NIST Pubs

Firmware-Based Monitoring for Bus-Based Computer Systems

April 15, 2026

Author(s)

Guru Prasadh Venkataramani, Sanjay Rekhi

This paper describes design mechanisms that reconfigure component firmware as a network of forensic units that passively observe bus traffic to extract and...

Implications of Future Hazards and Conditions on Geotechnical Engineering Practice: A Review of the U.S. Codes, Standards, and Guidelines

April 14, 2026

Author(s)

Jonathan Schmidt, Shideh Dashti, Mohammadamin Hariri Ardebili, Aspasia Nikolaou

NIST Recommended Practice Guide - Fractography of Ceramics and Glasses, 4th edition

April 10, 2026

Author(s)

George Quinn

Fractography is a powerful but underutilized tool for the analysis of fractured glasses and ceramics. It may be applied to fractures in the laboratory or for...

Accounting for the slow pace buildings are brought up to current code in benefit-cost studies

April 8, 2026

Author(s)

Kenneth Harrison, Tasnim Faiz, William Hughes, Jennifer Helgeson

Benefit-cost analysis of building codes has revealed significant long-term benefits. Prior traditional BCA mainly contemplates the benefits of a building or set...

Systematic Literature Review: Life Cycle Assessments of Large Format Batteries

April 7, 2026

Author(s)

Sindhuja Lakshmipuram Ranganath, Joshua Kneifel, Sachi Nandurkar, Caitlin Grady

Formulating, Fitting and Fusing Fragility Functions (F5)

April 2, 2026

Author(s)

Mohammadamin Hariri Ardebili, Siamak Sattar

Fragility functions derived from nonlinear dynamic analysis are a central ingredient in seismic performance assessment and risk analysis of structural systems...

Parametrization of LCA models: Regional Benchmark Concrete Mix Designs

April 2, 2026

Author(s)

Gonzalo Rodriguez Garcia, Joshua Kneifel

Burning Rates of Individual Firebrands on Shredded Paper Beds

March 31, 2026

Author(s)

Savannah Wessies, Jiann Yang

Every year, homes and buildings are destroyed by wildland fires. In most situations, the structures are ignited by firebrands landing on a combustible surface...

Information Technology: Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial and Other Biometric Information ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2025 Revision of ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 Update 2015

March 25, 2026

Author(s)

Jennifer Stathakis, Gregory Fiumara, Shahram Orandi, Karen Marshall

Product Differentiation and Consumer Preferences for Non-market Product Attributes: A Literature Review

March 25, 2026

Author(s)

Ireland Crowther, Christina Gore, David Butry

Understanding consumer perspectives and preferences for product attributes that are hard for consumers to know without information (non-market attributes)...

Standard Reference Materials: SRM 1453a, Expanded Polystyrene Board for Thermal Conductivity from 282 K to 314 K

March 25, 2026

Author(s)

Jae Hyun Kim, Adam Pintar

Thermal conductivity measurements at and near room temperature are presented as the basis for certified values of thermal conductivity for SRM 1453a, Expanded...

The 34th Text REtrieval Conference (TREC 2025)

March 24, 2026

Author(s)

Ian Soboroff, George Awad

TREC 2025 is the thirty-fourth edition of the Text REtrieval Conference (TREC). The main goal of TREC is to create the evaluation infrastructure required for...

NIST Special Database 302: Annotated Latent Distal Phalanxes

March 23, 2026

Author(s)

Gregory Fiumara, Matthew Schwarz, Jessica Heising, Jennifer Peterson, Kenneth Ko, Patricia Flanagan, Karen Marshall

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Database 302 contains 10,000 latent impression distal phalanx images. This collection of data came...

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0: Cybersecurity, Enterprise Risk Management, and Workforce Management Quick-Start Guide

March 23, 2026

Author(s)

Stephen Quinn, Daniel Eliot, Michael Prebil, Greg Witte, Matthew Smith

This Quick-Start Guide (QSG) draws on concepts and practices from enterprise risk management, cybersecurity risk management, and workforce management to help...

Microbial Whole Cell Characterizations: In Support of the NIST Rapid Microbial Testing Methods Consortium – Reference Materials Working Group

March 23, 2026

Author(s)

Kirsten Parratt, Sandra Da Silva, Jennifer Dootz, Joy Dunkers, Monique Hunter, Stephanie Servetas, Nancy Lin

NIST Time and Frequency Bulletin

March 20, 2026

Author(s)

Kelsey Rodriguez

Applying 5G Cybersecurity and Privacy Capabilities: Introduction to the White Paper Series

March 19, 2026

Author(s)

Jeffrey Cichonski, Michael Bartock, Murugiah Souppaya, Karen Kent, Parisa Grayeli, Sanjeev Sharma, Thomas McCarthy, Muthukkumaran Ramalingam, Presanna Raman, Stefano Righi, Jitendra Patel, Bogdan Ungureanu, Tao Wan, Matt Hyatt, Kori Rongey, Dan Carroll, Steve Orrin, Corey Piggott, Simon Hwang, Gary Atkinson, Rajasekhar Bodanki, Robert Cranston, Jorge Escobar, Don McBride, Aarin Buskirk, Bryan Wenger, Todd Gibson

This document introduces the white paper series titled Applying 5G Cybersecurity and Privacy Capabilities. This series is being published by the National...

Protecting Subscriber Identifiers with Subscription Concealed Identifier (SUCI) Applying 5G Cybersecurity and Privacy Capabilities

March 19, 2026

Author(s)

Michael Bartock, Jeffrey Cichonski, Murugiah Souppaya, Karen Kent, Parisa Grayeli, Sanjeev Sharma, Charles Teague

This white paper describes enabling Subscription Concealed Identifier (SUCI) protection, an optional 5G capability which provides important security and privacy...

Using Hardware- Enabled Security to Ensure 5G System Platform Integrity Applying 5G Cybersecurity and Privacy Capabilities

March 19, 2026

Author(s)

Michael Bartock, Jeffrey Cichonski, Murugiah Souppaya, Karen Kent, Parisa Grayeli, Sanjeev Sharma

This white paper provides an overview of employing hardware-enabled [1] security capabilities to provision, measure, attest to, and enforce the integrity of the...

Reallocation of Temporary Identities: Applying 5G Cybersecurity and Privacy Capabilities

March 19, 2026

Author(s)

Michael Bartock, Jeffrey Cichonski, Murugiah Souppaya, Karen Kent, Parisa Grayeli, Sanjeev Sharma

This white paper is part of a series called Applying 5G Cybersecurity and Privacy Capabilities, which covers 5G cybersecurity- and privacy-supporting...

No SUPI-Based Paging Applying 5G Cybersecurity and Privacy Capabilities

March 19, 2026

Author(s)

Michael Bartock, Jeffrey Cichonski, Murugiah Souppaya, Karen Kent, Parisa Greyeli, Sanjeev Sharma

This white paper provides an overview of "no Subscription Permanent Identifier (SUPI) based paging," a 5G capability for protecting users from being identified...

5G Network Security Design Principles: Applying 5G Cybersecurity and Privacy Capabilities

March 19, 2026

Author(s)

Michael Bartock, Jeffrey Cichonski, Murugiah Souppaya, Karen Kent, Parisa Grayeli, Sanjeev Sharma

This white paper describes the network infrastructure design principles that commercial and private 5G network operators are encouraged to use to improve...

Secure Domain Name System (DNS) Deployment Guide

March 19, 2026

Author(s)

Scott Rose, Cricket Liu, Ross Gibson

This document provides Domain Name System (DNS) deployment guidelines to secure the DNS protocol and infrastructure, mitigate misuse or misconfiguration, and...

NIST Special Database 303

March 17, 2026

Author(s)

Gregory Fiumara, Kenneth Ko, Kasey Wertheim

Thousands of latent impression distal phalanx images and associated exemplar fingerprint images were collected for a study of forensic fingerprint examiner's...

Manufacturing USA 2025 Annual Report

March 17, 2026

Author(s)

Christina Jones, Mai Tran, Amelia Stephens

The Manufacturing USA 2025 Annual Report (covering activities from October 1, 2022, to September 30, 2023) highlights the impact of the national network of 17...

Manufacturing USA Program Strategic Plan

March 17, 2026

Author(s)

Robert Rudnitsky, Said Jahanmir, Zahraha Brunner, Kelley Rogers, Michael Molnar, Mai Tran

The Manufacturing USA Program Strategic Plan outlines the program's vision, mission, goals, and objectives for the next four years and describes how the Program...

NIST CSWP 37A Automation of the NIST Cryptographic Module Validation Program

March 16, 2026

Author(s)

Christopher Celi, Alexander Calis, Murugiah Souppaya, William Barker, Karen Kent, Raoul Gabiam, Stephan Mueller, Yi Mao, Barry Fussell, Andrew Karcher, Douglas Boldt

The Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP) validates third-party assertions that cryptographic module implementations satisfy the requirements of...

Guidelines for API Protection for Cloud-Native Systems - March 2026 Update

March 13, 2026

Author(s)

Ramaswamy Chandramouli, Zack Butcher

Modern enterprise IT systems rely on a family of application programming interfaces (APIs) for integration to support organizational business processes. Hence...

Summary Report: CHIPS R&D Standardization Readiness Level Workshop

March 11, 2026

Author(s)

Mary Bedner, Jason Kahn

Understanding the Risk of Lithium-Ion Battery Fires - multi-source data analysis

March 10, 2026

Author(s)

Stanley Gilbert, Hongqiang Fang, David Butry, Wai Cheong Tam, Michelle Donnelly, Juan Fung

Lithium ion battery (LIB) fires are a growing problem that extends across the supply chain, including mining, production, warehousing, shipping, and waste...