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Guide to General Server Security

July 25, 2008
Author(s)
Karen A. Scarfone, Wayne Jansen, Miles C. Tracy
The purpose of this document is to assist organizations in understanding the fundamental activities performed as part of securing and maintaining the security of servers that provide services over network communications as a main function. The document

Guide to Securing Legacy IEEE 802.11 Wireless Networks

July 25, 2008
Author(s)
Karen A. Scarfone, Derrick Dicoi, Matt Sexton, Cyrus Tibbs
The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to organizations in securing their legacy Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 wireless local area networks (WLAN) that cannot use IEEE 802.11i. The document provides an

Performance Measurement Guide for Information Security

July 16, 2008
Author(s)
Elizabeth Chew, Marianne M. Swanson, Kevin M. Stine, N Bartol, Anthony Brown, W Robinson
This document provides guidance on how an organization, through the use of metrics, identifies the adequacy of in-place security controls, policies, and procedures. It provides an approach to help management decide where to invest in additional security

Codes for the Identification of Federal and Federally-Assisted Organization

April 25, 2008
Author(s)
William C. Barker, Hildegard Ferraiolo
The Homeland Security Presidential Directive HSPD-12 called for new standards to be adopted governing the interoperable use of identity credentials to allow physical and logical access to Federal government locations and systems. The Personal Identity

Guidelines on Active Content and Mobile Code

March 7, 2008
Author(s)
Wayne Jansen, Theodore Winograd, Karen A. Scarfone
Active content technologies allow code, in the form of a script, macro, or other kind of portable instruction representation, to execute when the document is rendered. Like any technology, active content can be used to deliver essential services, but it

Guide to Storage Encryption Technologies for End User Devices

November 15, 2007
Author(s)
Karen A. Scarfone, Murugiah P. Souppaya, Matt Sexton
Many threats against end user devices, such as desktop and laptop computers, smart phones, personal digital assistants, and removable media, could cause information stored on the devices to be accessed by unauthorized parties. To prevent such disclosures
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