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From: "Patrick O'Reilly" <poreilly@...>
To: Multiple recipients of list <compsecpubs@...>
Subject: NIST Released 2 Publications - 1 Draft Special Publication and 1 final Special Publication
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:02:42 +0000



NIST is pleased to announce the release of Special Publication 800-60
Revision 1, Volume I: Guide for Mapping Types of Information and
Information Systems to Security Categories and Volume II: Appendices
to Guide for Mapping Types of Information and Information Systems to
Security Categories. This publication provides the basic guidelines
for mapping types of information and information systems to security
categories. The appendices contained in Volume II include security
categorization recommendations and rationale for mission-based and
management and support information types.

URL to SP 800-60 Rev. 1:
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/PubsSPs.html#800-60_Rev1


Draft NIST Interagency Report (IR) 7511, Security Content Automation
Protocol (SCAP) Validation Program Test Requirements, Version 1.1 is
now available for public comment. This report describes the
requirements that must be met by products to achieve SCAP Validation.
Validation is awarded based on a defined set of SCAP capabilities
and/or individual SCAP components by independent laboratories that
have been accredited for SCAP testing by the NIST National Voluntary
Laboratory Accreditation Program. Draft NISTIR 7511 has been written
primarily for accredited laboratories and for vendors interested in
receiving SCAP validation for their products. To learn more about
this draft, please visit the Drafts page at this URL:
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/PubsDrafts.html#800-106