Extensible Configuration Checklist Description Format

The Extensible Configuration Checklist Description Format (XCCDF) is an XML format specifying security checklists, benchmarks and configuration documentation.

XCCDF development is being pursued by NIST, the NSA, The MITRE Corporation, and the US Department of Homeland Security.^{[citation needed]}

XCCDF is intended to serve as a replacement for the security hardening and analysis documentation written in prose. XCCDF is used by the Security Content Automation Protocol.^[1]

References

^ Waltermire, David; Schmidt, Charles; Scarfone, Karen; Ziring, Neal (March 2012). "Specification for the Extensible Configuration Checklist Description Format (XCCDF) Version 1.2" (PDF).

External links

XCCDF Homepage
XCCDF 1.1.2 specification
XCCDF 1.1.3 specification
XCCDF 1.1.4 specification
XCCDF 1.2 specification (current as of October 2011)

[1] Waltermire, David; Schmidt, Charles; Scarfone, Karen; Ziring, Neal (March 2012). "Specification for the Extensible Configuration Checklist Description Format (XCCDF) Version 1.2" (PDF).

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