Further , NIST has issued numerous Federal Information Processing Standards , as well as a comprehensive description of basic concepts and techniques entitled An Introduction to Computer The NIST Handbook , Special Publication 800-12 , December 1995 , and Generally Accepted Principles and Practices for Securing Information Technology Systems , 3 published in September 1996 .
NIST authored An Introduction to Computer The NIST Handbook , December 1995 .