[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 147 (Wednesday, August 2, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35931-35933]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16219]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology

[Docket No.: 170707635-7635-01]
RIN 0693-XC075


National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) Secure Inter-
Domain Routing Building Block

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 
invites organizations to provide products and technical expertise to 
support and demonstrate security platforms for the Secure Inter-Domain 
Routing Building Block. This notice is the initial step for the 
National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) in collaborating 
with technology companies to address cybersecurity challenges 
identified under the Secure Inter-Domain Routing Building Block. 
Participation in the building block is open to all interested 
organizations.

DATES: Interested parties must contact NIST to request a letter of 
interest template to be completed and submitted to NIST. Letters of 
interest will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. 
Collaborative activities will commence as soon as enough completed and 
signed letters of interest have been returned to address all the 
necessary components and capabilities, but no earlier than September 1, 
2017. When the building block has been completed, NIST will post a 
notice on the NCCoE Secure Inter-Domain Routing Building Block Web site 
at: https://nccoe.nist.gov/projects/building-blocks/secure-inter-domain-routing, announcing the completion of the building block and 
informing the public that it will no longer accept letters of interest 
for this building block.

ADDRESSES: The NCCoE is located at 9700 Great Seneca Highway, 
Rockville, MD 20850. Letters of interest must be submitted to [email protected] or via hardcopy to National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, NCCoE; 9700 Great Seneca Highway, Rockville, MD 20850. 
Organizations whose letters of interest are accepted in accordance with 
the process set forth in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this 
notice will be asked to sign a consortium Cooperative Research and 
Development Agreement (CRADA) with NIST. An NCCoE consortium CRADA 
template can be found at: http://nccoe.nist.gov/node/138.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Haag, Jr. via email to [email protected]; by telephone 301-975-0239; or by mail to National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, NCCoE; 9700 Great Seneca 
Highway, Rockville, MD 20850. Additional details about the Secure 
Inter-Domain Routing Building Block are available at: https://nccoe.nist.gov/projects/building-blocks/secure-inter-domain-routing.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background: The NCCoE, part of NIST, is a 
public-private collaboration for accelerating the widespread adoption 
of integrated cybersecurity tools and technologies. The NCCoE brings 
together experts from industry, government, and academia under one roof 
to develop practical, interoperable cybersecurity approaches that 
address the real-world needs of complex Information Technology (IT) 
systems. By accelerating dissemination and use of these integrated 
tools and technologies for protecting IT assets, the NCCoE will enhance 
trust in U.S. IT communications, data, and storage systems; reduce risk 
for companies and individuals using IT systems; and encourage 
development of innovative, job-creating cybersecurity products and 
services.
    Process: NIST is soliciting responses from all sources of relevant 
security capabilities (see below) to enter into a Cooperative Research 
and Development Agreement (CRADA) to provide products and technical 
expertise to support and demonstrate security platforms for the Secure 
Inter-Domain Routing Building Block. The full building block can be 
viewed at: https://nccoe.nist.gov/projects/building-blocks/secure-inter-domain-routing. Interested parties should contact NIST using the 
information provided in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this notice. NIST will then provide each interested party with a letter 
of interest template, which the party must complete, certify that it is 
accurate, and submit to NIST. NIST will contact interested parties if 
there are questions regarding the responsiveness of the letters of 
interest to the building block objective or requirements identified 
below. NIST will select participants who have submitted complete 
letters of interest on a first come, first served basis within each 
category of product

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components or capabilities listed below up to the number of 
participants in each category necessary to carry out this building 
block. However, there may be continuing opportunity to participate even 
after initial activity commences. Selected participants will be 
required to enter into a consortium CRADA with NIST (for reference, see 
ADDRESSES section above). NIST published a notice in the Federal 
Register on October 19, 2012 (77 FR 64314) inviting U.S. companies to 
enter into National Cybersecurity Excellence Partnerships (NCEPs) in 
furtherance of the NCCoE. For this demonstration project, NCEP partners 
will not be given priority for participation.
    Building Block Objective: The building block objective is to 
demonstrate means for improving inter-domain routing security. This 
project will result in a NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide--a publicly 
available description of the solution and practical steps needed to 
implement practices that effectively demonstrate the security and 
functionality of Route Origin Validation (ROV). A detailed description 
of the Secure Inter-Domain Routing Building Block is available at: 
https://nccoe.nist.gov/projects/building-blocks/secure-inter-domain-routing.
    Requirements: Each responding organization's letter of interest 
should identify which security platform component(s) or capability(ies) 
it is offering. Letters of interest should not include company 
proprietary information, and all components and capabilities must be 
commercially available. Components are listed in section 3 of the 
Secure Inter-Domain Routing Building Block (for reference, please see 
the link in the Process section above) and include, but are not limited 
to:

 Routers with software that supports BGP, RPKI-ROV, and RPKI-
Router protocol.
 RPKI Validator Cache (or RPKI VC)
 ROA data
 Operations monitoring and validation tools
 RIR RPKI repository
 Data storage for operations monitoring and validation
 BGP updates (minimum routes received by lab routers)

    Each responding organization's letter of interest should identify 
how their products address one or more of the following desired 
solution characteristics in section 3 of the Secure Inter-Domain 
Routing Building Block (for reference, please see the link in the 
Process section above):

1. Network

 Enterprise-grade network supporting servers and security tools
 Router
    [cir] eBGP enabled
    [cir] Support for RPKI-Router protocol to communicate with RPKI VC
    [cir] Minimum carrier grade router requirements
    [cir] Support for IPv4/IPv6 routes
    [cir] Internet feed to ISP router
 Switches
 Servers
 Internet link from ISP
 Government related requirements (Managed Trusted Internet 
Protocol Services (MTIPS) required or Trusted Internet Connection 
(TIC))
 Firewalls

2. RPKI

 Design supports RPKI specifications described in RFCs 6480-
6492
 RPKI VC
    [cir] System requirements: Refer to the document of the specific 
RPKI VC
    [cir] Rsync, RRDP and RPKI-Router capabilities
    [cir] Minimal performance requirements (as specified by RPKI VC 
application vendor)
 Hosted RPKI support from RIR

3. Tools

 Monitoring and management tools for RPKI-ROV
    [cir] Functionality monitoring of routers and RPKI VC
    [cir] Performance of ROA affecting routers
    [cir] Additional tools for securing ROV
    Responding organizations need to understand and, in their letters 
of interest, commit to provide:
    1. Access for all participants' project teams to component 
interfaces and the organization's experts necessary to make functional 
connections among security platform components.
    2. Support for development and demonstration of the Secure Inter-
Domain Routing Building Block in NCCoE facilities which will be 
conducted in a manner consistent with the following standards and 
guidance: FIPS 200; FIPS 201; OMB Circular A-130; FIPS 140-2; SP 800-37 
Rev. 1; SP 800-53 Rev. 4; SP 800-54; SP 800-57 Part 1; SP 800-130; SP 
800-152; SP 800-160; NIST Framework for Improving Critical 
Infrastructure Cybersecurity; and RFCs 793, 3882, 4012 5280, 5575, 
6092, 6472, 6480, 6481-6493, 6811, 7115, 7318, 7454, 7674, 7908, 7909, 
and 8097 . The project will also be informed by an in-progress draft 
800-series NIST Special Publication (Secure Interdomain Traffic 
Exchange) and two internet draft BGP RFCs (BGPsec Protocol 
Specification and BGPsec Operational Considerations).
    Additional details about the Secure Inter-Domain Routing Building 
Block are available at: https://nccoe.nist.gov/projects/building-blocks/secure-inter-domain-routing.
    NIST cannot guarantee that all the products proposed by respondents 
will be used in the demonstration. Each prospective participant will be 
expected to work collaboratively with NIST staff and other project 
participants under the terms of the consortium CRADA in the development 
of the Secure Inter-Domain Routing Building Block. Prospective 
participants' contribution to the collaborative effort will include 
assistance in establishing the necessary interface functionality, 
connection and set-up capabilities and procedures, demonstration 
harnesses, environmental and safety conditions for use, integrated 
platform user instructions, and demonstration plans and scripts 
necessary to demonstrate the desired capabilities. Each participant 
will train NIST personnel, as necessary, to operate its product in 
capability demonstrations. Following successful demonstrations, NIST 
will publish a description of the security platform and its performance 
characteristics sufficient to permit other organizations to develop and 
deploy security platforms that meet the security objectives of the 
Secure Inter-Domain Routing Building Block. These descriptions will be 
public information.
    Under the terms of the consortium CRADA, NIST will support 
development of interfaces among participants' products by providing IT 
infrastructure, laboratory facilities, office facilities, collaboration 
facilities, and staff support to component composition, security 
platform documentation, and demonstration activities.
    The dates of the demonstration of the Secure Inter-Domain Routing, 
Building Block capability will be announced on the NCCoE Web site at 
least two weeks in advance at http://nccoe.nist.gov/. The expected 
outcome of the demonstration is to improve Secure Inter-Domain Routing 
within the enterprise. Participating organizations will gain from the 
knowledge that their products are interoperable with other 
participants' offerings.
    For additional information on the NCCoE governance, business 
processes, and NCCoE operational structure, visit

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the NCCoE Web site http://nccoe.nist.gov/.

Phillip A. Singerman,
Associate Director for Innovation and Industry Services.
[FR Doc. 2017-16219 Filed 8-1-17; 8:45 am]
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