[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 169 (Wednesday, September 1, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53705-53706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21783]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Docket No. DHS-2010-0073]


Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate; Agency Information 
Collection Activities: Submission for Review; Information Collection 
Request for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and 
Technology Protected Repository for the Defense of Infrastructure 
Against Cyber Threats (PREDICT) Program

AGENCY: Science and Technology Directorate, DHS.

ACTION: 30-day notice and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security invites the general public 
to comment on data collection forms for the Protected Repository for 
the Defense of Infrastructure Against Cyber Threats (PREDICT) 
initiative. PREDICT is an initiative to facilitate the accessibility of 
computer and network operational data for use in cybersecurity 
defensive research and development. Specifically, PREDICT provides 
developers and evaluators with regularly updated network operations 
data sources relevant to cybersecurity defense technology development. 
The data sets are intended to provide developers with timely and 
detailed insight into cyberattack phenomena occurring across the 
Internet and in some cases will reveal the effects of these attacks on 
networks that are owned or managed by the data producers. A key 
motivation of PREDICT is to make these data sources more widely 
available to technology developers and evaluators, who today often 
determine the efficacy of their technical solutions on anecdotal 
evidence or small-scale test experiments, rather than on more 
comprehensive real-world data. The PREDICT Web site http://www.predict.org/contains an overview and general information as 
background, along with the data repository. As specified on the Web 
site, access to the PREDICT data repository is available to eligible 
research groups upon approval of their applications. In addition to 
helping to determine whether a group is eligible to access the 
repository, the forms will also manage the interactions between the 
PREDICT portal administrators and the research groups accessing the 
PREDICT portal. The Department is committed to improving its PREDICT 
initiative and invites interested persons to comment on the following 
forms and instructions (hereinafter ``Forms Package'') for the PREDICT 
initiative: (1) Account Request

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Form (DHS Form 10029 (12/07)); (2) Request a Dataset Form (DHS Form 
10032 (12/07)); (3) My Datasets Form (DHS Form 10033 (12/07)); (4) 
Memorandum of Agreement--PREDICT (PCC) Coordinating Center and 
Researcher/User (DHS Form 10035 (12/07)); (5) Memorandum of Agreement 
PREDICT Coordinating Center (PCC) and Data Provider (DP) (DHS Form 
10036 (12/07)); (6) Memorandum of Agreement--PCC and Data Host (DH) 
(DHS Form 10037 (12/07)); (7) Authorization Letter for Data Host (DHS 
Form 10038 (12/07)); (8) Authorization Letter for Data Provider (DHS 
Form 10039 (12/07)); (9) Sponsorship Letter (DHS Form 10040 (12/07)); 
(10) Notice of Dataset Access/Application Expiration (DHS Form 10041 
(12/07)); (11) Notice for Certificate of Data Destruction (DHS Form 
10042 (12/07)). Two new forms are also included--(12) Amendment to 
Research/User Agreement (10060 (04/10)); (13) Notice of Data Access 
Expiration (10061 (04/10)).
    This notice and request for comments is required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35).

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until October 1, 
2010.
    Comments: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments 
on the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget. Comments should be 
addressed to Desk Officer for the Department of Homeland Security, 
Science and Technology Directorate, and sent via electronic mail to 
[email protected] or faxed to (202) 395-6974. Please include 
docket number DHS-2010-0073 in the subject line of the message.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffery Harris (202) 254-6015 (Not a 
toll free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested parties can obtain copies of the 
Forms Package by calling or writing the point of contact listed above. 
The content of PREDICT is proprietary datasets that will be used by the 
Research community in its efforts to build products and technologies 
that will better protect America's computing infrastructure. Using a 
secure Web portal, accessible through https://www.predict.org/, the 
PREDICT Coordinating Center manages a centralized repository that 
identifies the datasets and their sources and location, and acts as 
gatekeeper for access and release of the data. All data input to the 
system is either keyed in by users (Data Providers) or migrated (via 
upload of XML files).
    DHS is particularly interested in comments that:
    (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    (3) Suggest ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and
    (4) Suggest ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on those who are to respond, including through the use of 
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., 
permitting electronic submissions of responses.
    The user will complete a portion of the forms online and submit 
them through the Web site, while some forms will be printed from the 
Web site and faxed to a PREDICT portal administrator. The entire Forms 
Package will be available on the PREDICT Web site found at https://www.predict.org.
    Overview of this Information Collection:
    (1) Type of Information Collection: Information Collection 
Revision.
    (2) Title of the Form/Collection: DHS S&T PREDICT Initiative.
    Agency Form Number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection: DHS Science 
and Technology Directorate, (1) Account Request Form (DHS Form 10029 
(12/07)); (2) Request a Dataset Form (DHS Form 10032 (12/07)); (3) My 
Datasets Form (DHS Form 10033 (12/07)); (4) Memorandum of Agreement--
PREDICT (PCC) Coordinating Center and Researcher/User (DHS Form 10035 
(12/07)); (5) Memorandum of Agreement PREDICT Coordinating Center (PCC) 
and Data Provider (DP) (DHS Form 10036 (12/07)); (6) Memorandum of 
Agreement--PCC and Data Host (DH) (DHS Form 10037 (12/07)); (7) 
Authorization Letter for Data Host (DHS Form 10038 (12/07)); (8) 
Authorization Letter for Data Provider (DHS Form 10039 (12/07)); (9) 
Sponsorship Letter (DHS Form 10040 (12/07)); (10) Notice of Dataset 
Access/Application Expiration (DHS Form 10041 (12/07)); (11) Notice for 
Certificate of Data Destruction (DHS Form 10042 (12/07)). Two new forms 
are also included--(12) Amendment to Research/User Agreement (10060 
(04/10)); (13) Notice of Data Access Expiration (10061 (04/10)).
    (3) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Individuals or households, Business or other 
for-profit, Not-for-profit institutions, Federal government, and State, 
local, or tribal government; the data gathered will allow the PREDICT 
initiative to provide a central repository, accessible through a Web-
based portal (https://www.predict.org/) that catalogs current computer 
network operational data, provide secure access to multiple sources of 
data collected as a result of use and traffic on the Internet, and 
facilitate data flow among PREDICT participants for the purpose of 
developing new models, technologies and products that support effective 
threat assessment and increase cyber security capabilities.
    (4) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond:
    a. Estimate of the total number of respondents: 206.
    b. An estimate of the time for an average respondent to respond: 8 
burden hours.
    c. An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: 118 burden hours.

    Dated: August 24, 2010.
Tara O'Toole,
Under Secretary for Science and Technology.
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