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NIST to Develop a Cybersecurity Framework to Protect Critical Infrastructure

Configuration of profiling tools for C/C++ applications under 64-bit Linux

Configuration of profiling tools for C/C++ applications under 64-bit Linux

Application profiling tools are the instruments used to measure software performance at the function and application levels. Without careful configuration of the tools and the environment, invalid results are readily obtained. The errors may not become

Journal Article

Combinatorial Testing for Software: an Adaptation of Design of Experiments

Fast, All-Optical, Zero to PI Continuously Controllable Kerr Phase Gate

Fast, All-Optical, Zero to PI Continuously Controllable Kerr Phase Gate

We demonstrate a fast-responding Kerr phase gate using a room-temperature 85Rb vapor operated in a Raman gain scheme where the probe/signal wave travels “superluminally”. Continuously controllable nonlinear Kerr phase shift of the probe wave from 0 to π

RADIO FREQUENCY, HIGH FREQUENCY, AND ANALOG/MIXED-SIGNAL TECHNOLOGIES: 2012 ITRS PERSPECTIVE

RADIO FREQUENCY, HIGH FREQUENCY, AND ANALOG/MIXED-SIGNAL TECHNOLOGIES: 2012 ITRS PERSPECTIVE

As compared to the scope of the RF and AMS International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) Technical Working Group (ITWG) for the 2011 ITRS, the scope for the 2012 Update includes both wireless and tethered RF and AMS technologies. The

A Hybrid CPU-GPU Approach to Fourier-Based Image Stitching of Optical Microscopy Images

A Hybrid CPU-GPU Approach to Fourier-Based Image Stitching of Optical Microscopy Images

We present a hybrid CPU-GPU approach for the Fourier-based stitching of optical microscopy images. This system achieves sub-minute stitching rates with large grids; it stitches a grid of 59x42 tiles in 26 seconds on a two-CPU (8 physical cores) & two-GPU

Security Assurance Requirements for Hypervisor Deployment Features

Security Assurance Requirements for Hypervisor Deployment Features

Virtualized hosts provide abstraction of the hardware resources (i.e., CPU, Memory etc) enabling multiple computing stacks to be run on a single physical machine. The Hypervisor is the core software that enables this virtualization and hence must be

Dynamic Key Refreshment for Smart Grid Mesh Network Security

Dynamic Key Refreshment for Smart Grid Mesh Network Security

This paper presents a dynamically updating key distribution strategy to enhance mesh network security against cyber attacks. The scheme has been applied to two security protocols known as Simultaneous Authentication of Equals (SAE) and Efficient Mesh

Conference Paper

Security Assurance Requirements for Hypervisor Deployment Features

Proceedings of the Cybersecurity in Cyber-Physical Workshop, April 23 24, 2012

Proceedings of the Cybersecurity in Cyber-Physical Workshop, April 23 24, 2012

Proceedings of the Cybersecurity in Cyber-Physical Workshop,April 23 – 24, 2012, complete with abstracts and slides from presenters. Some of the cyber-physical systems covered during the first day of the workshop included networked automotive vehicles

IR 7916

Proceedings of the Cybersecurity in Cyber-Physical Systems Workshop, April 23-24, 2012

Markup Instructions for Extended Friction Ridge Features

Markup Instructions for Extended Friction Ridge Features

This document provides instructions for latent print examiners in marking friction ridge features to maximize consistency among examiners. This document builds upon the Extended Feature Set (EFS) defined in American National Standards Institute/National

Latent Interoperability Transmission Specification

Latent Interoperability Transmission Specification

The Latent Interoperability Transmission Specification (LITS) is an application profile of the American National Standards Institute/National Institute of Standards and Technology, Information Technology Laboratory (ANSI/NIST-ITL) standard entitled

Report on the Static Analysis Tool Exposition (SATE) IV

Report on the Static Analysis Tool Exposition (SATE) IV

The NIST SAMATE project conducted the fourth Static Analysis Tool Exposition (SATE IV) to advance research in static analysis tools that find security defects in source code. The main goals of SATE were to enable empirical research based on large test sets

Will Ultralow Temperatures Leave the Research Laboratory?

Will Ultralow Temperatures Leave the Research Laboratory?

Managing Identity Requirements for Remote Users of Information Systems to Protect System Security and Information Privacy

Managing Identity Requirements for Remote Users of Information Systems to Protect System Security and Information Privacy

This bulletin summarizes the information presented in NISTIR 7817, A Credential Reliability and Revocation Model for Federated Identities, written by Hildegard Ferraiolo. The publication analyzes the different types of digital credentials used in

ITL Bulletin

Managing Identity Requirements for Remote Users of Information Systems to Protect System Security and Information Privacy

Nonlinear acoustic effects in multilayer ceramic capacitors

Nonlinear acoustic effects in multilayer ceramic capacitors

Nonlinear resonant acoustics was explored as an approach for nondestructively evaluating the susceptibility of BaTiO3-based multilayer ceramic capacitors to electrical failure during service. The acoustic nonlinearity was characterized through measurements

Mapping Evidence Graphs to Attack Graphs

Mapping Evidence Graphs to Attack Graphs

Attack graphs compute potential attack paths from a system configuration and known vulnerabilities of a system. Evidence graphs model intrusion evidence and dependencies among them for forensic analysis. In this paper, we show how to map evidence graphs to

Conference Paper

Mapping Evidence Graphs to Attack Graphs

Using Attack Graphs in Forensic Examinations

Using Attack Graphs in Forensic Examinations

Attack graphs are used to compute potential attack paths from a system configuration and known vulnerabilities of a system. Attack graphs can be used to eliminate known vulnerability sequences that can be eliminated to make attacks difficult and help

Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) Version 1.2 Validation Program Test Requirements

Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) Version 1.2 Validation Program Test Requirements

[Superseded by NISTIR 7511 Rev. 4 (January 2016): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=919713 ] This report defines the requirements and associated test procedures necessary for products to achieve one or more Security Content

IR 7511 Rev. 3

Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) Version 1.2 Validation Program Test Requirements

Conference Paper

Using Attack Graphs in Forensic Examinations

Segmenting Time-lapse Phase Contrast Images of Adjacent NIH 3T3 Cells

Segmenting Time-lapse Phase Contrast Images of Adjacent NIH 3T3 Cells

We present a new method for segmenting phase contrast images of NIH 3T3 fibroblast cells that is accurate even when cells are in contact. The problem of segmentation, when cells are in contact, poses a challenge to the accurate automation of cell counting

Extended Feature Set Profile Specification

Extended Feature Set Profile Specification

This specification defines Extended Feature Set (EFS) Profiles - sets of features to be used in latent friction ridge (fingerprint, palmprint or plantar) searches of automated friction ridge identification systems (AFIS). The EFS Profiles are designed to

Changes in Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 180-4, Secure Hash Standard

Changes in Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 180-4, Secure Hash Standard

This paper describes the changes between FIPS 180-3 and FIPS 180-4. FIPS 180-4 specifies two new secure cryptographic hash algorithms: SHA-512/224 and SHA-512/256; it also includes a method for determining initial value(s) for any future SHA-512-based hash

Journal Article

Changes in Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 180-4, Secure Hash Standard

Summary of the Workshop on Cryptographic Key Management Systems (CKMS)

Summary of the Workshop on Cryptographic Key Management Systems (CKMS)

A workshop was held on September 10-11, 2012 to discuss two documents that have been posted for public comment: SP 800-130 (A Framework for Designing Cryptographic Key Management Systems) and a table of proposed requirements for SP 800-152 (A Profile for U

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Summary of the Workshop on Cryptographic Key Management Systems (CKMS), National Institute of Standards and Technology, September 10-11, 2012