Guide to Bluetooth Security

Padgette, John; Bahr, John; Batra, Mayank; Holtmann, Marcel; Smithbey, Rhonda; Chen, Lily; Scarfone, Karen

doi:https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-121r2-upd1

SP 800-121 Rev. 2

Guide to Bluetooth Security

Documentation Topics

Date Published: May 2017 (includes updates as of Jan. 19, 2022)

Supersedes: SP 800-121 Rev. 2 (05/08/2017)

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)

Abstract

Bluetooth wireless technology is an open standard for short-range radio frequency communication used primarily to establish wireless personal area networks (WPANs), and has been integrated into many types of business and consumer devices. This publication provides information on the security capabilities of Bluetooth and gives recommendations to organizations employing Bluetooth wireless technologies on securing them effectively. The Bluetooth versions within the scope of this publication are versions 1.1, 1.2, 2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate (EDR), 2.1 + EDR, 3.0 + High Speed (HS), 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2. Versions 4.0 and later support the low energy feature of Bluetooth.

Keywords

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

Control Families

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

Documentation

Publication:
SP 800-121 Rev. 2 (DOI)
Local Download

Supplemental Material:
None available

Related NIST Publications:
ITL Bulletin

Document History:
01/19/22: SP 800-121 Rev. 2 (Final)

Topics

Security and Privacy
acquisition; authentication

Applications
communications & wireless