End of last week, NIST published four Draft Special Publications on e-mail security, intrusion detection and prevention, web services security, and cell phone forensics.
800-45A Guidelines on Electronic Mail Security (Acrobat PDF)--these revised guidelines intend to aid organizations in the installation, configuration, and maintenance of secure mail servers and mail clients.800-94 Guide to Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IDP) Systems (Acrobat PDF)--this new guide seeks to assist organizations in understanding Intrusion Detection System (IDS) and Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) technologies and in designing, implementing, configuring, securing, monitoring, and maintaining Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IDP) solutions.
800-95 Guide to Secure Web Services (Acrobat PDF)--this new guide provides detailed information on standards for web services security. This document explains the security features of XML, SOAP, UDDI, and related open standards in the area of Web services. It also provides specific recommendations to ensure the security of Web services-based applications.
800-101 Guidelines on Cell Phone Forensics (Acrobat PDF)--this new guide outlines general principles and provides technical information intended to aid organizations evolve appropriate policies and procedures for preserving, acquiring, and examining digital evidence found on cell phones.
