Open Meeting of the Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board

AGENCY:

National Institute of Standards and Technology.

ACTION:

Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY:

The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet Wednesday, March 3, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, and Thursday, March 4, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time. All sessions will be open to the public.

DATES:

The meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 3, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, and Thursday, March 4, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time.

ADDRESSES:

The meeting will be a virtual meeting via webinar. Please note admittance instructions under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jeff Brewer, Information Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Telephone: (301) 975-2489, Email address: jeffrey.brewer@nist.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. App., notice is hereby given that the ISPAB will hold an open meeting Wednesday, March 3, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, and Thursday, March 4, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. All sessions will be open to the public. The ISPAB is authorized by 15 U.S.C. 278g-4, as amended, and advises the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on information security and privacy issues pertaining to Federal government information systems, including through review of proposed standards and guidelines developed by NIST. Details regarding the ISPAB's activities are available at https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/ispab.

The agenda is expected to include the following items:

—Discussions on federal government incident response and breach activities,

—Presentation by NIST staff on NIST activities in response to the Internet of Things Cybersecurity Act of 2020 (Pub. L. 116-207),

—Presentation by NIST staff on NIST updates to FIPS 201,

—Presentation on federal government supply chain cybersecurity activity,

—Presentation on Biometrics and Facial Recognition Technology used for identity and cybersecurity,

—Discussions on potential ISPAB recommendations to NIST,

—Presentation on NIST Information Technology Laboratory Activities since last meeting.

Note that agenda items may change without notice. The final agenda will be posted on the ISPAB event page at: https://csrc.nist.gov/Events/2021/ispab-march-2021-meeting .

Public Participation: Written questions or comments from the public are invited and may be submitted electronically by email to Jeff Brewer at the contact information indicated in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice by 5 p.m. March 1, 2021.

The ISPAB agenda will include a period, not to exceed thirty minutes, for submitted questions or comments from the public (Wednesday, March 3, 2021, between 4:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.). Submitted questions or comments from the public will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis and limited to five minutes per person.

Members of the public who wish to expand upon their submitted statements, those who had wished to submit a question or comment but could not be accommodated on the agenda, and those who were unable to attend the meeting via webinar are invited to submit written statements. In addition, written statements are invited and may be submitted to the ISPAB at any time. All written statements should be directed to the ISPAB Secretariat, Information Technology Laboratory by email to: jeffrey.brewer@nist.gov.

Admittance Instructions: All participants will be attending via webinar and must register on ISPAB's event page at: https://csrc.nist.gov/Events/2021/ispab-march-2021-meeting by 5 p.m. Eastern Time, March 1, 2021.