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NIST SP 800-121 Rev. 2 (Initial Public Draft)

Guide to Bluetooth Security

Date Published: October 2016
Comments Due: December 5, 2016 (public comment period is CLOSED)
Email Questions to: 800-121r2comments@nist.gov

Author(s)

John Padgette (Accenture Federal Services), John Bahr (Bahr Engineering), Mayank Batra (Qualcomm Technologies International), Marcel Holtmann (Intel), Rhonda Smithbey (Spanalytics), Lily Chen (NIST), Karen Scarfone (Scarfone Cybersecurity)

Announcement

NIST announces the release of draft Special Publication 800-121 Revision 2 Guide to Bluetooth Security. This draft is the second revision to NIST SP 800-121, Guide to Bluetooth Security. Updates in this revision include an introduction to and discussion of Bluetooth 4.1, and 4.2 security mechanisms and recommendations, including Secure Connections for BR/EDR and low energy.

Abstract

Keywords

network security; wireless networking; wireless personal area networks; information security; Bluetooth
Control Families

Access Control; System and Services Acquisition; System and Communications Protection; System and Information Integrity

Documentation

Publication:
Draft SP 800-121 Revision 2 (pdf)

Supplemental Material:
None available

Document History:
10/17/16: SP 800-121 Rev. 2 (Draft)
05/08/17: SP 800-121 Rev. 2 (Final)

Topics

Security and Privacy

acquisition, authentication

Applications

communications & wireless