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Special Publication (NIST SP)

Attribute Considerations for Access Control Systems

Author(s)
Chung Tong Hu, David F. Ferraiolo, David Kuhn
Attribute-based access control systems rely upon attributes to not only define access control policy rules but also enforce the access control. Attributes need...

Vetting the Security of Mobile Applications

Author(s)
Michael Ogata, Josh Franklin, Jeff Voas, Vincent Sritapan, Stephen Quirolgico
Mobile applications are an integral part of our everyday personal and professional lives. As both public and private organizations rely more on mobile...

UCEF 1.0.0-ALPHA Kickoff Workshop: Workshop Report

Author(s)
Martin J. Burns, Thomas P. Roth
This report summarizes the results of a workshop held at NIST on July 27, 2017. The goal of this workshop was to introduce participants to the newly constructed...

Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet of Things

Author(s)
Christopher Greer, Martin J. Burns, David Wollman, Edward Griffor
This NIST Special Publication describes the relationship between the phrases "cyber-physical systems" and "Internet of Things." CPS and IoT both refer to trends...

Trustworthy Email

Author(s)
Scott W. Rose, J. S. Nightingale, Simson Garfinkel, Ramaswamy Chandramouli
This document gives recommendations and guidelines for enhancing trust in email. The primary audience includes enterprise email administrators, information...

Mobile Device Security: Cloud and Hybrid Builds

Author(s)
Christopher J. Brown, Spike E. Dog, Sallie P. Edwards, Neil C. McNab, Matt Steele, Joshua M. Franklin
This document proposes a reference design on how to architect enterprise-class protection for mobile devices accessing corporate resources. The example...

NIST Smart Grid Interoperability Test Tools

Author(s)
Dhananjay Anand, Kevin G. Brady, Yuyin Song, Cuong T. Nguyen, Kang B. Lee, Gerald J. FitzPatrick, Allen R. Goldstein, YaShian Li-Baboud
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), participated in the Universal Communication Architecture International User Group (UCAIug)...

Return on Investment Initiative for Unleashing American Innovation

Author(s)
Walter G. Copan, Sivaraj Shyam-Sunder, Phillip A. Singerman, Paul R. Zielinski, Courtney F. Silverthorn, Charles J. Na, Henry N. Wixon, David C. Cranmer
The Return on Investment (ROI) Initiative for Unleashing American Innovation is part of a national conversation that is designed to advance the Lab-to-Market...

The Transactive Energy Abstract Component Model

Author(s)
Martin J. Burns, Yuyin Song, David G. Holmberg
The transactive energy (TE) abstract component model (“Model”) was the product of a tiger team effort engaged by the National Institute of Standards and...

Periodic Table of the Elements

Author(s)
Karen Olsen
The periodic table contains NIST's latest critically evaluated data for atomic properties of the elements.
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