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NISTIR 7864

The Common Misuse Scoring System (CMSS): Metrics for Software Feature Misuse Vulnerabilities

Date Published: July 2012

Planning Note (7/10/2012):

NISTIR 7864 was originally posted for public comment as Draft NISTIR 7517 (February 2009).


Author(s)

Elizabeth LeMay (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Karen Scarfone (Scarfone Cybersecurity), Peter Mell (NIST)

Abstract

Keywords

security measurement; trust misuse; vulnerability measurement; vulnerability scoring
Control Families

Configuration Management; Risk Assessment

Documentation

Publication:
NISTIR 7864 (DOI)
Local Download

Supplemental Material:
Press Release (other)

Document History:
07/10/12: NISTIR 7864 (Final)

Topics

Security and Privacy
general security & privacy; risk assessment