Guidelines to federal organizations on security assurance and acquisitionuse of testedevaluated products
Edward Roback · 2000
NIST CENTENNIAL -rhe National InstituteofStandardsandTechnologywasestablished in 1988byCongressto "assist industry in the development of technology . . .needed to improve product quality, to modernize manufacturing processes, to ensure product reliability . . .and to facilitate rapid commercialization ... of products based on new scientific discoveries."NIST, originally founded as the National Bureau of Standards in 1901, works to strengthen U.S. industry's competitiveness; advance science and engineering; and improve public health, safety, and the environment.One of the agency's basic functions is to develop, maintain, and retain custody of the national standards of measurement, and provide the means and methods for comparing standards used in science, engineering, manufacturing, commerce, industry