NIST Pubs

Summary Analysis of Responses to the Request for Information Regarding Security Considerations for AI Agents

May 18, 2026

Author(s)

Jared Riggs, Maia Hamin, Neil Perry, Benjamin Edelman, Peter Cihon

This report provides an overview of the responses to a Request for Information (RFI) issued by the U.S. Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) on the...

Melting Points, Binary Eutectic Points, and Heats of Melting for the Metal Halides

May 6, 2026

Author(s)

Donald Burgess

In this work, we provide recommended normal melting points, binary eutectic melting points, and heats of fusion for the metal halides. Recommended melting...

Modeling of Hurricane Surge and Waves in the Built Environment: Hurricane Ian Workshop #3 Report

May 6, 2026

Author(s)

Daniel Cox, Mehrshad Amini, Keenan Hubbard, James Kaihatu, Andrew Kennedy, Erick Velasco-Reyes, Dylan Sanderson, Donald Slinn

This report summarizes the proceedings and outcomes of the third Hurricane Ian Workshop, held on September 5, 2025, in Alexandria, Virginia. The purpose of the...

Hurricane Ian workshop #2 Report

May 6, 2026

Author(s)

Daniel Cox, David Roueche, Aaron Anton, Mehrshad Amini, Amina Meselhe, Donald Slinn

This report summarizes the second Hurricane Ian workshop, held on March 17 and 18, 2025, in Fort Myers, Florida. This second Ian workshop focused on the state...

NIST National Standard Reference Data Series NIST NSRDS 100 Simulation of Electron Spectra for Surface Analysis (SESSA) Version 2.3 User's Guide

May 5, 2026

Author(s)

Wolfgang Werner, Florian Simperl, W Smekal, Cedric Powell

High-Performance Computing (HPC) Security Overlay

May 4, 2026

Author(s)

Yang Guo, Jeremy Licata, Jeff Neel, Gary Key, James Waterman, Ian Lee, Catherine Hinton, David Shrader, Andrew Prout, Albert Reuther, Ted Bohrer, Katsutoshi Ishisoko, Kyle Earley, Aron Warren, Tony DeNardo, Ian Czarnezki, Erik Deumens

High-performance computing (HPC) systems provide fundamental computing infrastructure for large-scale and complex simulations, big data analysis, and the...

HDCMS: a package for computing high-dimensional consensus mass spectral similarity scores

April 29, 2026

Author(s)

Jason Eveleth, Arun Moorthy, Anthony Kearsley

Identification of unknown mass spectra is a fundamental task in analytical chemistry. The unambiguous identification of mass spectra remains a challenge for...

Stability Testing for Standard Reference Material® 2492 (Bingham Paste Mixture): Testing procedure clarification and improvements

April 27, 2026

Author(s)

Kenneth Snyder, Gavin Donley

Periodic stability testing is conducted on a Standard Reference Material (SRM) to determine whether the current measured value is consistent with the SRM...

Characterization of Human Fecal Material (NIST RM 8048) from Omnivore and Vegetarian Donors

April 22, 2026

Author(s)

Scott Jackson, Stephanie Servetas, Samuel Forry, Monique Hunter, Tracey Johnston, William Davis, Amanda Bayless, Fabio Casu, Debra Ellisor, Aaron Urbas, Sandra Da Silva, Kirsten Parratt, Nancy Lin, Kristine Gierz, Hariharan Iyer

Foundational Cybersecurity Activities for IoT Product Manufacturers

April 20, 2026

Author(s)

Michael Fagan, Katerina Megas, Barbara Cuthill, Jeffrey Marron, Brad Hoehn

Internet of Things (IoT) products often lack product cybersecurity capabilities their customers—organizations and individuals—can use to help mitigate their...

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...