The State of Container Security Standards

Published

October 17, 2007

Author(s)

Shaw C. Feng, Simon P. Frechette

Abstract

As cargo container security is a critical component in the U.S. homeland security, the communication among people in a chain of custody of a container needs to be timely and effective. Since people in the container custody chain often use different computer systems, the information standards are needed for enabling data sharing and exchange among heterogeneous information systems. This report contains requirements on standards in container security and a literature survey of currently available standards. More standards in sensor and custody integration need to be developed.

Citation

NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 7153

Report Number

7153

NIST Pub Series

NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

Download Paper

https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.7153

Keywords

cargo container security, homeland security, container custody chain, information standards, custody integration

Citation

Feng, S. and Frechette, S. (2007), The State of Container Security Standards, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.7153 (Accessed October 10, 2025)