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SCAP

(Security Content Automation Protocol) A set of standards for sharing security data developed by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). First defined in April 2009 in NIST Interagency Report 7511, SCAP includes the following. For more information, visit http://scap.nist.gov.

Extensible Configuration Checklist
Description Format (XCCDF)
An XML specification for structured collections of security configuration rules used by operating system and application platforms.

Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language (OVAL)
An XML specification for exchanging technical details about how to check systems for security-related software flaws, configuration issues and patches.

Common Configuration Enumeration (CCE)
A dictionary of software security configuration issues, such as access control settings and password policy settings.

Common Platform Enumeration (CPE)
A naming convention for hardware, OS and applications.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)
A dictionary of publicly known security-related software flaws.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)
A method for classifying software flaws and assigning severity scores based on their characteristics.

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SCAP uses a group of well-defined standards from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to automate the detection and reporting of vulnerabilities.

The best way to remediate by Michael Chernin, vulnerability subject matter expert, corporate information security, Depository Tru / SC Magazine

Combined, these initiatives have raised almost $26 billion, or 76 per cent of the total, toward the SCAP buffer of $33.

Bank of America raises $26 billion in capital by CPI Financial

The company is now 76 percent of the way toward the SCAP buffer of $33.

Bank of America ‘well on its way' to reach $33.9 Bln Fed buffer by International Business Times - US ed.