13 November 2008

[Federal Register: November 12, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 219)]
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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.

ACTION: Meeting notice.

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SUMMARY: 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, December 3, 2008 from 8:30 
p.m. until 5 p.m., Thursday, December 4, 2008, from 8:30 a.m. until 5 
p.m., and Friday, December 5, 2008 from 8 a.m. until 5:15 p.m. All 
sessions will be open to the public. The Advisory Board 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 Board's activities are available at http://
csrc.nist.gov/groups/SMA/ispab/index.html/.

DATES: The meeting will be held on December 3, 2008 from 8:30 p.m. 
until 5 p.m., December 4, 2008 from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. and December 
5, 2008, from 8 a.m. until 5:15 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at George Washington University 
Cafritz Conference Center 800 21st Street, NW., Washington, DC, Room 
405, on December 3 and 4, 2008 and 3rd Floor Continental Ballroom on 
December 5, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Pauline Bowen, Board Secretariat, 
Information Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8930, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8930, 
telephone: (301) 975-2938.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Agenda:
--Welcome and Overview
--OMB Update
--USCERT and Einstein
--ID Management
--Privacy Technology Report
--Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Commission 
Briefing
--ISC2 Software Credentialing
--Metrics and FISMA 08
--ISPAB Work Plan Discussion
--SCADA Security
--Threat Analysis, IC to Civilian
--Panel--Cloud Computing--Basics
--Panel--Cloud Computing--Security Strengths and Challenges
--Panel--Virtualization--Basics
--Panel--Cloud Computing and Virtualization

    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 Board agenda will include a period of 
time, not to exceed thirty minutes, for oral comments and questions 
from the public (Thursday, December 5, 2008 at 3:45-4:15 p.m.). Each 
speaker will be limited to five minutes. Members of the public who are 
interested in speaking are asked to contact the Board Secretariat at 
the telephone number indicated above. In addition, written statements 
are invited and may be submitted to the Board 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 on December 3 and 
4, 2008 and approximately 200 seats will be available for the public 
and media on December 5, 2008.

    Dated: November 5, 2008.
Patrick Gallagher,
Deputy Director.
 [FR Doc. E8-26840 Filed 11-10-08; 8:45 am]

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