80 FR 48821 - National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, Attribute Based Access Control Building Block

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 157 (August 14, 2015)

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FR Document		2015-20041

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) invites organizations to provide products and technical expertise to support and demonstrate security platforms for the Attribute Based Access Control 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 Attribute Based Access Control Building Block. Participation in the building block is open to all interested organizations.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology

[Docket Number: 150508436-5436-01]


National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, Attribute Based 
Access Control 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 Attribute Based 
Access Control 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 Attribute Based Access Control 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 that identifies 
the organization requesting participation in the Attribute Based Access 
Control Building Block and the capabilities and components that are 
being offered to the collaborative effort. 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 14, 2015. When the building 
block has been completed, NIST will post a notice on the NCCoE 
Attribute Based Access Control Building Block Web site at http://nccoe.nist.gov/content/attribute-based-access-control 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 9600 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD 
20850. Letters of interest must be submitted to [email protected] or 
via hardcopy to National Institute of Standards and Technology, NCCoE; 
9600 Gudelsky Drive; Rockville, MD 20850. Organizations whose letters 
of interest are accepted in accordance with the process set forth in 
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of

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this notice will be asked to sign a Cooperative Research and 
Development Agreement (CRADA) with NIST. A CRADA template can be found 
at: http://nccoe.nist.gov/node/138.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill Fisher via email at to [email protected], by telephone 240-314-6838; or by mail to National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, NCCoE; 9600 Gudelsky Drive; 
Rockville, MD 20850. Additional details about the Attribute Based 
Access Control Building Block are available at http://nccoe.nist.gov/content/attribute-based-access-control.

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 
Attribute Based Access Control Building Block. The full building block 
can be viewed at: http://nccoe.nist.gov/content/attribute-based-access-control.
    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 and which identifies the organization requesting 
participation in the Attribute Based Access Control Building Block and 
the capabilities and components that are being offered to the 
collaborative effort. 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 and to 
obtain additional information. NIST will select participants who have 
submitted complete letters of interest on a first come, first served 
basis within each category of product components or capabilities listed 
below up to the number of participants in each category necessary to 
carry out the Attribute Based Access Control 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

    Enterprises face the continual challenge of providing access 
control mechanisms for subjects requesting access to corporate 
resources (e.g. applications, networks, systems and data). 
Authentication is required for a diverse set of subjects, who may be 
known or unknown to the enterprise, and may present the organization 
with differing credentials. Once authenticated, enterprises require a 
strong authorization system that enables fine-grain access decisions 
based on a range of users, resources, and environmental conditions. 
These challenges, combined with the growth and distributed nature of 
enterprise resources, as well as the need to share information among 
stakeholders that are not managed directly by the enterprise, has 
spawned the demand for highly flexible access control mechanisms.
    This building block will use commercially available technologies to 
demonstrate an enterprise Attribute Based Access Control implementation 
that makes run-time authorization decisions and enforces a rich set of 
access control policies consistently across an enterprise (or 
enterprises). Information about a subject, the resource being accessed, 
and the environmental context at the time of attempted access shall 
form the basis for access control decisions, rather than pre-
provisioned privileges within individual systems.
    Through the use of an attribute exchange platform, this project 
will exhibit a federated access control environment, allowing for the 
secure sharing of IT resources across multiple enterprises. In this 
manner, enterprises enable unanticipated, yet valid, federated 
identities to gain access, without the traditional challenge of waiting 
for identity provisioning or authorization approvals.
    A detailed description of the Attribute Based Access Control 
Building Block are available at: http://nccoe.nist.gov/content/attribute-based-access-control.

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 ten of the Attribute Based Access 
Control Building Block (for reference, please see the link in the 
PROCESS section above) and include, but are not limited to:

     Identity management software that includes functions like: 
Account provisioning, de-provisioning and directory services
     Platform for exchanging attributes
     Federation server
     Databases for policy database, identity store, subject 
attribute repository, object and attribute repository
     Policy server, to serve as the policy administration point
     Access management system, which may include the policy 
decision point, policy enforcement point and context handler
     Authentication server and components supporting two factor 
authentication
     Cryptographic means to protect subject privacy during 
interactions between RPs, IDPs, APs and the attribute exchange 
platform.
    Each responding organization's letter of interest should identify 
how their product(s) address one or more of the desired solution 
characteristics in section five of the Attribute Based Access Control 
Building Block description (for reference, please see link in PROCESS 
section above).
    Additional details about the Attribute Based Access Control 
Building Block are available at: http://nccoe.nist.gov/content/attribute-based-access-control.
    NIST cannot guarantee that all of 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 Attribute Based

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Access Control 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 Attribute Based Access Control 
Building Block. These descriptions will be public information.
    Under the terms of the consortium CRADA, participants will commit 
to providing:

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 Attribute Based 
Access Control Building Block in NCCoE facilities which will be 
conducted in a manner consistent with Federal requirements (e.g., FIPS 
200, FIPS 201, SP 800-53, and SP 800-63)
    In addition, 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 Attribute Based Access 
Control 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 Attribute Based 
Access Control 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 the NCCoE Web site 
http://nccoe.nist.gov/.

Richard Cavanagh,
Acting Associate Director for Laboratory Programs.
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XII. ITC Notification companies with relevant technology to
XIII. Disclosure and Public Comment enter into a Collaborative Research and National Institute of Standards and
XIV. Verification Technology
Recommendation Development Agreement (CRADA) with
[FR Doc. 2015–20124 Filed 8–13–15; 8:45 am] NIST. [Docket Number: 150508436–5436–01]
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National Cybersecurity Center of
Upon request, submitters are provided Excellence, Attribute Based Access
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE with questions in an electronic Control Building Block
document that can be filled in, signed, AGENCY: National Institute of Standards
National Institute of Standards and and submitted via mail or electronic
Technology and Technology, Department of
mail. Commerce.
Proposed Information Collection; III. Data ACTION: Notice.
Comment Request; National
Cybersecurity Center of Excellence OMB Control Number: 0693–XXXX. SUMMARY: The National Institute of
Participant Letter of Interest Form Number(s): None. Standards and Technology (NIST)
invites organizations to provide
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards Type of Review: New Information products and technical expertise to
and Technology (NIST), Department of Collection. support and demonstrate security
Commerce. Affected Public: Businesses or other platforms for the Attribute Based Access
ACTION: Notice. for profit. Control Building Block. This notice is
the initial step for the National
SUMMARY: The Department of Estimated Number of Respondents:
Cybersecurity Center of Excellence
Commerce, as part of its continuing 100 per year.
(NCCoE) in collaborating with
effort to reduce paperwork and Estimated Time per Response: 30 technology companies to address
respondent burden, invites the general minutes. cybersecurity challenges identified
public and other Federal agencies to under the Attribute Based Access
take this opportunity to comment on Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 50 hours. Control Building Block. Participation in
proposed and/or continuing information the building block is open to all
collections, as required by the Estimated Total Annual Cost to interested organizations.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Public: $0.
DATES: Interested parties must contact
DATES: Written comments must be
IV. Request for Comments NIST to request a letter of interest
submitted on or before October 13, template to be completed and submitted
2015. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether to NIST that identifies the organization
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments the proposed collection of information requesting participation in the Attribute
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental is necessary for the proper performance Based Access Control Building Block
Paperwork Clearance Officer, of the functions of the agency, including and the capabilities and components
Department of Commerce, Room 6616, whether the information shall have that are being offered to the
14th and Constitution Avenue NW., practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the collaborative effort. Letters of interest
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the agency’s estimate of the burden will be accepted on a first come, first
Internet at JJessup@doc.gov). (including hours and cost) of the served basis. Collaborative activities
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: proposed collection of information; (c) will commence as soon as enough
Requests for additional information or ways to enhance the quality, utility, and completed and signed letters of interest
copies of the information collection clarity of the information to be have been returned to address all the
instrument and instructions should be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the necessary components and capabilities,
directed to Lucy Salah, 9600 Gudelsky burden of the collection of information but no earlier than September 14, 2015.
Dr., Rockville, MD 20850 or on respondents, including through the When the building block has been
Lucy.Salah@nist.gov. use of automated collection techniques completed, NIST will post a notice on
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: or other forms of information the NCCoE Attribute Based Access
technology. Control Building Block Web site at
I. Abstract http://nccoe.nist.gov/content/attribute-
Comments submitted in response to based-access-control announcing the
In order to fulfill its core mission, the
this notice will be summarized and/or completion of the building block and
National Cybersecurity Center of
Excellence (NCCoE) publishes included in the request for OMB informing the public that it will no
announcements in the Federal Register approval of this information collection; longer accept letters of interest for this
of new collaborative projects to address they also will become a matter of public building block.
cybersecurity challenges. In response to record. ADDRESSES: The NCCoE is located at
these announcements, technology Dated: August 10, 2015. 9600 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD
vendors are invited to submit Letters of 20850. Letters of interest must be
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Glenna Mickelson,
Interest (LoI) for technologies relevant to Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
submitted to abac-nccoe@nist.gov or via
the challenge. These letters specify the Information Officer. hardcopy to National Institute of
product(s) that the potential collaborator [FR Doc. 2015–20015 Filed 8–13–15; 8:45 am]
Standards and Technology, NCCoE;
is submitting for consideration, how the 9600 Gudelsky Drive; Rockville, MD
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product(s) address(es) one or more of 20850. Organizations whose letters of
the requirements of the project, and interest are accepted in accordance with
contact information for the company’s the process set forth in the
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Access Control Building Block. the NCCoE Web site http:// 20850. Letters of interest may be
Prospective participants’ contribution to nccoe.nist.gov/. submitted to piv-nccoe@nist.gov or via
the collaborative effort will include hardcopy to National Institute of
Richard Cavanagh,
assistance in establishing the necessary Standards and Technology, NCCoE;
Acting Associate Director for Laboratory 9600 Gudelsky Drive; Rockville, MD
interface functionality, connection and Programs.
set-up capabilities and procedures, 20850. Organizations whose letters of
[FR Doc. 2015–20041 Filed 8–13–15; 8:45 am]
demonstration harnesses, environmental interest are accepted in accordance with
BILLING CODE 3510–13–P the process set forth in the
and safety conditions for use, integrated
platform user instructions, and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
demonstration plans and scripts this notice will be asked to sign a
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
necessary to demonstrate the desired Cooperative Research and Development
capabilities. Each participant will train National Institute of Standards and Agreement (CRADA) with NIST. A
NIST personnel, as necessary, to operate Technology CRADA template can be found at:
its product in capability http://nccoe.nist.gov/node/138.
[Docket No.: 150805680–5680–01]
demonstrations. Following successful FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim
demonstrations, NIST will publish a National Cybersecurity Center of McBride via email to piv-nccoe@
description of the security platform and Excellence, Derived Personal Identity nist.gov; by telephone 240–314–6811; or
its performance characteristics sufficient Verification Credentials Building Block by mail to National Institute of
to permit other organizations to develop Standards and Technology, NCCoE;
and deploy security platforms that meet AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 9600 Gudelsky Drive; Rockville, MD
the security objectives of the Attribute and Technology, Department of 20850. Additional details about the
Based Access Control Building Block. Commerce. Derived PIV Credentials Building Block
These descriptions will be public ACTION: Notice. are available at http://nccoe.nist.gov/
information. derivedcredentials/.
SUMMARY: The National Institute of
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Under the terms of the consortium Standards and Technology (NIST)
CRADA, participants will commit to invites organizations to provide Background
providing: products and technical expertise to The NCCoE, part of NIST, is a public-
1. Access for all participants’ project support and demonstrate security private collaboration for accelerating the
teams to component interfaces and platforms for the Derived Personal widespread adoption of integrated
Identity Verification (PIV) Credentials cybersecurity tools and technologies.
the organization’s experts necessary
Building Block. This notice is the initial The NCCoE brings together experts from
to make functional connections
step for the National Cybersecurity industry, government, and academia
among security platform
Center of Excellence (NCCoE) in under one roof to develop practical,
components
collaborating with technology interoperable cybersecurity approaches
2. Support for development and companies to address cybersecurity that address the real-world needs of
demonstration of the Attribute challenges identified under the Derived complex Information Technology (IT)
Based Access Control Building PIV Credentials Building Block. systems. By accelerating dissemination
Block in NCCoE facilities which Participation in the building block is and use of these integrated tools and
will be conducted in a manner open to all interested organizations. technologies for protecting IT assets, the
consistent with Federal DATES: Interested parties must contact NCCoE will enhance trust in U.S. IT
requirements (e.g., FIPS 200, FIPS NIST to request a letter of interest communications, data, and storage
201, SP 800–53, and SP 800–63) template to be completed and submitted systems; reduce risk for companies and
In addition, NIST will support to NIST that identifies the organization individuals using IT systems; and
development of interfaces among requesting participation in the NCCoE encourage development of innovative,
participants’ products by providing IT Derived PIV Credentials Building Block job-creating cybersecurity products and
infrastructure, laboratory facilities, and the capabilities and components services.
office facilities, collaboration facilities, that are being offered to the
collaborative effort. Letters of interest Process
and staff support to component
composition, security platform will be accepted on a first come, first NIST is soliciting responses from all
documentation, and demonstration served basis. Collaborative activities sources of relevant security capabilities
activities. will commence as soon as enough (see below) to enter into a Cooperative
completed and signed letters of interest Research and Development Agreement
The dates of the demonstration of the have been returned to address all the (CRADA) to provide products and
Attribute Based Access Control Building necessary components and capabilities, technical expertise to support and
Block capability will be announced on but no earlier than September 14, 2015. demonstrate security platforms for the
the NCCoE Web site at least two weeks When the building block has been Derived PIV Credentials building block.
in advance at http://nccoe.nist.gov/. The completed, NIST will post a notice on The full Derived Personal Identity
expected outcome of the demonstration the NCCoE Derived PIV Credentials Verification (PIV) Credentials building
is to improve Attribute Based Access Building Block Web site at http:// block can be viewed at: http://
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Control within the enterprise. nccoe.nist.gov/derivedcredentials/ nccoe.nist.gov/derivedcredentials/.
Participating organizations will gain announcing the completion of the Interested parties must contact NIST
from the knowledge that their products building block and informing the public to request a letter of interest template to
are interoperable with other that it will no longer accept letters of be completed and submitted to NIST
participants’ offerings. interest for this Derived PIV Credentials that identifies the organization
For additional information on the building block. requesting participation in the NCCoE
NCCoE governance, business processes, ADDRESSES: The NCCoE is located at Derived PIV Credentials Building Block
and NCCoE operational structure, visit 9600 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD and the capabilities and components

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Action		Notice.
Dates		Interested parties must contact NIST to request a letter of interest template to be completed and submitted to NIST that identifies the organization requesting participation in the Attribute Based Access Control Building Block and the capabilities and components that are being offered to the collaborative effort. 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
Contact		Bill Fisher via email at to abac- [email protected], by telephone 240-314-6838; or by mail to National Institute of Standards and Technology, NCCoE; 9600 Gudelsky Drive; Rockville, MD 20850. Additional details about the Attribute Based Access Control Building Block are available at http://nccoe.nist.gov/ content/attribute-based-access-control.
FR Citation		80 FR 48821

80 FR 48821 - National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, Attribute Based Access Control Building Block

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