Homeland Security: Data & Standards

Armed conflict data in developing countries

"...an open-source database including information on terrorist events around the world from 1970 through 2013 (with annual updates planned for the future). "

"The Science and Technology Directorate's (S&T) Systems Engineering and Standards offers a technical framework to enable sound decision making relative to trade studies, system performance, risk, cost and schedule, and also works with first responders and law enforcement communities to answer the basic question, “What equipment will do the job?"

"NVD is the U.S. government repository of standards based vulnerability management data represented using the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP). This data enables automation of vulnerability management, security measurement, and compliance. NVD includes databases of security checklists, security related software flaws, misconfigurations, product names, and impact metrics."