81 FR 34976 - National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence Data Integrity Building Block
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 105 (June 1, 2016)
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 105 (June 1, 2016)
| Page Range | 34976-34978 | |
| FR Document | 2016-12860 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 1, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 34976-34978] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-12860] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Institute of Standards and Technology [Docket No.: 160429381-6381-01] National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence Data Integrity Building Block AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Data Integrity 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 Data Integrity Building Block. Participation in the Data Integrity 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. 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 July 1, 2016. When the Data Integrity Building Block has been completed, NIST will post a notice on the NCCoE Data Integrity Building Block Web site at https://nccoe.nist.gov/projects/building_blocks/data_integrity announcing the completion of the Data Integrity Building Block and informing the public that it will no longer accept letters of interest for this Data Integrity Building Block. ADDRESSES: The NCCoE is located at 9700 Great Seneca Highway, Rockville, MD 20850. Letters of interest must be submitted to [email protected] or via hardcopy to National Institute of Standards and Technology, NCCoE; 9700 Great Seneca Highway, Rockville, MD 20850. Organizations whose letters of interest are accepted in accordance with the process set forth in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice will be asked to sign a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with NIST. A CRADA template can be found at: https://nccoe.nist.gov/library/nccoe-consortium-crada-example. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Don Tobin via email to [email protected], by telephone 301-975-0239, or by mail to National Institute of Standards and Technology, NCCoE; 9700 Great Seneca Highway, Rockville, MD 20850. Additional details about the Data Integrity Building Block are available at https://nccoe.nist.gov/projects/building_blocks/data_integrity. 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. [[Page 34977]] 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 Data Integrity Building Block. The full Data Integrity Building Block can be viewed at: https://nccoe.nist.gov/projects/building_blocks/data_integrity. 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. NIST will contact interested parties if there are questions regarding the responsiveness of the letters of interest to the Data Integrity Building Block objective or requirements identified below. 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 this Data Integrity 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. Data Integrity Building Block Objective The goal of this project is to mitigate the impacts of data corruption when recovering systems from backup storage. The solution will provide guidance for incorporating post-attack data corruption detection and recovery strategies into a corporate IT architecture. The project will explore methods to address the integrity of commodity components (operating systems, applications, and software configurations), custom applications, and data (database and files) and provide corruption indicators and activity logs to the security analysts to identify the malicious activity. It will produce an architecture that includes components that will integrate notification of data corruption events coupled with approaches to automate recovery from such events. A detailed description of the Data Integrity Building Block is available at: https://nccoe.nist.gov/projects/building_blocks/data_integrity. 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 the High-level Architecture section of the Data Integrity Building Block (for reference, please see the link in the PROCESS section above) and include, but are not limited to:File integrity monitors File versioning systems File integrity testing capabilities User activity monitoring tools Configuration management systems Database rollback tools Virtual machine integrity/snapshots/versioning capabilities Versioning file systems Journaling file systems Each responding organization's letter of interest should identify how their products address one or more of the following desired solution characteristics in the High Level Architecture section of the Data Integrity Building Block (for reference, please see the link in the PROCESS section above): Automated data corruption testing Automated data corruption detection Automated data corruption event logging Secure data integrity monitoring and alerting information (checksums, off-site, hard-copy) Automated detection and reporting of all file modifications/creations/deletions Automated detection and reporting of all database modifications/creations/deletions Automated correlation of file changes and users Automated user activity recording Automated anomalous user activity detection Automated configuration management monitoring Responding organizations need to understand and, in their letters of interest, commit to provide: 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 Data Integrity 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) Additional details about the Data Integrity Building Block are available at: https://nccoe.nist.gov/projects/building_blocks/data_integrity. 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 Data Integrity 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 Data Integrity Building Block. These descriptions will be public information. Under the terms of the consortium CRADA, 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 Data Integrity 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 data integrity 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 [[Page 34978]] the NCCoE Web site http://nccoe.nist.gov/. Kevin Kimball, NIST Chief of Staff. [FR Doc. 2016-12860 Filed 5-31-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-13-P
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recommendation by the Trade, Tax Administration may conduct a lottery to basis. Collaborative activities will
Policy, and Export Growth determine the speakers. Speakers are commence as soon as enough completed
Subcommittee focused on trade requested to submit a written copy of and signed letters of interest have been
enforcement policies and China their prepared remarks by 5:00 p.m. returned to address all the necessary
Bilateral Investment Treaty. The final EDT on June 8, 2016, for inclusion in components and capabilities, but no
agenda will be posted on the the meeting records and for circulation earlier than July 1, 2016. When the Data
Department of Commerce Web site for to the members of the U.S. Integrity Building Block has been
the Council at http://www.trade.gov/ Manufacturing Council. completed, NIST will post a notice on
manufacturingcouncil/, at least one In addition, any member of the public the NCCoE Data Integrity Building Block
week in advance of the meeting. may submit pertinent written comments Web site at https://nccoe.nist.gov/
DATES: Wednesday, June 15, 12:00 p.m.– concerning the Council’s affairs at any projects/building_blocks/data_integrity
1:00 p.m. The deadline for members of time before or after the meeting. announcing the completion of the Data
the public to register, including requests Comments may be submitted to Archana Integrity Building Block and informing
to make comments during the meeting Sahgal at the contact information the public that it will no longer accept
and for auxiliary aids, or to submit indicated above. To be considered letters of interest for this Data Integrity
written comments for dissemination during the meeting, comments must be Building Block.
prior to the meeting, is 5 p.m. EDT on received no later than 5:00 p.m. EDT on
June 8, 2016. June 8, 2016, to ensure transmission to ADDRESSES: The NCCoE is located at
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held by the Council prior to the meeting. 9700 Great Seneca Highway, Rockville,
conference call. The call-in number and Comments received after that date and MD 20850. Letters of interest must be
passcode will be provided by email to time will be distributed to the members submitted to di-nccoe@nist.gov or via
registrants. Requests to register but may not be considered on the call. hardcopy to National Institute of
(including to speak or for auxiliary aids) Copies of Council meeting minutes will Standards and Technology, NCCoE;
and any written comments should be be available within 90 days of the 9700 Great Seneca Highway, Rockville,
submitted to: U.S. Manufacturing meeting. MD 20850. Organizations whose letters
Council, U.S. Department of Commerce, of interest are accepted in accordance
Dated: May 25, 2016.
Room 4043, 1401 Constitution Avenue with the process set forth in the
Archana Sahgal, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
NW., Washington, DC 20230; email:
Executive Secretary, U.S. Manufacturing this notice will be asked to sign a
archana.sahgal@trade.gov. Members of Council.
the public are encouraged to submit Cooperative Research and Development
[FR Doc. 2016–12843 Filed 5–31–16; 8:45 am] Agreement (CRADA) with NIST. A
registration requests and written
comments via email to ensure timely BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P CRADA template can be found at:
receipt. https://nccoe.nist.gov/library/nccoe-
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
consortium-crada-example.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Archana Sahgal, U.S. Manufacturing FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Don
Council, Room 4043, 1401 Constitution National Institute of Standards and Tobin via email to donald.tobin@
Avenue NW., Washington, DC, 20230, Technology nist.gov, by telephone 301–975–0239, or
telephone: 202–482–4501, email: [Docket No.: 160429381–6381–01] by mail to National Institute of
archana.sahgal@trade.gov. Standards and Technology, NCCoE;
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: National Cybersecurity Center of 9700 Great Seneca Highway, Rockville,
Background: The Council advises the Excellence Data Integrity Building MD 20850. Additional details about the
Secretary of Commerce on matters Block Data Integrity Building Block are
relating to the U.S. manufacturing available at https://nccoe.nist.gov/
industry. AGENCY: National Institute of Standards projects/building_blocks/data_integrity.
Public Participation: The meeting will and Technology, Department of
be open to the public and will be Commerce. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
accessible to people with disabilities. ACTION: Notice. Background
All guests are required to register in
advance by the deadline identified SUMMARY: The National Institute of The NCCoE, part of NIST, is a public-
under the DATES caption. Requests for Standards and Technology (NIST) private collaboration for accelerating the
auxiliary aids must be submitted by the invites organizations to provide widespread adoption of integrated
registration deadline. Last minute products and technical expertise to cybersecurity tools and technologies.
requests will be accepted, but may be support and demonstrate security The NCCoE brings together experts from
impossible to fill. There will be fifteen platforms for the Data Integrity Building industry, government, and academia
(15) minutes allotted for oral comments Block. This notice is the initial step for under one roof to develop practical,
from members of the public joining the the National Cybersecurity Center of interoperable cybersecurity approaches
call. To accommodate as many speakers Excellence (NCCoE) in collaborating that address the real-world needs of
as possible, the time for public with technology companies to address complex Information Technology (IT)
comments may be limited to three (3) cybersecurity challenges identified systems. By accelerating dissemination
minutes per person. Individuals wishing under the Data Integrity Building Block. and use of these integrated tools and
to reserve speaking time during the Participation in the Data Integrity technologies for protecting IT assets, the
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meeting must submit a request at the Building Block is open to all interested NCCoE will enhance trust in U.S. IT
time of registration, as well as the name organizations. communications, data, and storage
and address of the proposed speaker. If DATES: Interested parties must contact systems; reduce risk for companies and
the number of registrants requesting to NIST to request a letter of interest individuals using IT systems; and
make statements is greater than can be template to be completed and submitted encourage development of innovative,
reasonably accommodated during the to NIST. Letters of interest will be job-creating cybersecurity products and
meeting, the International Trade accepted on a first come, first served services.
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the NCCoE Web site http:// Threatened CCC Steelhead (O. Agreement also contains a monitoring
nccoe.nist.gov/. mykiss). component that requires the Permit
Holder to ensure that the Cooperators
Kevin Kimball, Permits Issued
are in compliance with the terms and
NIST Chief of Staff. Permit 20032 conditions of the Agreement, and that
[FR Doc. 2016–12860 Filed 5–31–16; 8:45 am] the Elevated Baseline levels of habitat
A notice of receipt of an application
BILLING CODE 3510–13–P
for an enhancement of survival permit for the Covered Species occur on the
(20032) was published in the Federal Enrolled Property. Results of these
Register on November 18, 2015 (80 FR monitoring efforts will be provided to
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE NMFS by the Permit Holder in annual
72047). Permit 20032 was issued to the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Permit Holder, Sonoma County Water reports for the duration of the 35-year
Administration Agency, on March 3, 2016, and expires permit term.
on March 3, 2051. Permit 20032 authorizes those
RIN 0648–XE221 Permit 20032 facilitates the Cooperators who have been issued a
implementation of the Dry Creek Valley Certificate of Inclusion to take Covered
Endangered and Threatened Species; Programmatic Safe Harbor Agreement Species incidental to the
Take of Anadromous Fish (Agreement) that is expected to promote implementation of the management
the recovery of the Covered Species on activities specified in the Agreement,
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries incidental to other lawful uses of the
non-federal properties within Dry Creek
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and property including routine viticulture
below Warm Springs Dam, a tributary to
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), activities, and to return to Elevated
the Russian River in Sonoma County,
Commerce. Baseline Conditions if desired.
California. The duration of the
ACTION: Issuance of one enhancement of Agreement and Permit 20032 is 35 Dated: May 26, 2016.
survival permit. years. Angela Somma,
Permit 20032 authorizes the Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
incidental taking of the Covered Species of Protected Resources, National Marine
NMFS has issued Permit 20032 to
associated with routine viticulture Fisheries Service.
Sonoma County Water Agency.
activities and the potential future return [FR Doc. 2016–12825 Filed 5–31–16; 8:45 am]
ADDRESSES: The application, issued of any property included in the BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
permit, and supporting documents are Agreement to the Elevated Baseline
available upon written request or by Condition. Under this Agreement,
appointment: California Coastal Office, individual landowners (Cooperators) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
NMFS, 777 Sonoma Avenue, Room 325, may include their properties by entering
Santa Rosa, CA 95404, ph: (707)-387– into a Cooperative Agreement with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
0737, fax: (707) 578–3435). Permit Holder. Each Cooperative Administration
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan Agreement will specify the restoration RIN 0648–XE468
Wilson, Santa Rosa, CA (ph.: 707–578– and/or enhancement, and management
8555, Fax: 707–578–3435, email: activities to be carried out on that Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
dan.wilson@noaa.gov). specific property and a timetable for Specified Activities; Seabird and
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: implementing those activities. All Pinniped Research Activities in Central
The issuance of permits and permit Cooperative Agreements will be California, 2016–2017
modifications, as required by the reviewed by NMFS to determine
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 whether the proposed activities will AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
U.S.C. 1531–1543) (ESA), is based on a result in a net conservation benefit for Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
finding that such permits/modifications: the Covered Species and meet all Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
(1) Are applied for in good faith; (2) required standards of the Safe Harbor Commerce.
would not operate to the disadvantage Policy (64 FR 32717). Upon NMFS ACTION: Notice; issuance of an incidental
of the listed species which are the approval, the Permit Holder will issue a harassment authorization.
subject of the permits; and (3) are Certificate of Inclusion to the
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
consistent with the purposes and Cooperator. Each Certificate of Inclusion
Marine Mammal Protection Act
policies set forth in section 2 of the will extend the incidental take coverage
(MMPA) regulations, we hereby give
ESA. Authority to take listed species is conferred by the Enhancement of
notification that the National Marine
subject to conditions set forth in the Survival permit to the Cooperator.
Fisheries Service (NMFS) has issued an
permits. Permits and modifications are Certificates of Inclusion will be valid for
Incidental Harassment Authorization
issued in accordance with and are a minimum of 10 years, but no longer
(IHA) to Point Blue Conservation
subject to the ESA and NMFS than the term of Permit 20032. The
Science (Point Blue), to take marine
regulations (50 CFR parts 222–226) Agreement requires that each enrolled
mammals, by Level B harassment,
governing listed fish and wildlife property adopt an Elevated Baseline
incidental to conducting seabird and
permits. Condition. Elevated Baseline levels for
pinniped research activities in central
the Covered Species will be determined
Species Covered in This Notice California, May, 2016 through May,
by completing the Elevated Baseline
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2017.
The following listed species are Habitat Worksheet (Table 1 in
covered in this notice: Attachment 3 of the Agreement), which DATES: Effective May 16, 2016 through
Threatened California Coastal (CC) will be completed by the Permit Holder. May 15, 2017.
Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus NMFS will review each Elevated ADDRESSES: The public may obtain an
tshawytscha), Endangered Central Baseline determination prior to the electronic copy of the Point Blue’s
California Coast (CCC) Coho salmon (O. Permit Holder issuing a Certificate of application, supporting documentation,
kisutch), and Inclusion to the Cooperator. The the authorization, and a list of the
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| Dates | Interested parties must contact NIST to request a letter of interest template to be completed and submitted to NIST. Letters of interest will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. Collaborative activities will commence as soon as enough completed and | |
| Contact | Don Tobin via email to [email protected], by telephone 301-975-0239, or by mail to National Institute of Standards and Technology, NCCoE; 9700 Great Seneca Highway, Rockville, MD 20850. Additional details about the Data Integrity Building Block are available at https://nccoe.nist.gov/ projects/building_blocks/data_integrity. | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 34976 |
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