Photons and Electrons

This is Dave Edstrom's personal blog called Photons and Electrons. This blog is about technology, as well as some of my personal interests. I am the CEO/CTO of Virtual Photons Electrons. I was the CTO for MEMEX for three years, the President and Chairman of the Board for the MTConnect Institute from May 2010 to January 2014 and prior to that I spent 23 years at Sun Microsystems.

Friday, November 13, 2009

SCAP: Important Protocol - Security Content Automation Protocol

Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP - pronounced "ess CAP" ) is a very important security protocol that is being embraced by a number of government agencies.

Wikipedia has a nice overview I would encourage everyone to check out:

SCAP Components

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)
Common Configuration Enumeration (CCE)
Common Platform Enumeration (CPE)
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)
Extensible Configuration Checklist Description Format (XCCDF)
Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language (OVAL)

These components can be used to build products that have SCAP Capabilities:

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