and Design Rules Development Tools

June 1, 2010
Author(s)
Katherine C. Morris
… integration a number of organizations are developing standards to define the information units that will be shared. Many of these standards are an application of the XML family of software standards, hence the proliferation of content standards or … Computer Standards & Interfaces …

Gas Flowmeter Calibrations With the 26 m 3 PVTt Standard

November 25, 2009
Author(s)
Aaron N. Johnson, John D. Wright
… volume, temperature, and time (PVTt) primary flow standard. This standard is used to calibrate gas flow meters over a range extending from 200 standard L/min to 77,000 standard L/min where the reference … correlated uncertainty, flow, flowmeter, gas flow standard, inventory mass cancellation technique, inventory …

The International System of Units (SI), 2001 Edition

July 1, 2001
Author(s)
Barry N. Taylor
… NIST Special Publication (SP) 330 is the United States version of the English text of … them with relevant extracts from the International Standards of the International Organization for Standardization. NIST SP 330 also includes editorial comments that do not appear in …

SRM NIST Standard Reference Materials Catalog, 2012

December 9, 2011
Author(s)
Regina R. Montgomery
… NIST Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) are used by industry, … SRM NIST Standard Reference Materials Catalog, January 2012 … Standard Reference Materials, Reference Materials, NIST, … SRM NIST Standard Reference Materials Catalog, 2012 …

Advanced Communications Technologies Standards

August 29, 2022
Author(s)
Chris Greer, Robert B. Bohn, Tao Zhang
… Technologies Working Group of the Interagency Committee on Standards Policy (ICSP) provides an overview of Federal agency advanced communications technologies (ACT) standards activities and recommends standards priority areas for ICSP consideration. The ACT …
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