High integrity software standards and guidelines
Dolores R Wallace, Laura M Ippolito, D. Richard Kuhn · 1992
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a unique responsibility for computer systems technology within the Federal government.NIST's Computer Systems Laboratory (CSL) devel- ops standards and guidelines, provides technical assistance, and conducts research for computers and related telecommunications systems to achieve more effective utilization of Federal information technol- ogy resources.CSL's responsibilities include development of technical, management, physical, and ad- ministrative standards and guidelines for the cost-effective security and privacy of sensitive unclassified information processed in Federal computers.CSL assists agencies in developing security plans and in improving computer security awareness training.This Special Publication 500 series reports CSL research and guidelines to Federal agencies as well as to organizations in industry, government, and academia.