SP 800-121 Rev. 2, Guide to Bluetooth Security

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<h4>Author(s)</h4> <p id="pub-authors-container" data-total="7"> <span id="pub-author-0">John Padgette (Accenture Federal Services)</span>, <span id="pub-author-1">John Bahr (Bahr Engineering)</span>, <span id="pub-author-2">Mayank Batra (Qualcomm Technologies International)</span>, <span id="pub-author-3">Marcel Holtmann (Intel)</span>, <span id="pub-author-4">Rhonda Smithbey (Spanalytics)</span>, <span id="pub-author-5">Lily Chen (NIST)</span>, <span id="pub-author-6">Karen Scarfone (Scarfone Cybersecurity)</span> </p> <div class="bs-callout bs-callout-success pub-abstract-callout"> <h4 id="pubs-abstract-header">Abstract</h4> <div class="hidden-sm hidden-xs hidden-xxs" id="pub-detail-abstract-info"><p>Bluetooth wireless technology is an open standard for short-range radio frequency communication used primarily to establish wireless personal area networks (WPANs), and has been integrated into many types of business and consumer devices. This publication provides information on the security capabilities of Bluetooth and gives recommendations to organizations employing Bluetooth wireless technologies on securing them effectively. The Bluetooth versions within the scope of this publication are versions 1.1, 1.2, 2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate (EDR), 2.1 + EDR, 3.0 + High Speed (HS), 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2. Versions 4.0 and later support the low energy feature of Bluetooth.</p></div> <div class="hidden-lg hidden-md"> <div id="pub-detail-abstract-min"> Bluetooth wireless technology is an open standard for short-range radio frequency communication used primarily to establish wireless personal area networks (WPANs), and has been integrated into many types of business and consumer devices. This publication provides information on the security... <a href="#pubs-abstract-header" id="pub-detail-abs-show">See full abstract</a> </div> <div id="pub-detail-abstract-all" style="display: none;"> <p>Bluetooth wireless technology is an open standard for short-range radio frequency communication used primarily to establish wireless personal area networks (WPANs), and has been integrated into many types of business and consumer devices. This publication provides information on the security capabilities of Bluetooth and gives recommendations to organizations employing Bluetooth wireless technologies on securing them effectively. The Bluetooth versions within the scope of this publication are versions 1.1, 1.2, 2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate (EDR), 2.1 + EDR, 3.0 + High Speed (HS), 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2. Versions 4.0 and later support the low energy feature of Bluetooth.</p><br/> <a href="#pubs-abstract-header" id="pub-detail-abs-hide">Hide full abstract</a> </div> </div> <h4>Keywords</h4> <span id="pub-keywords-container" data-total="6"> <span id="pub-keyword-0">Bluetooth</span>; <span id="pub-keyword-1">information security</span>; <span id="pub-keyword-2">network security</span>; <span id="pub-keyword-3">wireless networking</span>; <span id="pub-keyword-4"> </span>; <span id="pub-keyword-5">wireless personal area networks</span> </span> </div> <h5>Control Families</h5> <p> <span id="pub-control-fam-container" data-total="4"> <span id="pub-control-fam-0">Access Control</span>; <span id="pub-control-fam-1">System and Services Acquisition</span>; <span id="pub-control-fam-2">System and Communications Protection</span>; <span id="pub-control-fam-3">System and Information Integrity</span> </span> </p> </div> <div class="col-md-4 col-sm-12"> <div class="bs-callout bs-callout-success" 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