Announcing a Meeting of the Computer System Security and Privacy Advisory Board

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Announcing a Meeting of the Computer System Security and Privacy

Advisory Board

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 (CSSPAB) will meet Tuesday, September 14, 1999, and

Wednesday, September 15, 1999, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and

Thursday, September 16, 1999 from 9:00 a.m to 2:00 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 federal computer systems.

All sessions will be open to the public. Details regarding the Board's

activities are available at

http://csrc.nist.gov/csspab/.

DATES: The meeting will be held on September 14 and 15, 1999, from 9:00

a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on September 16, 1999, from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00

p.m.

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

Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, Administration Building,

Lecture Room B.

Agenda

--Welcome and Overview

--Issues Update and Briefings

--Federal Intrusion Detection Network Briefing

--Office of Management and Budget/Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs Briefing

--Briefing on the Activities of the Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue

Privacy Coalition

--NIST Computer Security Updates

--Planning for Security Program Metrics Workshop

--Pending Business/Discussion

--Public Participation

--Agenda Development for December 1999 Meeting

--Wrap-Up

Note that agenda items may change without notice because of

possible unexpected schedule conflicts of presenters.

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 CSSPAB Secretariat,

Information Technology Laboratory, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8930,

National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-

8930. It would be appreciated in 35 copies of written material were

submitted for distribution to the Board and attendees no later than

September 13, 1999. Approximately 15 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, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8930, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8930,

telephone: (301) 975-3696.

Dated: August 23, 1999.

Karen Brown,

Deputy Director, NIST.

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