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Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) Version 1.3 Validation Program Test Requirements

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Author(s)

Melanie Cook, Dragos Prisaca, Stephen D. Quinn, David A. Waltermire

Abstract

This report defines the requirements and associated test procedures necessary for products or modules to achieve one or more Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) validations. Validation is awarded based on a defined set of SCAP capabilities by independent laboratories that have been accredited for SCAP testing by the NIST National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP).
Citation
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 7511rev5
Report Number
7511rev5
NIST Pub Series
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

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Keywords

Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP), SCAP derived test requirements (DTR), SCAP validated tools, SCAP validated products, SCAP validated modules, SCAP validation
Cybersecurity

Citation

Cook, M. , Prisaca, D. , Quinn, S. and Waltermire, D. (2018), Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) Version 1.3 Validation Program Test Requirements, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.7511r5 (Accessed April 20, 2024)

Created April 20, 2018, Updated May 4, 2021