Guide for Mapping Types of Information and Information Systems to Security Categories (2 vols.)
[Superseded by SP 800-60 Rev. 1 (August 2008): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=152106 ] Title III of the E-Government Act, titled the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) of 2002, tasked NIST to develop (1)
Radiometer Measurements of a Near-Ambient, Variable-Temperature Noise Standard
A near-ambient, variable-temperature noise standard whose physical temperature can be accurately measured was constructed and then measured with the NIST total-power radiometer to test the accuracy of radiometer measurements in the temperature range of 263
Information Technology Security Services: How to Select, Implement, and Manage
This ITL Bulletin summarizes the contents of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-35, Guide to Information Technology Security Services, Recommendations of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. SP 800-35 provides guidance to help organizations
Guide for the Security Certification and Accreditation of Federal Information Systems
[Superseded by SP 800-37 Rev. 1 (February 2010): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=904985 ] The purpose of this publication is to provide guidelines for the security certification and accreditation of information systems
Authenticating Mobile Device Users Through Image Selection
Adequate user authentication is a persistent problem, particularly with mobile devices such as Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), which tend to be highly personal and at the fringes of an organization's influence. Yet these devices are being used
Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: The CCM Mode for Authentication and Confidentiality [including updates through 7/20/2007]
This Recommendation defines a mode of operation, called Counter with Cipher Block Chaining-Message Authentication Code (CCM), for a symmetric key block cipher algorithm. CCM may be used to provide assurance of the confidentiality and the authenticity of
Improving the Usability and Accessibility of Voting Systems and Products
The goal of this report is to describe how research and best practices from the human factors, human-machine and human-computer interaction, and usability engineering disciplines can be brought to bear to improve the usability and accessibility of voting
Silicon Carbide PiN and Merged PiN Schottky Power Diode Models Implemented in the Saber Circuit Simulator
Dynamic electrothermal circuit simulator models are developed for silicon carbide power diodes. The models accurately describe the temperature dependence of on-state characteristics and reverse-recovery switching waveforms. The models are verified for the
On the Scalability of Ad Hoc Networks: A Traffic Analysis at the Center of a Network
We investigate the inherent scalability problem of ad hoc networks originated from the nature of multi-hop networks. First, the expected packet traffic at the center of a network is analyzed. The result shows that the expected packet traffic at the center
Recommendation for the Triple Data Encryption Algorithm (TDEA) Block Cipher
[Superseded by SP 800-67 Rev. 1 (January 2012): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=910079 ] The selective application of technological and related procedural safeguards is an important responsibility of every Federal organization
This report covers the work conducted within the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Computer Security Division during the Fiscal Year 2003. It discusses all projects and programs within the Division, staff highlights, and publications. For
Selecting Information Technology Security Products
This bulletin summarizes NIST Special Publication 800-36, "Guide to Selecting Information Technology Security Products." The selection of IT security products is an integral part of the design, development and maintenance of an IT security infrastructure
Micro-Time-Scale Network Measurements and Harmonic Effects
As network transmission speeds increase, packet streams increasingly uncover fine details of the interior behavior of router hardware and software. This behavior reveals itself as a set of harmonic effects, as interior clocks periodically interrupt packet
NIST hosted the second annual Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Research Workshop on April 28-29, 2003. The two-day event brought together PKI experts from academia, industry, and government to explore the remaining challenges in deploying public key