SCAP 1.3 Component Specification Version Updates: An Annex to NIST Special Publication 800-126 Revision 3

Published

February 14, 2018

Author(s)

Harold Booth, David A. Waltermire, Mark L. Badger, Melanie R. Cook, Stephen Quinn, Karen Scarfone

Abstract

The Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) is a multi-purpose framework of component specifications that support automated configuration, vulnerability, and patch checking, security measurement, and technical control compliance activities. The SCAP version 1.3 specification is defined by the combination of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-126 Revision 3, a set of schemas, and this document. This document allows the use of particular minor version updates to SCAP 1.3 component specifications and the use of particular Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language (OVAL) core schema and platform schema versions. Allowing use of these updates and schemas provides additional functionality for SCAP 1.3 without causing any loss of existing functionality.

Citation

Special Publication (NIST SP) - 800-126A

Report Number

800-126A

NIST Pub Series

Special Publication (NIST SP)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

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Keywords

Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language (OVAL), security automation, security configuration, Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP)

Citation

Booth, H. , Waltermire, D. , Badger, M. , Cook, M. , Quinn, S. and Scarfone, K. (2018), SCAP 1.3 Component Specification Version Updates: An Annex to NIST Special Publication 800-126 Revision 3, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-126A (Accessed March 10, 2025)