CCM: A Tool for Measuring Combinatorial Coverage of System State Space
This poster presents some measures of combinatorial coverage that can be helpful in estimating residual risk related to insufficient testing of rare interactions, and a tool for computing these measures.
Re-Projection of Terabyte-sized 3D Images for Interactive Visualization
How does one inspect terabyte-sized 3D images visually from multiple viewpoints? The current solutions are limited to gigabyte-sized images using specialized hardware to achieve interactivity and lacking the ability to share data for collaborative research
Terabyte Size Image Computations on Hadoop Cluster Platforms
We present a characterization of four basic terabyte size image computations on a Hadoop cluster in terms of their relative efficiency according to the modified Amdahls law. The work is motivated by the fact that there is a lack of standard benchmarks and
This work addresses the problem of re-projecting a terabyte-sized 3D data set represented as a set of 2D Deep Zoom pyramids. In general, a re-projection for small 3D data sets is executed directly in RAM. However, RAM becomes a limiting factor for terabyte
Producing known complex modulation signals for characterization of coherent optical receivers
We introduce a family of complex modulation signals that are generated as patterns over the real and imaginary plane for characterization of coherent optical receivers. The properties of the complex signals can be predicted from first principles, enabling
The Text REtrieval Conference (TREC) is a series of annual workshops designed to build the infrastructure for large-scale evaluation of search systems and thus improve the state-of-the-art. Each workshop is organized around a set "tracks", challenge
10 TOhm and 100 TOhm High Resistance Measurements at NIST
The measurement techniques, standards, and bridges used to calibrate standard resistors in the 10 TΩ to 100TΩ range at NIST are described. Standard resistors, guarded Hamon transfer standard, and 10:1 and 100:1 bridge ratios, were used to provide multiple
Aggregating Vulnerability Metrics in Enterprise Networks using Attack Graphs
Quantifying security risk is an important and yet difficult task in enterprise network security man- agement. While metrics exist for individual software vulnerabilities, there is currently no standard way of aggregating such metrics. We present a model
The Domain Name System (DNS) is a distributed computing system that enables access to Internet resources by user-friendly domain names rather than IP addresses, by translating domain names to IP addresses and back. The DNS infrastructure is made up of
Related-Key Slide Attacks on Block Ciphers with Secret Components
Lightweight cryptography aims to provide sufficient security with low area/power/energy requirements for constrained devices. In this paper, we focus on the lightweight encryption algorithm specified and approved in NRS 009-6-7:2002 by Electricity
Cryptographic Key Management Issues & Challenges in Cloud Services
To interact with various services in the cloud and to store the data generated/processed by those services, several security capabilities are required. Based on a core set of features in the three common cloud services - Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
NIST Opens Draft Special Publication 800-90A, Recommendation for Random Number Generation Using Deterministic Random Bit Generators, For Review and Comment (Supplemental ITL Bulletin for September 2013)
Fourier Domain Optical Tool Normalization for Quantitative Parametric Image Reconstruction
There has been much recent work in developing advanced optical metrology methods that use imaging optics for critical dimension measurements and defect detection. Sensitivity to nanometer scale changes has been observed when measuring critical dimensions
Personal Identity Verification (PIV) of Federal Employees and Contractors
[Superseded by FIPS 201-3 (January 2022) https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=934136 ] This Standard specifies the architecture and technical requirements for a common identification standard for Federal employees and contractors. The
In this paper we derive an analytical expression for the mean load at each node of an arbitrary undirected graph for the uniform multicommodity flow problem under random walk routing. We show the mean load is linearly dependent on the nodal degree with a
This recommendation provides technical guidelines for Federal agencies implementing electronic authentication and is not intended to constrain the development or use of standards outside of this purpose. The recommendation covers remote authentication of
Effects of Decomposition Levels and Quality Layers with JPEG 2000 Compression of 1000 ppi Fingerprint Images
As part of NISTs investigative efforts to support development of the FBI Next Generation Identification (NGI) systems, this investigation evaluates effects on image fidelity of wavelet transform decomposition and quality layer options for JPEG 2000
ITL Publishes Guidance on Preventing and Handling Malware Incidents
This ITL Bulletin summarizes a new ITL publication, NIST Special Publication 800- 83 Revision 1,Guide to Malware Incident Prevention and Handling for Desktops and Laptops,which gives receommendations for organizations to improve their malware incident
Differential Fault Attack Against Grain Family -- Pushing Towards Very Few Faults using SAT Solver
There are now a series of published works related to Differential Fault Attack (DFA) on the Grain family, but most of them require quite a large number (hundreds) of faults (around $n \ln n$, where $n = 80$ for Grain v1 and $n = 128$ for Grain-128, Grain