Extending the Cybersecurity Digital Thread with XForms
The digital thread for cybersecurity enables security technologies and data sources to interoperate. It consists of an integrated collection of languages, taxonomies, and metrics represented using the Extensible Markup Language (XML). A gap in the
What 4,500+ people can tell you Employees' Attitudes toward Organizational Password Policy Do Matter
Organizations establish policies on how employees should generate, maintain, and use passwords to authenticate and gain access to the organizations information systems. This paper focuses on employees attitudes towards organizational password policies
Human Generated Passwords - the Impacts of Password Requirements and Presentation Styles
The generation stage of the user password management lifecycle is arguably the most important yet perilous step. Fulfilling minimum length and character type requirements while attempting to create something memorable can become an arduous task, leaving
Simulated Sinewave Testing of DataAcquisition Systems using SineFitting and Discrete Fourier Transform Methods Part 1: Frequency Offset, Random, Quantization, and Jitter Noise
This report studies the effect of frequency offset, quantization error, random additive noise, and random phase jitter on the results of sine fitting and performing Discreet Fourier Transforms (DFT) of measurements of sinewaves with Data Acquisition
Guidelines for the Authorization of Personal Identity Verification Card Issuers (PCI) and Derived PIV Credential Issuers (DPCI)
The purpose of this Special Publication is to provide appropriate and useful guidelines for assessing the reliability of issuers of Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Cards and Derived PIV Credentials. These issuers store personal information and issue
Analysis of Network Segmentation Techniques in Cloud Data Centers
Cloud Data centers are predominantly made up of Virtualized hosts. The networking infrastructure in a cloud (virtualized) data center, therefore, consists of the combination of physical IP network (data center fabric) and the virtual network residing in
Privacy and Security in the Brave New World: The Use of Multiple Mental Models
We live in a world where the flow of electronic information and communication has become a ubiquitous part of our everyday life. While our lives are enhanced in many ways, we also experience a myriad of challenges especially to our priva-cy and security
PFLASH - Secure Asymmetric Signatures on Smart Cards
We present PFLASH, an asymmetric digital signature scheme appropriate for smart card use. We present parameters for several security levels in this low resource environment and bootstrap many technical properties (including side-channel resistance) exposed
Password policy languages: usable translation from the informal to the formal
Password policies documents which regulate how users must create, manage, and change their passwords can have complex and unforeseen consequences on organizational security. Since these policies regulate user behavior, users must be clear as to what is
Improved Security and Mobility Through Updated Interfaces for PIV Cards
This bulletin summarizes the information presented in NIST SP 800-73-4: Interfaces for Personal Identity Verification and NIST SP 800-78-4: Cryptographic Algorithms and Key Sizes for Personal Identity Verification. SP 800-73-4 has been updated to align
Effect of Vapor Cell Geometry on Rydberg Atom-based Radio-frequency Electric Field Measurements
A new approach to detect absolute radio-frequency (RF) electric fields (E-fields) that uses Rydberg atoms at room temperature in vapor cells has recently been demonstrated. The large transition dipole moments between energetically adjacent Rydberg states
Defensive Resource Allocations with Security Chokepoints in IPv6 Networks
Securely configured Internet Protocol version 6 networks can be made resistant to network scanning, forcing attackers to propagate following existing benign communication paths. We exploit this attacker limitation in a defensive approach in which
IMPROVED SEAM CARVING FOR IMAGE RETARGETING WITH SIFT FEATURE PRESERVATION
This paper presents an effective and simple image resizing method. Our method is an improved version of seam carving that changes the backtracking basis of seam carving. We use a Scale Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT) feature in our method. SIFT key
Interference and Coexistence of Wireless Systems in Critical Infrastructure
We examine interference and coexistence testing issues, test methods, and the need to update and develop new test methodologies related to the use of wireless devices in critical infrastructure systems. A case study on interference is presented along with