NCP - Information You are viewing this page in an unauthorized frame window. This is a potential security issue, you are being redirected to https://ncp.nist.gov An official website of the United States government Here's how you know Official websites use .gov A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. Secure .gov websites use HTTPS A lock () or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. NCP MENU General Expand or Collapse Glossary NCP FAQs - General Users NCP FAQs - Vendors and Checklist Developers NCP Special Publication Checklist Repository Data Feeds Participant Material CCE Expand or Collapse CCE - FAQs Contact NCP Other Sites Expand or Collapse Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) National Vulnerability Database (NVD) Information Technology Laboratory National Checklist Program National Checklist Program NCP General Expand or Collapse Glossary NCP FAQs - General Users NCP FAQs - Vendors and Checklist Developers NCP Special Publication Checklist Repository Data Feeds Participant Material CCE Expand or Collapse CCE - FAQs Contact NCP Other Sites Expand or Collapse Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) National Vulnerability Database (NVD) National Checklist Program The National Checklist Program (NCP), defined by the NIST SP 800-70, is the U.S. government repository of publicly available security checklists (or benchmarks) that provide detailed low level guidance on setting the security configuration of operating systems and applications. NCP Checklist Repository NCP Data Feeds NIST 800-70 Participation NCP supports the CCE Common Configuration Enumeration (CCE) list, the CCE Platform Listing. NCP is migrating its repository of checklists to conform to the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP). SCAP enables standards based security tools to automatically perform configuration checking using NCP checklists. NCP Resources: Frequently Asked Questions: General Information Frequently Asked Questions: For Vendors and Checklist Developers NIST Special Publication 800-70 Download Page Contact NCP X (link is external) facebook (link is external) linkedin (link is external) youtube (link is external) rss govdelivery (link is external) HEADQUARTERS 100 Bureau Drive Gaithersburg, MD 20899 (301) 975-2000 Webmaster | Contact Us | Our Other Offices Incident Response Assistance and Non-NVD Related Technical Cyber Security Questions: US-CERT Security Operations Center Email: [emailprotected] Phone: 1-888-282-0870 Site Privacy | Accessibility | Privacy Program | Copyrights | Vulnerability Disclosure | No Fear Act Policy | FOIA | Environmental Policy | Scientific Integrity | Information Quality Standards | Commerce.gov | Science.gov | USA.gov