[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 184 (Thursday, September 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57904-57905]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-23723]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Announcing a Meeting of the Information Security and Privacy 
Advisory Board

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) 
will meet Wednesday, November 3, 2010, from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., 
Thursday, November 4, 2010, from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m., and Friday, 
November 5, 2010 from 8 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. All sessions will be open 
to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 3, 2010, from 9 
a.m. until 4:30 p.m., Thursday, November 4, 2010, from 8:30 a.m. until 
5 p.m., and Friday, November 5, 2010 from 8 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Marriott Hotel 
Washington, 1221 22nd Street, NW., Washington, District Of Columbia 
20037 on November 3, 4, & 5, 2010. Please see admittance instructions 
in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Matthew Scholl, Information 
Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8930, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8930, telephone: 
(301) 975-2006.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, 5 U.S.C. App., notice is hereby given that the Information 
Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet Wednesday, 
November 3, 2010, from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., Thursday, November 4, 
2010, from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m., and Friday, November 5, 2010 from 8 
a.m. until 12:30 p.m. All sessions will be open to the public. The 
ISPAB was established by the Computer

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Security Act of 1987 (Pub. L. 100-235) and amended by the Federal 
Information Security Management Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-347) to advise 
the Secretary of Commerce and the Director of NIST on security and 
privacy issues pertaining to federal computer systems. Details 
regarding the ISPAB's activities are available at http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/SMA/ispab/index.html/.
    The agenda is expected to include the following items:

--Medical Device Vendor Panel discussion of security, anti-virus and 
patching issues,
--Inspectors General Panel discussion on current trends and methods for 
assessing agencies and thoughts on continuous monitoring,
--Presentation from USCert and the National Vulnerability Database to 
discuss attack and reporting data and vulnerability trends,
--Presentation from Mississippi State University on Current Research in 
Computer Forensics,
--CIO Panel discussion on value of clearances for understanding of 
threat space and influence on security programs,
--U.S. Government Configuration Baseline (USGCB),
--Secure Domain Name System (DNSSec) Deployment propagation report,
--Agency Approaches to Security Programs, CISO Innovations and micro-
agencies,
--Talk with the National Security Staff/Cyber Coordinators Office,
--Update of NIST Computer Security Division, and
--Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board Work Planning 
Session.

Note that agenda items may change without notice because of possible 
unexpected schedule conflicts of presenters. The final agenda will be 
posted on the Web site indicated above.
    Public Participation: The ISPAB agenda will include a period of 
time, not to exceed thirty minutes, for oral comments from the public 
(Thursday November 4, 2010, at 3-3:30 p.m.). Each speaker will be 
limited to five minutes. Members of the public who are interested in 
speaking are asked to contact Mr. Matthew Scholl at the telephone 
number indicated above.
    In addition, written statements are invited and may be submitted to 
the ISPAB at any time. Written statements should be directed to the 
ISPAB Secretariat, Information Technology Laboratory, 100 Bureau Drive, 
Stop 8930, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8930. Approximately 15 seats will be available 
for the public and media.

    Dated: September 14, 2010.
Harry S. Hertz,
Director, Baldrige National Quality Program.
[FR Doc. 2010-23723 Filed 9-22-10; 8:45 am]
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