Special Publication (NIST SP)

Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations [including updates as of 1/22/2015]

January 22, 2015

Author(s)

Ronald S. Ross

[Rev. 4 was superseded by Rev. 5 on 9/23/2020; Rev. 4 will be withdrawn one year from that date, on 9/23/2019] This publication provides a catalog of security

Impact of More Precise Electricity Price Data on Estimated Energy Costs from Energy Standard Adoption for Buildings

December 19, 2014

Author(s)

Joshua D. Kneifel, David T. Butry

Energy efficiency requirements in current building energy codes vary across states, and many states have not yet adopted the latest editions of ASHRAE Standard

Impact of More Precise Construction Data on Estimated Savings from Energy Standard Adoption for Commercial Buildings

December 19, 2014

Author(s)

Joshua D. Kneifel, David T. Butry

The Applied Economics Office (AEO) of the Engineering Laboratory (EL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed the Building

Guidelines for Derived Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Credentials

December 19, 2014

Author(s)

Hildegard Ferraiolo, David A. Cooper, Salvatore Francomacaro, Andrew R. Regenscheid, Jason Mohler, Sarbari Gupta, William E. Burr

This recommendation provides technical guidelines for the implementation of standards-based, secure, reliable, interoperable PKI-based identity credentials that

The Structure of Optimal and Near Optimal Target Sets in Consensus Models

December 19, 2014

Author(s)

Fern Y. Hunt

We consider the problem of identifying a subset of nodes in a network that will enable the fastest spread of information in a decentralized environment. In a

Unit Pricing Guide, "A Best Practice Approach to Unit Pricing"

December 18, 2014

Author(s)

David A. Sefcik

This guide has been developed to provide retailers with information about the best practice requirements for the unit pricing of pre-packaged commodities. The

Guidelines for Media Sanitization

December 17, 2014

Author(s)

Richard L. Kissel, Andrew R. Regenscheid, Matthew A. Scholl, Kevin M. Stine

Media sanitization refers to a process that renders access to target data on the media infeasible for a given level of effort. This guide will assist

Assessing Security and Privacy Controls in Federal Information Systems and Organizations: Building Effective Assessment Plans

December 10, 2014

Author(s)

Ronald S. Ross

[Superseded by SP 800-53A Rev. 5 (January 2022): https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=933932] This publication provides a set of procedures

Costs and Cost Effectiveness of Additive Manufacturing

December 4, 2014

Author(s)

Douglas Thomas, Stanley W. Gilbert

The use of additive manufacturing has increased significantly in previous years. Additive manufacturing is used by multiple industry subsectors, including motor

US Government Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap Volume I: High-Priority Requirements to Further USG Agency Cloud Computing Adoption; and Volume II: Useful Information for Cloud Adopters

October 21, 2014

Author(s)

Robert B. Bohn

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), consistent with its mission, has a technology leadership role in support of United States Government

NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 3.0

October 1, 2014

Author(s)

Chris Greer, David A. Wollman, Dean Prochaska, Paul A. Boynton, Jeffrey A. Mazer, Cuong Nguyen, Gerald FitzPatrick, Thomas L. Nelson, Galen H. Koepke, Allen R. Hefner Jr., Victoria Yan Pillitteri, Tanya L. Brewer, Nada T. Golmie, David H. Su, Allan C. Eustis, David Holmberg, Steven T. Bushby

Section 1305 of the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007 (Pub. L. 110-140) directs NIST ‘‘to coordinate the development of a framework that

Recommendation for Pair-Wise Key-Establishment Schemes Using Integer Factorization Cryptography

October 1, 2014

Author(s)

Elaine B. Barker, Lidong Chen, Dustin Moody

This Recommendation specifies key-establishment schemes using integer factorization cryptography, based on ANS X9.44, Key-establishment using Integer

Computer Security Division 2013 Annual Report

September 4, 2014

Author(s)

Patrick D. O'Reilly, Gregory A. Witte, Chris Johnson, Doug Rike

Title III of the E-Government Act of 2002, entitled the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) of 2002, requires NIST to prepare an annual public

BIOS Protection Guidelines for Servers

August 28, 2014

Author(s)

Andrew R. Regenscheid

Modern computers rely on fundamental system firmware, commonly known as the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS), to facilitate the hardware initialization process

Smart Firefighting Workshop Summary Report

August 6, 2014

Author(s)

Anthony P. Hamins, Nelson P. Bryner, Albert W. Jones, Galen H. Koepke, casey grant, Anand Raghunathan

This report summarizes the results of the Smart Firefighting Workshop held March 24 and 25, 2014, in Arlington, Virginia and sponsored by the National Institute

Approximate Matching: Definition and Terminology

July 2, 2014

Author(s)

Frank Breitinger, Barbara Guttman, Michael McCarrin, Vassil Roussev, Douglas R. White

This document provides a definition of and terminology for approximate matching. Approximate matching is a promising technology designed to identify

Life-Cycle Cost Comparison of the NIST Net Zero Energy Residential Test Facility to a Maryland Code-Compliant Design

June 11, 2014

Author(s)

Joshua D. Kneifel

Guide for Applying the Risk Management Framework to Federal Information Systems: A Security Life Cycle Approach

June 10, 2014

Author(s)

Ronald S. Ross

This publication provides guidelines for applying the Risk Management Framework (RMF) to federal information systems. The six-step RMF includes security

The ABCs of Using Standard Reference Materials in the Analysis of Foods and Dietary Supplements: A Practical Guide

June 2, 2014

Author(s)

Katherine E. Sharpless, David L. Duewer, Katrice A. Lippa, Andrew L. Rukhin

Although nutraceuticals and functional foods seem to be ill-defined terms, both are often used to indicate a food that contains compounds providing benefits

Report of the 97th National Conference on Weights and Measures (2012)

May 30, 2014

Author(s)

Linda D. Crown, Tina G. Butcher, Richard A. Harshman, David A. Sefcik, Lisa Warfield

The 97th Annual Meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) was held July 15 through 19, 2012, at the Holiday Inn by the Bay, Portland

Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory: Version 9.5 User Guide

May 29, 2014

Author(s)

Jeffrey W. Bullard

This document serves as the users guide for the Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory (VCCTL) software, version 9.5. Using the VCCTL software, a user

Guidelines on Mobile Device Forensics

May 15, 2014

Author(s)

Richard Ayers, Sam Brothers, Wayne Jansen

Mobile device forensics is the science of recovering digital evidence from a mobile device under forensically sound conditions using accepted methods. Mobile

Guidelines for the Selection, Configuration, and Use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) Implementations

April 28, 2014

Author(s)

William T. Polk, Kerry A. McKay, Santosh Chokhani

Transport Layer Security (TLS) provides mechanisms to protect sensitive data during electronic dissemination across the Internet. This Special Publication

Verification and Validation of Commonly Used Empirical Correlations for Fire Scenarios

April 28, 2014

Author(s)

Kristopher J. Overholt

This document was created as part of a fire model verification and validation study conducted by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the Electric

Report of the 98th National Conference on Weights and Measures (2013)

March 31, 2014

Author(s)

Linda D. Crown, Tina G. Butcher, Richard A. Harshman, David A. Sefcik, Lisa Warfield

The 98th Annual Meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) was held July 14 to 18, 2013, at the Seelbach Hilton Louisville, Louisville

Compression Guidance for 1000 ppi Friction Ridge Imagery

February 24, 2014

Author(s)

Shahram Orandi, John M. Libert, John D. Grantham, Kenneth Ko, Stephen S. Wood, Frederick R. Byers, Bruce Bandini, Stephen G. Harvey, Michael D. Garris

This special publication provides guidance for compression of 1000 ppi friction ridge imagery as well as an interoperability pathway between legacy 500 ppi

Documentation for Reference Material (RM) 8820: A Versatile, Multipurpose Dimensional Metrology Calibration Standard for Scanned Particle Beam, Scanned Probe and Optical Microscopy

February 3, 2014

Author(s)

Michael T. Postek, Andras Vladar, Bin Ming, Bunday Benjamin

Reference Material (RM) 8820 is a multipurpose instrument calibration standard available from NIST. This is a dimensional standard initially developed to

Guide to Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC) Definition and Considerations

January 16, 2014

Author(s)

Chung Tong Hu, David F. Ferraiolo, David R. Kuhn, Adam Schnitzer, Kenneth Sandlin, Robert Miller, Karen Scarfone

This document provides Federal agencies with a definition of attribute based access control (ABAC). ABAC is a logical access control methodology where

Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations [including updates as of 1/15/2014]

January 15, 2014

Author(s)

Ronald S. Ross

[Superseded by NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 4(April 2013 w/ updates through 1/22/15): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=917904] This

Liquid Flow Meter Calibrations with the 0.1 L/s and 2.5 L/s Piston Provers

January 15, 2014

Author(s)

Jodie G. Pope, John D. Wright, Aaron N. Johnson, Christopher J. Crowley

This document provides a description of the 2.5 L/s and 0.1 L/s liquid flow calibration standards operated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology