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Cyber and Network Security
This page is not currently being maintained and is for archival information only.
Please see our most recent work at our Cybersecurity @ NIST page and our Computer Security Resource Center (CSRC)
Cyber and network security is focused on ensuring three security objectives of information technology systems: confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The Cyber and Network Security Program addresses NIST's statutory responsibilities in the domain and the near- and long-term scientific issues in some of the building blocks of IT and network security - cryptography, security testing and evaluation, access control, internetworking services and protocols (Domain Name System, Border Gateway Protocol, IPv6, Wi-Max, etc.), security metrics, vulnerability analysis, security automation, and security properties. These efforts will provide a more scientific foundation for cybersecurity, while maintaining a focus on near-term security issues in emerging technologies.
Programs/Projects:
- Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP)
- Advanced Algorithm Development
- Technical Security Guidance Program
- Security for Internet Systems and IETF
- Combinatorial Methods for Software
- IT Product Evaluation/Validation Program
- Ontology for Mapping Platform Configurations to Security Properties
- Security Metrics
- IIP - Robust Inter-Domain Routing
- IIP - IP Next Generation
- IIP - Robust Internet Naming
- Identity Based Encryption
- Policy Machine
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