Date Published: November 2015
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Yee-Yin Choong (NIST), Kristen Greene (NIST), Joshua Franklin (NIST)
Announcement
In cooperation with the Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Program, NIST announces the release of NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 8080, Usability and Security Considerations for Public Safety Mobile Authentication. There is a need for cybersecurity capabilities and features to protect the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN), however, these capabilities should not compromise the ability of first responders to complete their missions. This report describes the constraints presented by the personal protective equipment, specialized gear, unique operating environments, and how such constraints may interact with public safety. The overarching goal of this work is analyzing mobile authentication technologies to explore which may be more appropriate and usable for first responders.
There is a need for cybersecurity capabilities and features to protect the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN). However, cybersecurity requirements should not compromise the ability of first responders to complete their missions. In addition, the diversity of public safety disciplines means that one solution may not meet the usability needs of different disciplines. Understanding how public safety users operate in their different environments will allow for usable cybersecurity capabilities and features to be deployed and used. Although first responders work in a variety of disciplines, this report is focused on fire service, emergency medical, and law enforcement. This report describes the constraints presented by the personal protective equipment, specialized gear, and unique operating environments and how such constraints may interact with mobile authentication requirements. The overarching goal of this work is analyzing mobile authentication technologies to explore which may be more appropriate and usable for first responders in a given environment.
There is a need for cybersecurity capabilities and features to protect the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN). However, cybersecurity requirements should not compromise the ability of first responders to complete their missions. In addition, the diversity of public safety disciplines...
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There is a need for cybersecurity capabilities and features to protect the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN). However, cybersecurity requirements should not compromise the ability of first responders to complete their missions. In addition, the diversity of public safety disciplines means that one solution may not meet the usability needs of different disciplines. Understanding how public safety users operate in their different environments will allow for usable cybersecurity capabilities and features to be deployed and used. Although first responders work in a variety of disciplines, this report is focused on fire service, emergency medical, and law enforcement. This report describes the constraints presented by the personal protective equipment, specialized gear, and unique operating environments and how such constraints may interact with mobile authentication requirements. The overarching goal of this work is analyzing mobile authentication technologies to explore which may be more appropriate and usable for first responders in a given environment.
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Keywords
local authentication; public safety; remote authentication; usability; usable security; identity management; authentication
Control Families
Identification and Authentication
