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Organizations in all sectors of the economy depend upon information systems
and communications networks, and share common requirements to protect sensitive
information. ITL works with industry and government to establish secure
information technology systems for protecting the integrity, confidentiality,
reliability, and availability of information.

Under FISMA Act of 2002, the Computer Security Division of the Information
Technology Laboratory (ITL) develops computer security prototypes, tests,
standards, and procedures to protect sensitive information from unauthorized
access or modification. Focus areas include cryptographic technology and
applications, advanced authentication, public key infrastructure,
internetworking security, criteria and assurance, and security management and
support.

These publications present the results of NIST studies, investigations, and
research on information technology security issues.

The publications are issued as Special Publications (Spec. Pubs.), NISTIRs
(Internal Reports), and ITL (formerly CSL) Bulletins. Special Publications
series include the Spec. Pub. 500 series (Information Technology) and the Spec.
Pub. 800 series (Computer Security). Computer security-related Federal
Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are also included.

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