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Abstract: Currently the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is engaged in a post- quantum standardization effort, analyzing numerous candidate schemes to provide security against the advancing threat of quantum computers. Among the candidates in the second round of the standardization proces...

Abstract: This NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide shows large and medium enterprises how to employ a formal TLS certificate management program to address certificate-based risks and challenges. It describes the TLS certificate management challenges faced by organizations; provides recommended best practices fo...

Abstract: 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 relies upon two basic components: an algorith...

Abstract: Device cybersecurity capabilities are cybersecurity features or functions that computing devices provide through their own technical means (i.e., device hardware and software). This publication defines an Internet of Things (IoT) device cybersecurity capability core baseline, which is a set of devic...

Abstract: Internet of Things (IoT) devices often lack device cybersecurity capabilities their customers—organizations and individuals—can use to help mitigate their cybersecurity risks. Manufacturers can help their customers by improving how securable the IoT devices they make are by providing necessary cyber...

Abstract: Consider a quantum circuit that, when fed a constant input, produces a fixed-length random bit-string in each execution. Executing it many times yields a sample of many bit-strings that contain fresh randomness inherent to the quantum evaluation. When the circuit is freshly selected from a special c...

Abstract: The increasing trend in building microservices-based applications calls for addressing security in all aspects of service-to-service interactions due to their unique characteristics. The distributed cross-domain nature of microservices needs secure token service (STS), key management and encryption...

Abstract: This publication describes an approach for the development of Information Security Continuous Monitoring (ISCM) program assessments that can be used to evaluate ISCM programs within federal, state, and local governmental organizations and commercial enterprises. An ISCM program assessment provides o...

Abstract: Industrial control systems (ICS) compose a core part of our nation’s critical infrastructure. Energy sector companies rely on ICS to generate, transmit, and distribute power and to drill, produce, refine, and transport oil and natural gas. Given the wide variety of ICS assets, such as programmable l...

Conference: 41st IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy Abstract: Internet of Things (IoT) is being widely adopted in recent years. Security, however, has lagged behind, as evidenced by the increasing number of attacks that use IoT devices (e.g., an arson that uses a smart oven, burglary via a smart lock). Therefore, the transparency and accountability of those de...

Abstract: Public safety practitioners utilizing the forthcoming Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN) will have smartphones, tablets, and wearables at their disposal. Although these devices should enable first responders to complete their missions, any influx of new technologies will introduce ne...

Abstract: This Recommendation provides cryptographic key-management guidance. It consists of three parts. Part 1 provides general guidance and best practices for the management of cryptographic keying material, including definitions of the security services that may be provided when using cryptography and the...

Abstract: Electric vehicles are becoming common on the Nation’s roads, and the electric vehicle supply equipment infrastructure (EVSE) is being created to support that growth. The NIST Information Technology Lab (ITL) hosted a one-day symposium to showcase federally funded research into the potential cybersec...

Abstract: The NISTIR 8011 capability-specific volumes focus on the automation of security control assessment within each individual information security capability. They add tangible detail to the more general overview given in NISTIR 8011 Volume 1, providing a template for transition to a detailed, NIST stan...

Abstract: The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed this publication to help managed service providers (MSPs) improve their cybersecurity and the cybersecurity of their customers. MSPs have become an attractive target for cyb...

Abstract: Few software development life cycle (SDLC) models explicitly address software security in detail, so secure software development practices usually need to be added to each SDLC model to ensure the software being developed is well secured. This white paper recommends a core set of high-level secure s...

Abstract: Cellular networks will be transitioning from 4G to 5G, and 5G networks will provide increased cybersecurity protections. This project will identify several 5G use case scenarios and demonstrate for each one how to strengthen the 5G architecture components to mitigate identified risks and meet indust...

Conference: 11th International Workshop on Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQCrypto 2020) Abstract: In 2013, Tao et al. introduced the ABC Simple Matrix Scheme for Encryption, a multivariate public key encryption scheme. The scheme boasts great efficiency in encryption and decryption, though it suffers from very large public keys. It was quickly noted that the original proposal, utilizing square m...

Journal: Computer Abstract: Combination coverage based testing supplements basic structural coverage based test selection. This provides a sound test engineering method with defensible, quantitative measures of test completeness.

Abstract: This document provides guidance to the Federal Government for using cryptography and NIST’s cryptographic standards to protect sensitive but unclassified digitized information during transmission and while in storage. The cryptographic methods and services to be used are discussed.

Abstract: Cyber hygiene describes recommended mitigations for the small number of root causes responsible for many cybersecurity incidents. Implementing a few simple practices can address these common root causes. Patching is a particularly important component of cyber hygiene, but existing tools and processe...

Abstract: Product integrity and the ability to distinguish trustworthy products is a critical foundation of cyber supply chain risk management (C-SCRM). Authoritative information regarding the provenance and integrity of the components provides a strong basis for trust in a computing device, whether it is a c...

Abstract: NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-140C replaces the approved security functions of ISO/IEC 19790 Annex C. As a validation authority, the Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP) may supersede this Annex in its entirety. This document supersedes ISO/IEC 19790 Annex C and ISO/IEC 24759 6.15.

Abstract: NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-140 specifies the modifications of the Derived Test Requirements (DTR) for Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-3. SP 800-140 modifies the test (TE) and vendor (VE) evidence requirements of International Organization for Standardization/International E...

Abstract: NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-140A modifies the vendor documentation requirements of ISO/IEC 19790 Annex A. As a validation authority, the Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP) may modify, add, or delete Vendor Evidence (VE) and/or Test Evidence (TE) as specified under paragraph 5.2 of...