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Blockchain Networks: Token Design and Management Overview

February 9, 2021

Author(s)

Loic D. Lesavre, Priam C. Varin, Dylan J. Yaga

Blockchain technology has enabled a new software paradigm for managing digital ownership in partial- or zero-trust environments. It uses tokens to conduct

Rethinking Distributed Ledger Technology

March 20, 2019

Author(s)

David R. Kuhn, Dylan J. Yaga, Jeffrey M. Voas

Blockchains were designed to solve the problem of double-spending in cryptocurrencies, and the success of the Bitcoin design has generated vastly more interest

One Block at a Time Helping to Build Blockchain Knowledge

October 26, 2018

Author(s)

Dylan J. Yaga

This bulletin summarizes the information found in NISTIR 8202: Blockchain Technology overview which provides a high-level technical overview of blockchain

Blockchain Technology Overview

October 3, 2018

Author(s)

Dylan J. Yaga, Peter M. Mell, Nik Roby, Karen Scarfone

Blockchains are tamper evident and tamper resistant digital ledgers implemented in a distributed fashion (i.e., without a central repository) and usually

Pseudo-exhaustive Verification of Rule Based Systems

July 1, 2018

Author(s)

David R. Kuhn, Dylan J. Yaga, Raghu N. Kacker, Yu Lei, Chung Tong Hu

Rule-based systems are important in application domains such as artificial intelligence and business rule engines, as well as formal methods for software design

Verification and Test Methods for Access Control Policies/Models

June 27, 2017

Author(s)

Chung Tong Hu, David R. Kuhn, Dylan J. Yaga

Access control systems are among the most critical of computer security components. Faulty policies, misconfigurations, or flaws in software implementations can

Guide to Securing Apple OS X 10.10 Systems for IT Professionals: A NIST Security Configuration Checklist

December 8, 2016

Author(s)

Mark L. Badger, Murugiah P. Souppaya, Mark R. Trapnell, Eric R. Trapnell, Dylan J. Yaga, Karen Scarfone

This publication assists IT professionals in securing Apple OS X 10.10 desktop and laptop systems within various environments. It provides detailed information

Conformance Testing Methodologies for Biometric Data Interchange Formats, Standardization of

July 3, 2015

Author(s)

Dylan J. Yaga, John Campbell, Gregory Zekster

Conformance testing is the method that is used to determine if a product, process or system (known as an implementation under test) satisfies the requirements

Conformance Testing Methodology Framework for ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 Update: 2013, Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial & Other Biometric Information

June 24, 2015

Author(s)

Christofer J. McGinnis, Dylan J. Yaga, Fernando L. Podio

Conformance testing measures whether an implementation faithfully implements the technical requirements defined in a standard. Conformance testing provides

Conformance Test Architecture and Test Suite for ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 NIEM XML Encoded Transactions

September 18, 2013

Author(s)

Fernando L. Podio, Dylan J. Yaga, Christofer J. McGinnis

The latest version of the ANSI/NIST-ITL standard was published in November 2011 (AN-2011). In addition to specifying Record Types in traditional encoding, the

Requirements and Conformance Test Assertions for ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 Record Type 18 - DNA Record

June 21, 2013

Author(s)

Fernando L. Podio, Dylan J. Yaga, Christofer J. McGinnis

The Computer Security Division (CSD) of NIST/ITL develops conformance test architectures (CTAs) and test suites (CTSs) to support users that require conformance

BioCTS 2012: Advanced Conformance Test Architectures and Test Suites for Biometric Data Interchange Formats and Biometric Information Records

September 14, 2012

Author(s)

Fernando L. Podio, Dylan J. Yaga, Christofer J. McGinnis

The Computer Security Division of NIST/ITL supports the development of biometric conformance testing methodology standards and other conformity assessment

Conformance Testing Methodology for ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011, Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial & Other Biometric Information (Release 1.0)

September 5, 2012

Author(s)

Fernando L. Podio, Dylan J. Yaga, Christofer J. McGinnis

Conformance testing measures whether an implementation faithfully implements the technical requirements defined in a standard. Conformance testing provides

ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 Requirements and Conformance Test Assertions

September 16, 2011

Author(s)

Christofer J. McGinnis, Dylan J. Yaga, Fernando L. Podio

The current version of the ANSI/NIST-ITL standard "Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial & Other Biometric Information" is specified in two

Conformance Test Architecture and Test Suite for ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2007

June 22, 2011

Author(s)

Fernando L. Podio, Dylan J. Yaga, Christofer J. McGinnis

The Computer Security Division of NIST/ITL supports the development of biometric conformance testing methodology standards and other conformity assessment

Conformance Test Architecture for Biometric Data Interchange Formats - Version Beta 2.0

February 28, 2011

Author(s)

Fernando L. Podio, Dylan J. Yaga, Mark Jerde

The success of biometric applications is particularly dependent on the interoperability of biometric systems. Deploying these systems requires a comprehensive

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