National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) · FinOps Profile

Nist Finops

FOCUS-aligned FinOps for NIST: NIST APIs are free public-good services with no commercial billing. The "FinOps" surface is rate-limit budgeting and operational hygiene rather than dollar cost.

Nist Finops is the FinOps profile for National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on the APIs.io network, aligned with the FinOps Foundation Framework.

It defines 4 billable meters, billed in USD, on a none cycle, and pricing category free public service.

The profile maps 8 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.

Tagged areas include FinOps, FOCUS, Government, Public Data, and Cybersecurity.

Category: Government Open Data Pricing: Free Public Service Billing: None FOCUS v1.3
FinOpsFOCUSGovernmentPublic DataCybersecurity

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
InvoiceIssuerName
N/A (free)
PricingCategory
Free
ProviderName
NIST
PublisherName
U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology
ServiceCategory
Government Data
ServiceName
NIST Public APIs
ServiceSubcategory
Vulnerability + Standards Data

Meters

nvd_api_requests
Unit: request
Calls to the NVD REST API (rate-limited, not billed).
nvd_records_synced
Unit: record
CVE records ingested via paginated NVD sync.
chemistry_webbook_requests
Unit: request
Calls to NIST Chemistry WebBook API.
time_service_queries
Unit: query
NIST Internet Time Service queries (NTP, daytime).

Sources

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