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An Ontology of Identity Credentials Part 1: Background and Formulation

October 6, 2006

Author(s)

William I. MacGregor

The Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) promotes the U.S. economy and public welfare by providing technical leadership for the Nation s measurement and standards infrastructure. ITL develops

Guidance for Securing Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition: A NIST Security Configuration Checklist

September 29, 2006

Author(s)

Karen A. Scarfone, Murugiah Souppaya, John Connor

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed this document in furtherance of its statutory responsibilities under the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) of 2002, Public Law 107-347. This publication seeks to assist

Guide to Test, Training, and Exercise Programs for IT Plans and Capabilities

September 21, 2006

Author(s)

Timothy Grance, Tamara Nolan, Kristin Burke, Rich Dudley, Gregory White, Travis Good

Guide to Computer Security Log Management

September 13, 2006

Author(s)

Karen A. Scarfone, Murugiah Souppaya

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed this document in furtherance of its statutory responsibilities under the Federal Information security Management Act (FISMA) of 2002, Public Law 107-347. This publication seeks to assist

Guide to Integrating Forensic Techniques into Incident Response

September 1, 2006

Author(s)

Timothy Grance, Suzanne Chevalier, Karen A. Scarfone, Hung Dang

This publication is intended to help organizations in investigating computer security incidents and troubleshooting some information technology (IT) operational problems by providing practical guidance on performing computer and network forensics. The

Guidelines for Media Sanitization

September 1, 2006

Author(s)

Richard L. Kissel, Matthew A. Scholl, Steven Skolochenko, Xiang Li

Information systems capture, process, and store information using a wide variety of media. This information is located not only on the intended storage media but also on devices used to create, process, or transmit this information. These media may require

Recommendation for Random Number Generation Using Deterministic Random Bit Generators

June 13, 2006

Author(s)

Elaine B. Barker, John M. Kelsey

[Superseded by SP 800-90 Revised (March 2007): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=50814] This Recommendation specifies mechanisms for the generation of random bits using deterministic methods. The methods provided are based on

Secure Domain Name System (DNS) Deployment Guide

May 16, 2006

Author(s)

Ramaswamy Chandramouli, Scott W. Rose

[Superseded by SP 800-81 Rev. 1 (April 2010): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=905113] We examine the performance of multimodal biometric authentication systems using state-of-the-art Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) fingerprint

Recommendation for Pair-Wise Key Establishment Schemes Using Discrete Logarithm Cryptography

May 3, 2006

Author(s)

Elaine B. Barker, Don Johnson, Miles Smid

[Superseded by SP 800-56A Revised (March 2007): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=150618] This Recommendation specifies key establishment schemes using discrete logarithm cryptography, based on standards developed by the

Recommendation for Key Management - Part 1: General (Revised) (May 2006 edition)

May 1, 2006

Author(s)

Elaine B. Barker, William C. Barker, William E. Burr, William T. Polk, Miles Smid

[Superseded by SP 800-57 Part 1 Revised (March 2007): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=917473] This Recommendation provides cryptographic key management guidance. It consists of three parts. Part 1 provides general guidance and

Electronic Authentication Guideline

April 30, 2006

Author(s)

William E. Burr, Donna F. Dodson, William T. Polk

[Superseded by SP 800-63-1 (December 2011): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=910006] This recommendation provides technical guidance to Federal agencies implementing electronic authentication. The recommendation covers remote

PIV Middleware and PIV Card Application Conformance Test Guidance (SP 800-73 Compliance)

April 5, 2006

Author(s)

Ramaswamy Chandramouli, Levent Eyuboglu, Ketan Mehta

[Superseded by SP 800-85A-1 (March 2009): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=902200] This document provides derived test requirements and test assertions for generating conformance tests for the following classes of specification

Interfaces For Personal Identity Verification, 2006 Edition

March 15, 2006

Author(s)

James F. Dray Jr., Scott Guthery, Teresa T. Schwarzhoff

[Superseded by SP 800-73-2 (September 2008): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=901358] This document specifies the PIV data model, Application Programming Interface (API), and card interface requirements necessary to comply with

Guide for Developing Security Plans for Information Technology Systems

February 24, 2006

Author(s)

Marianne M. Swanson, Joan Hash, Pauline Bowen

The objective of system security planning is to improve protection of information system resources. All federal systems have some level of sensitivity and require protection as part of good management practice. The protection of a system must be documented

Codes for the Identification of Federal and Federally Assisted Organizations (NIST SP 800-87 v1.0, Jan. 2006 edition)

January 11, 2006

Author(s)

William C. Barker, Hildegard Ferraiolo

[Superseded by SP 800-87 v1.0 (March 2007): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=51132] The Homeland Security Presidential Directive HSPD-12 called for new standards to be adopted governing the interoperable use of identity

Guide to IPsec VPNs: Recommendations of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

Sheila E. Frankel, Karen Kent, Ryan Lewkowski, Angela Orebaugh, Ronald Ritchey, Steven Sharma

IPsec is a framework of open standards for ensuring private communications over public networks. It has become the most common network layer security control, typically used to create a virtual private network (VPN). A VPN is a virtual network ,built on

Guideline for Implementing Cryptography In the Federal Government [Second Edition]

December 1, 2005

Author(s)

Elaine B. Barker, William C. Barker

[Superseded by SP 800-175A (August 2016): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=921233; and SP 800-175B (August 2016): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=921185] This Second Edition of NIST Special

Guide to Malware Incident Prevention and Handling

November 23, 2005

Author(s)

Peter M. Mell, Karen Kent, Joseph Nusbaum

[Superseded by SP 800-83 Rev. 1 (July 2013): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=913930] This publication provides recommendations for improving an organizations malware incident prevention measures. It also gives extensive

Creating a Patch and Vulnerability Management Program

November 16, 2005

Author(s)

Peter M. Mell, Tiffany Bergeron, Dave Henning

[Superseded by SP 800-40 Rev. 3 (July 2013): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=913929] This document provides guidance on creating a security patch and vulnerability management program and testing the effectiveness of that

Guidance for Securing Microsoft Windows XP Systems for IT Professionals: A NIST Security Configuration Checklist

October 20, 2005

Author(s)

Murugiah P. Souppaya, Paul M. Johnson, Karen Kent

[Superseded by SP 800-68 Rev. 1 (October 2008): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=914530] NIST Special Publication 800-68 has been created to assist IT professionals, in particularly Windows XP system administrators and

PIV Middleware and PIV Card Application Conformance Test Guidance (SP 800-73 Compliance)

October 19, 2005

Author(s)

Ramaswamy Chandramouli, Levent Eyuboglu, Ketan Mehta

[Superseded by: SP 800-85A (April 2006): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=151318 and SP 800-85B (July 2006): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=50848] This document specifies the test plan, processes

Codes for the Identification of Federal and Federally Assisted Organizations Version 1.0 (NIST SP 800-87 v1.0)

October 14, 2005

Author(s)

William C. Barker, Hildegard Ferraiolo

[Superseded by SP 800-87 v1.0(January 2005): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=150589] The Homeland Security Presidential Directive HSPD-12 called for new standards to be adopted governing the interoperable use of identity

Recommendation for Key Management, Part 1: General

August 1, 2005

Author(s)

Elaine B. Barker, William C. Barker, William E. Burr, William T. Polk, Miles Smid

[Superseded by SP 800-57 Part 1 Revised (May 2006): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=917474] This Recommendation provides cryptographic key management guidance. It consists of three parts. Part 1 provides general guidance and

Guidelines for the Certification and Accreditation of PIV Card Issuing Organizations

July 1, 2005

Author(s)

Dennis K. Branstad, Alicia Clay Jones, Joan Hash

[Superseded by SP 800-79-1 (June 2008): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=152182] Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) established a policy for all Federal departments and agencies to create and use a government

Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information Systems [includes updates through 6/17/05]

June 17, 2005

Author(s)

Ronald S. Ross, Stuart W. Katzke, L A. Johnson, Marianne M. Swanson, G Stoneburner, G Rogers

[Superseded by NIST SP 800-53 Revision 1 (December 2006): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=50945] The purpose of this publication is to provide guidelines for selecting and specifying security controls for information systems

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