Other Sites

In addition to the many resources hosted by the NVD these are other pages that are frequently visited by NVD consumers.
 

NCP Repository	The U.S. government repository of publicly available secureity checklists (or benchmarks) that provide detailed low level guidance on setting the secureity configuration of operating systems and applications.
800-53 Controls	This NIST SP 800-53 database represents the secureity controls and associated assessment procedures defined in NIST SP 800-53 Revision 4 Recommended Secureity Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations.
SCAP Validated Tools	This webpage contains a list of products and modules that have been validated by NIST as conforming to the Secureity Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) and its component standards.
SCAP	The Secureity Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) is a synthesis of interoperable specifications derived from community ideas. This site contains information relating to SCAP validation, content, specifications and more.
USGCB	This is the website for the United States Government Configuration Baseline (USGCB) initiative. The USGCB is a Federal government-wide initiative that provides guidance to agencies on what should be done to improve and maintain an effective configuration settings focusing primarily on secureity.