[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19358-19359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-8944]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration


Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office; Announcement of a 
Workshop on Public Key Infrastructure for Advanced Network Technologies

AGENCY: Bureau of Export Administration, Critical Infrastructure 
Assurance Office.

ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting/Workshop.

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SUMMARY: The Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office (CIAO) invites 
interested parties to attend a workshop on April 27-28, 2000, on Public 
Key Infrastructures for Advanced Network Technologies. The workshop is 
designed to promote the deployment and use of a high confidence public 
key infrastructure and related security technologies for advanced 
networks and distributed government applications in E-commerce and 
related critical systems.

DATES: The workshop will be held on April 27-28, 2000, starting at 8:30 
am until 5:00 pm.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held at the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology (NIST), Building 101, Lecture Room A. 
Gaithersburg, MD, 20899. Attendance is open to all interested persons, 
but seating is limited. Therefore, registration for attendance will be 
accepted on a first-come basis. To register please contact Wanda Rose 
at (202) 589-3241 or by E-mail: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER TECHNICAL INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Rosenthal, Critical 
Infrastructure Assurance Office, 1800 G St., NW, 8th floor, Washington, 
D.C. 20006; Phone number: (202) 589-3231; E-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
     The workshop is designed to promote the deployment and use 
of a high confidence public key infrastructure and related security 
technologies for advanced networks and distributed government 
applications in E-commerce and related critical systems in banking and 
finance, energy, transportation, and telecommunications sectors.

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     The workshop is intended to contribute to the development 
of collaborative interagency research and development agenda executed 
under the High Confidence Systems and Software, Large Scale Networking, 
and Critical Infrastructure Protection Research and Development 
Programs.
     The workshop is designed to identify opportunities for 
U.S. government agencies to develop collaborative experiments and test 
beds that address issues related to scalability, interoperability, 
testing and robustness in the face of attacks on public key 
infrastructure systems; and to facilitate discussion between people who 
understand public key infrastructure technology and those who might 
propose policies and legal frameworks.
     In addition, the workshop will explore technology transfer 
opportunities that enable new markets for next generation public key 
infrastructures for the Internet and will facilitate movement of public 
key infrastructure towards becoming a high confidence assured Internet 
service.
    Copies of the agenda for the workshop will be available on CIAO's 
web site: www.CIAO.gov.

William A. Reinsch,
Under Secretary for Export Administration.
[FR Doc. 00-8944 Filed 4-10-00; 8:45 am]
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