Computer System Security and Privacy Advisory Board; Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Computer System Security and Privacy Advisory Board; Meeting

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App.,

notice is hereby given that the Computer System Security and Privacy

Advisory Board will meet Wednesday, June 4, Thursday, June 5, and

Friday, June 6, 1997, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Advisory Board

was established by the Computer Security Act of 1987 (Pub. L. 100-235)

to advise the Secretary of Commerce and the Director of NIST on

security and privacy issues pertaining to

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Federal computer systems. All sessions will be open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on June 4, 5 and 6, 1997, from 9:00

a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the National Institute of

Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland in the Administration

Building, in Lecture Room A on June 4 and 5 and Lecture Room D on June

6.

AGENDA:

--Welcome and Overview

--Issues Update

--Federal Cryptographic Standards Update

--Computer Security Act of 1987--Overview and Perspectives

--Discussion and Recommendation Formulation

--Computer Security Training Guidelines

--Pending Business

--Public Participation

--Agenda Development for September Meeting

--Wrap-Up

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: The Board agenda will include a period of time,

not to exceed thirty minutes, for oral comments and questions from the

public. 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 below. In addition,

written statements are invited and may be submitted to the Board at any

time. Written statements should be directed to the Information

Technology Laboratory, Building 820, Room 426, National Institute of

Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001. It would be

appreciated if fifteen copies of written material were submitted for

distribution to the Board by June 9, 1997. Approximately 20 seats will

be available for the public and media.

At its March, 1997 meeting, the Board agreed to examine issues

involving the Computer Security Act of 1987 and whether to make

recommendations to the Secretary of Commerce and the Director of NIST

regarding the Act and improving the security and privacy of Federal

systems. The Board is interested in hearing a wide variety of

perspectives on the effectiveness of the Act, as input to its

deliberations on what changes or modifications to recommend. The Board

believes this to be appropriate given the advances in information

technology over the past decade and the age of the Act. Public input

regarding the Act is therefore particularly encouraged.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Edward Roback, Board Secretariat, Information Technology

Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building

820, Room 426, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001, telephone: (301) 975-3696.

Dated: May 8, 1997.

Elaine Bunten-Mines,

Acting Associate Director.

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