NIST practice guide addresses process for assessing integrity of computer components

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released for comment a “how-to” practice guide on verifying the integrity of computer components and ensuring their security hasn’t been compromised during manufacturing and distribution.

“NIST's National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence has published for public comment a preliminary draft of Volume C of SP 1800-34, Validating the Integrity of Computing Devices. This preliminary draft includes specific product installation, configuration, and integration instructions for building the example implementation. By releasing each volume of...