U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Special Publication (NIST SP)

Framework for Cyber-Physical Systems: Volume 1, Overview

Author(s)
Edward R. Griffor, Christopher Greer, David A. Wollman, Martin J. Burns
Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) comprise interacting digital, analog, physical, and human components engineered for function through integrated physics and logic

An Introduction to Information Security

Author(s)
Michael Nieles, Kelley L. Dempsey, Victoria Y. Pillitteri
Organizations rely heavily on the use of information technology (IT) products and services to run their day-to-day activities. Ensuring the security of these

Digital Identity Guidelines: Enrollment and Identity Proofing Requirements

Author(s)
Paul A. Grassi, James L. Fenton, Naomi B. Lefkovitz, Jamie M. Danker, Yee-Yin Choong, Kristen Greene, Mary F. Theofanos
These guidelines provide technical requirements for federal agencies implementing digital identity services and are not intended to constrain the development or

Digital Identity Guidelines: Authentication and Lifecycle Management

Author(s)
Paul A. Grassi, Elaine M. Newton, Ray A. Perlner, Andrew R. Regenscheid, William E. Burr, Justin P. Richer, Naomi B. Lefkovitz, Jamie M. Danker, Yee-Yin Choong, Kristen Greene, Mary F. Theofanos
These guidelines provide technical requirements for federal agencies implementing digital identity services and are not intended to constrain the development or

Digital Identity Guidelines

Author(s)
Paul A. Grassi, Michael E. Garcia, James L. Fenton
These guidelines provide technical requirements for federal agencies implementing digital identity services and are not intended to constrain the development or

Digital Identity Guidelines: Federation and Assertions

Author(s)
Paul A. Grassi, Ellen M. Nadeau, Justin P. Richer, Sarah K. Squire, James L. Fenton, Naomi Lefkovitz, Jamie M. Danker, Yee-Yin Choong, Kristen K. Greene
This document and its companion documents, SP 800-63, SP 800-63A, and SP 800-63B, provide technical and procedural guidelines to agencies for the implementation

Guide to Bluetooth Security

Author(s)
John Padgette, John Bahr, Mayank Batra, Marcel Holtmann, Rhonda Smithbey, Lidong Chen, Karen Scarfone
Bluetooth wireless technology is an open standard for short-range radio frequency communication used primarily to establish wireless personal area networks

Guide Brief 12 – Short-Term Implementation Tasks

Author(s)
Community Resilience Program NIST
This Guide Brief offers suggestions for short-term implementation tasks, as well as short-term activities, that support continual engagement during the overall

BFRL Publications, 2001. Volume 1 and Volume 2

Author(s)
Star R. Burgess, Kathleen C. Whisner, Glenn P. Forney, Paul A. Reneke
Welcome to BFRL Publications, 2001. These two CD-ROMs contain publications produced by BFRL staff, publications resulting from contracts or grants with BFRL and

In Situ Burning of Oil Spills: Resource Collection

Author(s)
William Walton
The Minerals Management Service (MMS), U.S. Department of Interior, is designated as the lead agency for in situ burn research in the Oil Pollution Research and

A Technical Guide for Smokeview Version 5

Author(s)
Glenn P. Forney
Smokeview is a software tool designed to visualize numerical calculations generated by the NIST Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS), a computational fluid dynamics