Network security & robustness

News and Updates

NIST Releases DRAFT Revisions to USGv6 Program for Public Comment

July 12, 2018

DRAFT USGv6 Revision 1 Specifications Available for Public Comment The first version of the of the USGv6 standards...

New Network Security Standards Will Protect Internet’s Routing

October 03, 2017

Electronic messages traveling across the internet are under constant threat from data thieves, but new security...

NIST Develops Test and Measurement Tools for Internet Routing Security

May 14, 2014

The NIST-developed RPKI-Monitor ( http://rpki-monitor.antd.nist.gov/ ) provides continuous test and measurement of the...

Publications

A General Methodology for Deriving Network Propagation Models of Computer Worms

February 14, 2019

Author(s):

Shuvo Bardhan, Douglas C. Montgomery, James J. Filliben, Nathanael A. Heckert

Externally-launched computer worms which maliciously propagate within networks are one of the most serious and dangerous security threats facing the commercial...

Robust Safety for Autonomous Vehicles through Reconfigurable Networking

July 18, 2018

Author(s):

Khalid Halba, Charif Mahmoudi, Edward R. Griffor

Autonomous vehicles bring the promise of enhancing the consumers experience in terms of comfort and convenience and, in particular, the safety of the...

Surviving Unpatchable Vulnerabilities through Multi-Option Network Hardening

March 23, 2018

Author(s):

Daniel Borbor, Lingyu Wang, Sushil Jajodia, Anoop Singhal

The administrators of a mission critical network usually have to worry about non-traditional threats, e.g., how to live with known, but unpatchable...

vPROM: vSwitch Enhanced Programmable Measurement in SDN

October 10, 2017

Author(s):

Yang Guo, Douglas C. Montgomery, Kotikalapudi Sriram, An Wang, Songqing Chen, Fang Hao, T.V. Lakshman

Network programmability is a salient feature of Software Defined Networking (SDN), which allows users to program network applications with the perception that...

Projects & Programs

Internet Infrastructure Protection

ITL’s Internet Infrastructure Protection (IIP) program, led by the Advanced Network Technologies Division (ANTD), works with industry to develop the...

Advanced DDoS Mitigation Techniques

NIST is working with DHS S&T and industry to research and develop novel approaches to DDoS detection and mitigation, techniques to test and measure the...

USGv6 Program

NIST is Working with other USG agencies and industry to develop and maintain the standards, test program, deployment guidance and test and measurement tools...

High Assurance Domains

The Domain Name System (DNS) is the ubiquitous naming infrastructure for the global Internet. The DNS provides a distributed worldwide directory services for...

Network security & robustness

News and Updates

NIST Releases DRAFT Revisions to USGv6 Program for Public Comment

New Network Security Standards Will Protect Internet’s Routing

NIST Develops Test and Measurement Tools for Internet Routing Security

Publications

A General Methodology for Deriving Network Propagation Models of Computer Worms

Robust Safety for Autonomous Vehicles through Reconfigurable Networking

Surviving Unpatchable Vulnerabilities through Multi-Option Network Hardening

vPROM: vSwitch Enhanced Programmable Measurement in SDN

Projects & Programs

Internet Infrastructure Protection

Advanced DDoS Mitigation Techniques

USGv6 Program

High Assurance Domains

Software

BGP Secure Routing Extension (BGP‑SRx) Prototype

NIST RPKI Deployment Monitor and Test System

BRITE - BGPSEC / RPKI Interoperability Test & Evaluation System