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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 are issued by Federal departments and agencies to individuals who possess and prove control

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 organizations and system owners in making practical sanitization decisions based on the categorization of

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 report on activities undertaken in the previous year, and planned for the coming year, to carry

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 and transition control to the hypervisor or operating system. Unauthorized modification of BIOS

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 similarities between two digital artifacts. It is used to find objects that resemble each other or to find

Secure Domain Name System (DNS) Deployment Guide

September 18, 2013
Author(s)
Ramaswamy Chandramouli, Scott W. Rose
The Domain Name System (DNS) is a distributed computing system that enables access to Internet resources by user-friendly domain names rather than IP addresses, by translating domain names to IP addresses and back. The DNS infrastructure is made up of

A Framework for Designing Cryptographic Key Management Systems

August 15, 2013
Author(s)
Elaine B. Barker, Miles Smid, Dennis Branstad, Santosh Chokhani
This Framework for Designing Cryptographic Key Management Systems (CKMS) contains topics that should be considered by a CKMS designer when developing a CKMS design specification. For each topic, there are one or more documentation requirements that need to

Computer Security Division 2012 Annual Report

July 22, 2013
Author(s)
Patrick D. O'Reilly
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 report on activities undertaken in the previous year, and planned for the coming year, to carry

Guide to Enterprise Patch Management Technologies

July 22, 2013
Author(s)
Murugiah P. Souppaya, Karen Scarfone
Patch management is the process for identifying, acquiring, installing, and verifying patches for products and systems. Patches correct security and functionality problems in software and firmware. There are several challenges that complicate patch

Guide to Malware Incident Prevention and Handling for Desktops and Laptops

July 22, 2013
Author(s)
Murugiah P. Souppaya, Karen Scarfone
Malware, also known as malicious code, refers to a program that is covertly inserted into another program with the intent to destroy data, run destructive or intrusive programs, or otherwise compromise the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of the

Biometric Specifications for Personal Identity Verification

July 11, 2013
Author(s)
Patrick J. Grother, Wayne J. Salamon, Ramaswamy Chandramouli
Homeland Security Presidential Directive HSPD-12, Policy for a Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors [HSPD-12], called for new standards to be adopted governing interoperable use of identity credentials to allow physical and

Guidelines for Managing the Security of Mobile Devices in the Enterprise

June 21, 2013
Author(s)
Murugiah P. Souppaya, Karen Scarfone
Mobile devices, such as smart phones and tablets, typically need to support multiple security objectives: confidentiality, integrity, and availability. To achieve these objectives, mobile devices should be secured against a variety of threats. The purpose

Report on the Static Analysis Tool Exposition (SATE) IV

February 4, 2013
Author(s)
Vadim Okun, Aurelien M. Delaitre, Paul E. Black
The NIST SAMATE project conducted the fourth Static Analysis Tool Exposition (SATE IV) to advance research in static analysis tools that find security defects in source code. The main goals of SATE were to enable empirical research based on large test sets

Recommendation for Cryptographic Key Generation

December 21, 2012
Author(s)
Elaine B. Barker, Allen L. Roginsky
Cryptography is often used in an information technology security environment to protect data that is sensitive, has a high value, or is vulnerable to unauthorized disclosure or undetected modification during transmission or while in storage. Cryptography

Guide for Conducting Risk Assessments

September 17, 2012
Author(s)
Ronald S. Ross
The purpose of Special Publication 800-30 is to provide guidance for conducting risk assessments of federal information systems and organizations, amplifying the guidance provided in Special Publication 800-39. This document provides guidance for carrying
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