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ITL Bulletin

Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP): Helping Organizations Maintain and Verify the Security of Their Information Systems

Date Published: September 2010

Author(s)

Shirley Radack (NIST)

Abstract

Keywords

configuration settings; Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA); information security; information systems security; interoperability; product validation; security checklists; security configurations; Security Content Automation Protocol; security management; security controls; software flaws; software patches; system vulnerabilities
Control Families

None selected

Documentation

Publication:
September 2010 ITL Bulletin

Supplemental Material:
None available

Document History:
09/27/10: ITL Bulletin (Final)

Topics

Security and Privacy
security automation