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D. Richard Kuhn
Rick Kuhn is an American computer scientist and cybersecurity researcher. He is a guest researcher in the Computer Security Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and affiliate faculty at Virginia Tech’s Hume Center for National Security and Technology. He contributed to the development of Role-based access control (RBAC) and combinatorial testing techniques through NIST’s Advanced Combinatorial Testing System (ACTS). Early life and education Kuhn earned an MS in computer science from the University of Maryland, College Park and an MBA from the College of William & Mary. Career Kuhn previously worked in software development at NCR Corporation and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory before joining NIST as a guest researcher focused on access control, software verification, and software assurance. Role-based access control (RBAC) In 1992, Kuhn and David Ferraiolo introduced and formalized the concept of role-based access c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Institute Of Standards And Technology
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce whose mission is to promote American innovation and industrial competitiveness. NIST's activities are organized into Outline of physical science, physical science laboratory programs that include Nanotechnology, nanoscale science and technology, engineering, information technology, neutron research, material measurement, and physical measurement. From 1901 to 1988, the agency was named the National Bureau of Standards. History Background The Articles of Confederation, ratified by the colonies in 1781, provided: The United States in Congress assembled shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own authority, or by that of the respective states—fixing the standards of weights and measures throughout the United States. Article 1, section 8, of the Constitution of the United States, ratified i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
