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ITL Bulletin

Improving Security and Software Management Through the Use of SWID Tags

Date Published: July 2016

Author(s)

David Waltermire (NIST), Larry Feldman (G2), Gregory Witte (G2)

Abstract

Keywords

software; software asset management; software identification (SWID); software identification tag
Control Families

Audit and Accountability; Configuration Management; Maintenance; Media Protection; Planning; System and Services Acquisition; System and Communications Protection; System and Information Integrity

Documentation

Publication:
July 2016 ITL Bulletin (pdf)

Supplemental Material:
None available

Related NIST Publications:
IR 8085 (Draft)
IR 8060

Document History:
07/13/16: ITL Bulletin (Final)

Topics

Security and Privacy

audit & accountability, planning, security automation