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 if hereby given that the Computer System Security and Privacy

Advisory Board (CSSPAB) will meet Wednesday, December 2, 1998, and

Thursday, December 3, 1998 from 9 a.m. to 5 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 federal computer systems. All sessions

will be open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on December 2-3, 1998, from 9 a.m. to 5

p.m.

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

Standards and Technology Gaithersburg, MD in the Administration

Building, Lecture Room A.

AGENDA:

--Welcome and Overview

--Issues Update and Briefings

--Trust in Cyperspace Briefing

--GITS/CIO Security Committees Updates

--Privacy Issues Updates

--NIST Computer Security Updates

--Discusison

--Pending Business

--Public Participation

--Agenda Development for March 1999 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

pubic 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 CSSPAB Secretariat,

Information Technology Laboratory, Building 820, Room 426, National

Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg. MD 20899-0001. It

would be appreciated if 35 copies of written material were submitted

for distribution to the Board and attendees no later than November 30,

1998. Approximately 20 seats will be available for the public and

media.

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: November 6, 1998.

Robert E. Hebner,

Acting Deputy Director.

[FR Doc. 98-30341 Filed 11-12-98; 8:45 am]

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