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Monday, October 6, 2008

3 new NIST documents


There were 3 new documents released by NIST - The US National Institute of Standards and Technology. One of them was related to the Bluetooth Security with suggestions on how to implement the Bluetooth technology securely. It will help those IT professionals who are responsible for Bluetooth communications. If you want to download it, here is the link:
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-121/SP800-121.pdf

The second document is a Technical Guide to Information Security Testing and Assessment. The finalized document provides a guidance to designing, conducting, and analyzing the data generated by those tests.
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-115/SP800-115.pdf

The 3rd document is just a draft, and at this momnet is not so significant (A Guide to Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security.