[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 185 (Friday, September 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59112-59113]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-24529]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Announcing an Open 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, October 26, 2011, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., 
Thursday, October 27, 2011, from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m., and Friday, 
October 28, 2011 from 8 a.m. until 12 p.m. All sessions will be open to 
the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 26, 2011, from 8 
a.m. until 5 p.m. eastern time, Thursday, October 27, 2011, from 8:30 
a.m. until 5 p.m. eastern time, and Friday, October 28, 2011 from 8 
a.m. until 12 p.m. eastern time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place in the Courtyard Washington 
Embassy Row, 1600 Rhode Island Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20036.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Annie Sokol, 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, 
October 26, 2011, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., Thursday, October 27, 2011, 
from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m., and Friday, October 28, 2011 from 8 a.m. 
until 12 p.m. All sessions will be open to the public. The ISPAB was 
established by the Computer 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:

--Presentation on NIST Special Publication 800-53, Appendix on Privacy,
--Presentation from U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on DHS 
and Department of Defense (DoD) strategy for cyberspace,
--Presentation on Doctrine of Cybersecurity relating to computer 
security research,
--Presentation from National Protection and Programs Directorate, DHS, 
on the white paper, ``Enabling Distributed Security in Cyberspace'',
--Discussion with Cybersecurity Coordinator and Special Assistant to 
the President,
--Presentation on Security Automation and key focus areas,
--Presentations on policies relating to national border database 
(National Vulnerability Database),
--Presentation/discussion on telecommunication, Federal Communications 
Commission (FCC) and technology,
--Discussion/updates on the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in 
Cyberspace (NSTIC),
--Panel discussion on recommended framework beyond FISMA 3.0--baseline 
and sectoral variation,
--Presentation/Discussion on Cyber Awareness Month,
--Discussion on cybersecurity with Senior Defense and Intelligence 
Advisor,
--Discussion with OMB with emphasis on information security,
--Discussion/Update on FedRAMP,
--Presentation on Privacy and Consumers,
--Panel discussion on Data and Country of Origin in cloud computing, 
and
--Update of NIST Computer Security Division.

    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 
(Friday, October 28, 2011, between 8:15 a.m. and 8:45 a.m.). Each 
speaker will be limited to five minutes. Members of the public who are 
interested in speaking are asked to contact Ms. Annie Sokol 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

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Laboratory, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8930, National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8930. Approximately 
fifteen seats will be available for the public and media.

    Dated: September 12, 2011.
Willie E. May,
Associate Director for Laboratory Programs.
[FR Doc. 2011-24529 Filed 9-22-11; 8:45 am]
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