---
license: cc0-1.0
task_categories:
- text-generation
- question-answering
language:
- en
tags:
- cybersecurity
- nist
- compliance
- security-controls
- regulations
size_categories:
- 1K<n<10K
---

# NIST Publications - Raw PDFs

**596 NIST cybersecurity publications in original PDF format** - Complete source data for the [nist-cybersecurity-training](https://huggingface.co/datasets/ethanolivertroy/nist-cybersecurity-training) dataset.

## Dataset Description

This dataset contains the **raw, unprocessed PDF files** downloaded from the NIST Computer Security Resource Center (CSRC). These are the exact source documents used to create the NIST cybersecurity training dataset and fine-tune the HackIDLE-NIST-Coder model.

### Contents

- **596 PDF documents** (2.0 GB total)
- **metadata.json** with titles, URLs, and download information
- Covers documents published through October 2025

### Document Series

| Series | Count | Description |
|--------|-------|-------------|
| **FIPS** | ~25 | Federal Information Processing Standards (cryptography) |
| **SP 800** | ~350 | Special Publications - Security guidelines |
| **SP 1800** | ~30 | Special Publications - Practice guides |
| **IR** | ~160 | Interagency/Internal Reports |
| **CSWP** | ~31 | Cybersecurity White Papers |

### Key Documents Included

- **SP 800-53 Rev. 5** - Security and Privacy Controls
- **SP 800-63-4** - Digital Identity Guidelines (July 2025 release)
- **NIST CSF 2.0** - Cybersecurity Framework (CSWP series)
- **SP 800-207** - Zero Trust Architecture
- **SP 800-37 Rev. 2** - Risk Management Framework
- **FIPS 140-3** - Cryptographic Module Validation
- **SP 800-161 Rev. 1** - Supply Chain Risk Management
- **SP 800-171 Rev. 3** - Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information

## Data Pipeline

This raw dataset is part of a complete data processing pipeline:

```
1. Raw PDFs (this dataset)
   ↓
2. Extraction (Docling + MarkItDown)
   ↓
3. Training Data Preparation
   ↓
4. Training Dataset: ethanolivertroy/nist-cybersecurity-training
   ↓
5. Fine-tuned Models: HackIDLE-NIST-Coder v1.1
```

## Usage

### Download All PDFs

```python
from datasets import load_dataset

# Download the dataset
dataset = load_dataset("ethanolivertroy/nist-publications-raw")

# Access metadata
with open("metadata.json", "r") as f:
    metadata = json.load(f)

# List all PDFs
pdf_files = [f for f in os.listdir(".") if f.endswith(".pdf")]
print(f"Downloaded {len(pdf_files)} PDFs")
```

### Download Specific Document

```python
from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download

# Download a specific PDF
pdf_path = hf_hub_download(
    repo_id="ethanolivertroy/nist-publications-raw",
    filename="Digital Identity Guidelines_ Authentication and Authenticator Management.pdf",
    repo_type="dataset"
)
```

## Reproduction

To reproduce this dataset (download fresh copies from NIST):

```bash
# Clone the source repository
git clone https://github.com/ethanolivertroy/nist-tuned-model

# Run the scraper
cd nist-tuned-model
python src/download_all_nist.py --output data/raw
```

The scraper downloads documents with these filters:
- Series: FIPS, SP, IR, CSWP
- Status: Final (published)
- From: NIST Computer Security Resource Center

## Metadata

The `metadata.json` file contains structured information for each PDF:

```json
{
  "title": "Document title",
  "detail_url": "https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/...",
  "local_path": "data/raw/filename.pdf",
  "downloaded": true
}
```

## Related Resources

- **Training Dataset**: [ethanolivertroy/nist-cybersecurity-training](https://huggingface.co/datasets/ethanolivertroy/nist-cybersecurity-training) - 530,912 processed examples
- **MLX Model**: [ethanolivertroy/HackIDLE-NIST-Coder-v1.1-MLX-4bit](https://huggingface.co/ethanolivertroy/HackIDLE-NIST-Coder-v1.1-MLX-4bit)
- **GGUF Model**: [ethanolivertroy/HackIDLE-NIST-Coder-v1.1-GGUF](https://huggingface.co/ethanolivertroy/HackIDLE-NIST-Coder-v1.1-GGUF)
- **Ollama**: [etgohome/hackidle-nist-coder](https://ollama.com/etgohome/hackidle-nist-coder)

## License

**CC0 1.0 Universal (Public Domain)**

All NIST publications are in the public domain and not subject to copyright in the United States. This dataset is released under CC0 for maximum reusability.

## Citation

```bibtex
@misc{nist-publications-raw,
  title={NIST Cybersecurity Publications - Raw PDFs},
  author={Troy, Ethan Oliver},
  year={2025},
  publisher={Hugging Face},
  howpublished={\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/ethanolivertroy/nist-publications-raw}}
}
```

## Acknowledgments

- **NIST Computer Security Resource Center** - Original source of all documents
- **NIST Cybersecurity Framework Team** - Framework development
- **NIST Privacy Framework Team** - Privacy guidance

## Dataset Statistics

- **Total Size**: 2.0 GB
- **Document Count**: 596
- **Date Range**: 1977-2025 (primarily 2010-2025)
- **Format**: PDF (various versions)
- **Languages**: English

## Version History

- **v1.1** (October 2025): Added CSWP series (28 documents), SP 800-63-4
- **v1.0** (Initial release): 568 documents (FIPS, SP 800/1800, IR)

---

**Maintainer**: Ethan Oliver Troy
**Contact**: Via GitHub or HuggingFace profile
**Last Updated**: October 2025