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1.4 Document Structure

NIST platform security: roots of trust, firmware and secure enclaves SP 800-147
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The remainder of this document is organized into the following major sections:

 Section 2 presents an overview of the BIOS and its role in the boot process, and identifies potential attacks against the BIOS in an operational environment.

 Section 3 examines how selected threats to the BIOS can be mitigated. Section 3.1 describes security controls for BIOS implementations that are required or recommended to mitigate these threats. Section 3.2 defines processes that leverage these controls to implement a secure BIOS update process within an enterprise as part of the platform management life cycle.

The document also contains appendices with supporting material:

 Appendix A contains a summary of the security guidelines for system BIOS implementations.

 Appendix B defines terms used in this document.

 Appendix C contains a list of acronyms and abbreviations used in this document.

 Appendix D contains a list of references used in the development of this document.