Computer System Security Award of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

The award is granted for outstanding contributions towards the advancement of computer security technology. To warrant the award, a nominee must meet at least one, and preferably several, of the following criteria:

• Scientific or technological breakthroughs that resolve long standing problems or radically advance the state of the art;
• Outstanding leadership that results in dramatic improvement to the computer security community
• Highly distinguished authorship that effects the primary principles of computer security, opens new fields of inquiry or redefines major issues
• Significant long term contributions to computer security solutions through: research, edification, or implementation