Benchmark Development: Course Materials

Course Materials

The PowerPoint briefing slides below are used in MITRE’s free Benchmark Development Course. Also included are video presentations of each phase and links to the standards and tools referenced within each phase of the course.

A single zip file containing all of the briefing slides is also available:

BenchmarkDevelopmentCourseSlides.zip (23.7 MKB)

Agenda
Slides: BenchmarkDevelopmentCourseAgenda.ppt (84 KB)
Introduction — SCAP
Slides: BenchmarkDevelopmentCourseIntroduction.pptx (5.48 MB) Video: Benchmark Development Course Introduction.zip (6.44 MB) Video: IntroductionZIPFileReadMe.txt (1 KB)	Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP)
Phase 1 — Writing Good Guidance
Slides: BenchmarkDevelopmentCoursePhase1.pptx (4.72 MB) Video: Benchmark Development Course Phase 1.zip (23.8 MB) Video: Phase1ZIPFileReadMe.txt (1 KB)	National Checklist Program Recommendation Tracker™
Phase 2 — Augmenting Guidance
Slides: BenchmarkDevelopmentCoursePhase2.pptx (4.70 MB) Video: Benchmark Development Course Phase 2.zip (30.9 MB) Video: Phase2ZIPFileReadMe.txt (1 KB)	NIST Special Publication 800-53: Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information Systems Common Configuration Enumeration (CCE™) Common Platform Enumeration (CPE™) Recommendation Tracker™
Phase 3 — Automating Assessment
Slides: BenchmarkDevelopmentCoursePhase3.pptx (4.90 MB) Video: Benchmark Development Course Phase 3.zip (48.1 MB) Video: Phase3ZIPFileReadMe.txt (1 KB)	Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language (OVAL®) OVAL Interpreter Benchmark Editor™ Open Checklist Interactive Language (OCIL) Interactive Schema Interpreter
Phase 4 — Benchmark Structuring and Tailoring
Slides: BenchmarkDevelopmentCoursePhase4.pptx (5.01 MB) Video: Benchmark Development Course Phase 4.zip (9.86 MB) Video: Phase4ZIPFileReadMe.txt (1 KB)	Extensible Configuration Checklist Description Format (XCCDF) Benchmark Editor™
Phase 5 — Managing Compliance
Slides: BenchmarkDevelopmentCoursePhase5.pptx (5.09 MB) Video: Benchmark Development Course Phase 5.zip (9.86 MB) Video: Phase5ZIPFileReadMe.txt (1 KB)	XCCDF Content Automation Tool (XCAT)
Conclusion
Slides: BenchmarkDevelopmentCourseConclusion.pptx (5.06 MB) Video: Benchmark Development Course Conclusion.zip (1.20 MB) Video: ConclusionZIPFileReadMe.txt (1 KB)

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