The National Science and Technology Council's Task Force on Identity Management was established to assess the current state of identity management (IdM) across the US federal government and develop a vision for the future. The Task Force found that over 3,000 federal systems currently utilize personally identifiable information in an inconsistent and duplicative manner. Their vision calls for a federated network to securely manage digital identities using common data standards. This would enhance accuracy, availability, and privacy while reducing duplication. The Task Force provided recommendations in areas like standards, architecture, research needs, and government-wide coordination to advance toward this holistic IdM framework.
The document discusses how technological developments since the Privacy Act of 1974 have made some provisions of federal privacy laws inadequate. Advances like web 2.0 technologies, social media, and data mining have changed how information is organized and shared, rendering aspects of the Privacy Act and E-Government Act insufficient to fully protect personal information. The document also notes actions agencies can take to strengthen privacy protections and security, such as updating privacy policies and conducting privacy impact assessments for new technologies.
Organizations face increasing privacy challenges in 2011 due to factors such as:
1) Stricter privacy regulations and enforcement globally, with regulators planning expanded reach and tougher penalties.
2) Additional data breach notification requirements being adopted worldwide, requiring organizations to adapt processes.
3) Growing emphasis on governance, risk and compliance initiatives to better integrate privacy monitoring and reduce redundancies.
4) Issues around use of cloud computing and mobile devices, requiring organizations to implement controls over personal data use by third parties.
Overall organizations need robust strategies to proactively address evolving privacy requirements across diverse jurisdictions.
This paper presents a project management methodology - developed part of an engineering doctorate research at Warwick University - for managing large scale IT projects with a focus on national ID programmes. The methodology was mainly tested in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and was followed in three GCC countries. The research demonstrated that by following a formal structured methodology, governments will have better visibility and control over such programmes. The implementation revealed that the phases and processes of the proposed methodology supported the overall management, planning, control over the project activities, promoted effective communication, improved scope and risk management, and ensured quality deliverables.
The document discusses proposals for strengthening cybersecurity of US government and critical infrastructure. It recommends developing a robust cyber policy, securing federal networks, and engaging internationally. The government needs to work with critical infrastructure owners to assess threats, develop protective measures, and integrate intelligence sharing. Research should promote secure infrastructure design and modeling of incident impacts. Communication systems must enable real-time information access across government levels using accurate data.
This presentation describes coordination of federal biometric and identity management activities, and was given at the 2007 Biometric Consortium Conference.
Marriage of Cyber Security with Emergency Management -- Action PlanDavid Sweigert
The document is an action plan from the State of Missouri Cybersecurity Task Force that identifies gaps in Missouri's cybersecurity posture and provides recommendations. It finds that Missouri lacks adequate cybersecurity workforce development and resources at many organizations. It recommends establishing a Cybersecurity Institute to coordinate cybersecurity education and research, and to facilitate information sharing between industry and education. It also recommends strengthening K-12 cybersecurity curriculum and engaging students in competitions to develop interest and talent in cybersecurity fields from an early age.
This document summarizes a seminar presentation on information policy. It defines information policy as the set of public laws and policies that regulate the creation, use, access, and dissemination of information. It discusses the history and evolution of information policy. Key areas of information policy include literacy, access to government information, privacy protection, and intellectual property rights. The objectives are to protect information assets and ensure appropriate access. There are two main types - issues related to human-technology interaction, and convergence combining different media. Information policy activities aim to standardize processes and facilitate decision making.
The document discusses how technological developments since the Privacy Act of 1974 have made some provisions of federal privacy laws inadequate. Advances like web 2.0 technologies, social media, and data mining have changed how information is organized and shared, rendering aspects of the Privacy Act and E-Government Act insufficient to fully protect personal information. The document also notes actions agencies can take to strengthen privacy protections and security, such as updating privacy policies and conducting privacy impact assessments for new technologies.
Organizations face increasing privacy challenges in 2011 due to factors such as:
1) Stricter privacy regulations and enforcement globally, with regulators planning expanded reach and tougher penalties.
2) Additional data breach notification requirements being adopted worldwide, requiring organizations to adapt processes.
3) Growing emphasis on governance, risk and compliance initiatives to better integrate privacy monitoring and reduce redundancies.
4) Issues around use of cloud computing and mobile devices, requiring organizations to implement controls over personal data use by third parties.
Overall organizations need robust strategies to proactively address evolving privacy requirements across diverse jurisdictions.
This paper presents a project management methodology - developed part of an engineering doctorate research at Warwick University - for managing large scale IT projects with a focus on national ID programmes. The methodology was mainly tested in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and was followed in three GCC countries. The research demonstrated that by following a formal structured methodology, governments will have better visibility and control over such programmes. The implementation revealed that the phases and processes of the proposed methodology supported the overall management, planning, control over the project activities, promoted effective communication, improved scope and risk management, and ensured quality deliverables.
The document discusses proposals for strengthening cybersecurity of US government and critical infrastructure. It recommends developing a robust cyber policy, securing federal networks, and engaging internationally. The government needs to work with critical infrastructure owners to assess threats, develop protective measures, and integrate intelligence sharing. Research should promote secure infrastructure design and modeling of incident impacts. Communication systems must enable real-time information access across government levels using accurate data.
This presentation describes coordination of federal biometric and identity management activities, and was given at the 2007 Biometric Consortium Conference.
Marriage of Cyber Security with Emergency Management -- Action PlanDavid Sweigert
The document is an action plan from the State of Missouri Cybersecurity Task Force that identifies gaps in Missouri's cybersecurity posture and provides recommendations. It finds that Missouri lacks adequate cybersecurity workforce development and resources at many organizations. It recommends establishing a Cybersecurity Institute to coordinate cybersecurity education and research, and to facilitate information sharing between industry and education. It also recommends strengthening K-12 cybersecurity curriculum and engaging students in competitions to develop interest and talent in cybersecurity fields from an early age.
This document summarizes a seminar presentation on information policy. It defines information policy as the set of public laws and policies that regulate the creation, use, access, and dissemination of information. It discusses the history and evolution of information policy. Key areas of information policy include literacy, access to government information, privacy protection, and intellectual property rights. The objectives are to protect information assets and ensure appropriate access. There are two main types - issues related to human-technology interaction, and convergence combining different media. Information policy activities aim to standardize processes and facilitate decision making.
BCC (2012): Federal Panel Identifying Future Government NeedsDuane Blackburn
The federal government held its annual Biometric Consortium Conference 18-20 September 2012. MITRE hosted a workshop during this conference to highlight FFRDC support to the federal biometrics enterprise. One panel in this workshop focused on identifying priorities that the federal government will not be able to address and/or sponsor, and that should be considered for attention by non-federal entities. This paper summarizes the priorities identified during this panel.
Potential Opportunities for Common Federal Biometric ServicesDuane Blackburn
Looking long term, what could be done to alter the foundations that federal biometric systems are built upon, thus enabling advancements that may not be possible today? In other words: How could these systems evolve to be more adaptive and flexible, both individually and as a whole?
MITRE internally funded a quick analysis to develop initial strategic thoughts on this topic, based on its in-depth knowledge of the existing systems. It is important to note that this project did not perform a deep-dive analysis of various options, and it does not present detailed actionable recommendations. Rather, it capitalizes on existing knowledge and experiences to analyze numerous potential opportunities and to identify those that we feel hold the most promise. It is this latter set of opportunities that are presented in this presentation. In each case, MITRE recommends more thorough analysis and interagency discussion take place amongst federal departments, prior to any actionable decisions being made.
What is an Information Society
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If anything became clear this past year when it comes to cyber security, it’s that no one is immune from a successful attack. While a certain flow of news-making breaches are to be expected, this past year was more of a waterfall than a trickle. In addition to the many retailers that were breached, there was healthcare, eCommerce, government agencies, and well-known tech companies and financial services brands that are household names.
This HP playbook is designed to close the disconnect between how senior leadership at most enterprises are currently prepared to publically respond to a serious data breach and what they actually need to know and have in place to be successful.
Dr Dev Kambhampati | Cybersecurity Best Practices for Modern VehiclesDr Dev Kambhampati
This document from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration provides non-binding guidance to the automotive industry for improving motor vehicle cybersecurity. It recommends adopting a layered approach to vehicle cybersecurity based on the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. This includes identifying and prioritizing safety-critical systems, incorporating detection and response capabilities, and designing recovery methods. The document also provides definitions and an overview of recent NHTSA actions and industry best practices related to automotive cybersecurity.
This document discusses China's role in creating international rules and regulations for managing cyberspace. While China has proposed an international code of conduct on cybersecurity to the UN, there is friction between China's authoritarian control over information and liberal democratic values of transparency and openness. The paper will analyze the extent to which China can constructively contribute to international cyber governance given differences between China and Western countries in their approaches to cyber security and information control.
Policy Brief : Privacy implications of technologies to address social isolati...Mobile Age Project
Mobile Age project: https://www.mobile-age.eu/
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 693319.
This material reflects only the author's view and the Research Executive Agency (REA) is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
The document summarizes the WorkSmart initiative at the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library. It discusses how the library implemented process improvements and changes to workflows to increase efficiency and reduce costs while maintaining service quality. This included promoting self-service options, redesigning spaces, consolidating functions, and retraining staff. As a result, the percentage of patron-initiated checkouts increased from 62% to over 74%, opening up staff time and resources. The initiative helped renew the library's focus on continuous improvement and serving the community with current resources.
VT 1989 University Task Force Report on Digital Learning TechnologiesGardner Campbell
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
Id intertech-preliminary-draft-public-land-mgmt-task-force-report-tablesAmerican Lands Council
The document contains tables summarizing land management revenues, expenditures, employment and output data for Idaho and several other states over a five year period from 2008-2012. It also contains estimated projections for Nevada using average figures from the other states. Key data includes total revenues, expenditures, acres managed, revenue per acre, and staffing levels (FTEs) for each state and nationwide for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
PA Governor's Pipeline Infrastructure Task Force Report - Final (Feb 2016)Marcellus Drilling News
The final report issued by Gov. Tom Wolf's Pipeline Infrastructure Task Force, assembled to propose new regulations for PA's growing natural gas gathering pipelines. The final report is 658 pages long and contains 184 recommendations.
In its 2012 Report, the MDG Gap Task Force has had difficulty identifying areas of significant new progress towards delivering on commitments to the Global Partnership for Development, and for the first time there are signs of backsliding. The volume of official development assistance (ODA) fell for the first time in many years, obstacles to exports from developing countries are on the rise, and numerous developing countries are facing debt difficulties. With less than three years until 2015, there is no apparent commitment by donor Governments to reverse the trend in time, and it is likely that fewer MDGs will be reached in fewer countries as a result.
Focused on 4K or 8K Cloud TV deployments in Tokyo or just want to get close to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics action for other reasons? Check out some cool visuals here on whats going on in Tokyo so far, early days yet, come and join in and help us help our Japanese friends in their huge responsibility. Will it be better than London 2012 or Rio 2016? You had better believe it! How old will you be in 2020 or more importantly how old will your children be?
Its going to be fun positive and exciting make Tokyo 2020 a part of your future join the Tokyo 2020 Olympics English Task Force on Linkedin today.
The Tokyo Olympics 2020 Task Force is an English Language Networking hub to offer support to Japan from the English speaking community in Japan & abroad for the 2020 Olympics. Go Japan! Go Tokyo!
This Report on Financing Solar Energy provides policy recommendations to enable low cost financing and greater accessibility to finance for Solar Energy projects in India. The paper also highlights the barriers to financing for solar energy projects, the financing needs of the sector based on base case and best case scenarios, and the solutions to channel cost effective finance to the sector.
Telecommunication technology has advantages for businesses and society by improving communication between businesses and customers, and allowing doctors to advise patients remotely. However, it also has disadvantages like potential for unproductive or wasteful conversations, health issues from radiation, and financial losses. While the technology itself is beneficial, it is how it is used that determines whether the impacts are good or bad.
BCC (2012): Federal Panel Identifying Future Government NeedsDuane Blackburn
The federal government held its annual Biometric Consortium Conference 18-20 September 2012. MITRE hosted a workshop during this conference to highlight FFRDC support to the federal biometrics enterprise. One panel in this workshop focused on identifying priorities that the federal government will not be able to address and/or sponsor, and that should be considered for attention by non-federal entities. This paper summarizes the priorities identified during this panel.
Potential Opportunities for Common Federal Biometric ServicesDuane Blackburn
Looking long term, what could be done to alter the foundations that federal biometric systems are built upon, thus enabling advancements that may not be possible today? In other words: How could these systems evolve to be more adaptive and flexible, both individually and as a whole?
MITRE internally funded a quick analysis to develop initial strategic thoughts on this topic, based on its in-depth knowledge of the existing systems. It is important to note that this project did not perform a deep-dive analysis of various options, and it does not present detailed actionable recommendations. Rather, it capitalizes on existing knowledge and experiences to analyze numerous potential opportunities and to identify those that we feel hold the most promise. It is this latter set of opportunities that are presented in this presentation. In each case, MITRE recommends more thorough analysis and interagency discussion take place amongst federal departments, prior to any actionable decisions being made.
What is an Information Society
Why are Information Policies needed
What is an Information Policy
Elements of Information Policy
Who has Information Policies
E-Inclusion
Life Long Learning
E-Business strategies
Infrasture – physical (broadband/e-fibre)
Infrastructure – political / Legal and regulatory
Copyright, Intellectual Property, Data Protection, Freedom of Information
Regulation of Domain Name Spaces ( .ie)
E-government
Information Policy in Ireland
If anything became clear this past year when it comes to cyber security, it’s that no one is immune from a successful attack. While a certain flow of news-making breaches are to be expected, this past year was more of a waterfall than a trickle. In addition to the many retailers that were breached, there was healthcare, eCommerce, government agencies, and well-known tech companies and financial services brands that are household names.
This HP playbook is designed to close the disconnect between how senior leadership at most enterprises are currently prepared to publically respond to a serious data breach and what they actually need to know and have in place to be successful.
Dr Dev Kambhampati | Cybersecurity Best Practices for Modern VehiclesDr Dev Kambhampati
This document from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration provides non-binding guidance to the automotive industry for improving motor vehicle cybersecurity. It recommends adopting a layered approach to vehicle cybersecurity based on the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. This includes identifying and prioritizing safety-critical systems, incorporating detection and response capabilities, and designing recovery methods. The document also provides definitions and an overview of recent NHTSA actions and industry best practices related to automotive cybersecurity.
This document discusses China's role in creating international rules and regulations for managing cyberspace. While China has proposed an international code of conduct on cybersecurity to the UN, there is friction between China's authoritarian control over information and liberal democratic values of transparency and openness. The paper will analyze the extent to which China can constructively contribute to international cyber governance given differences between China and Western countries in their approaches to cyber security and information control.
Policy Brief : Privacy implications of technologies to address social isolati...Mobile Age Project
Mobile Age project: https://www.mobile-age.eu/
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 693319.
This material reflects only the author's view and the Research Executive Agency (REA) is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
The document summarizes the WorkSmart initiative at the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library. It discusses how the library implemented process improvements and changes to workflows to increase efficiency and reduce costs while maintaining service quality. This included promoting self-service options, redesigning spaces, consolidating functions, and retraining staff. As a result, the percentage of patron-initiated checkouts increased from 62% to over 74%, opening up staff time and resources. The initiative helped renew the library's focus on continuous improvement and serving the community with current resources.
VT 1989 University Task Force Report on Digital Learning TechnologiesGardner Campbell
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
Id intertech-preliminary-draft-public-land-mgmt-task-force-report-tablesAmerican Lands Council
The document contains tables summarizing land management revenues, expenditures, employment and output data for Idaho and several other states over a five year period from 2008-2012. It also contains estimated projections for Nevada using average figures from the other states. Key data includes total revenues, expenditures, acres managed, revenue per acre, and staffing levels (FTEs) for each state and nationwide for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
PA Governor's Pipeline Infrastructure Task Force Report - Final (Feb 2016)Marcellus Drilling News
The final report issued by Gov. Tom Wolf's Pipeline Infrastructure Task Force, assembled to propose new regulations for PA's growing natural gas gathering pipelines. The final report is 658 pages long and contains 184 recommendations.
In its 2012 Report, the MDG Gap Task Force has had difficulty identifying areas of significant new progress towards delivering on commitments to the Global Partnership for Development, and for the first time there are signs of backsliding. The volume of official development assistance (ODA) fell for the first time in many years, obstacles to exports from developing countries are on the rise, and numerous developing countries are facing debt difficulties. With less than three years until 2015, there is no apparent commitment by donor Governments to reverse the trend in time, and it is likely that fewer MDGs will be reached in fewer countries as a result.
Focused on 4K or 8K Cloud TV deployments in Tokyo or just want to get close to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics action for other reasons? Check out some cool visuals here on whats going on in Tokyo so far, early days yet, come and join in and help us help our Japanese friends in their huge responsibility. Will it be better than London 2012 or Rio 2016? You had better believe it! How old will you be in 2020 or more importantly how old will your children be?
Its going to be fun positive and exciting make Tokyo 2020 a part of your future join the Tokyo 2020 Olympics English Task Force on Linkedin today.
The Tokyo Olympics 2020 Task Force is an English Language Networking hub to offer support to Japan from the English speaking community in Japan & abroad for the 2020 Olympics. Go Japan! Go Tokyo!
This Report on Financing Solar Energy provides policy recommendations to enable low cost financing and greater accessibility to finance for Solar Energy projects in India. The paper also highlights the barriers to financing for solar energy projects, the financing needs of the sector based on base case and best case scenarios, and the solutions to channel cost effective finance to the sector.
Telecommunication technology has advantages for businesses and society by improving communication between businesses and customers, and allowing doctors to advise patients remotely. However, it also has disadvantages like potential for unproductive or wasteful conversations, health issues from radiation, and financial losses. While the technology itself is beneficial, it is how it is used that determines whether the impacts are good or bad.
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This photo album contains pictures from my family vacation to Hawaii last summer. There are photos from our time at the beach, hiking in volcanoes national park, and pictures of us enjoying local cuisine. The album allows me to reminisce about our fun trip in the sun and time spent with loved ones.
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Looks at the nature and qualities of information literacy assessment.
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Here's medley including a description and a sample slide or two from my 7 most popular astronomy / night sky related presentations. Contact me if you like a live performance of any of these. I'll go anywhere, ride in coach-class, and sleep on a cot if it means I can heighten awareness about night sky preservation and/or climate change! NOTE: the title slides appears several times because it's a navigation slide -- allows you to hyperlink to any show in the medley at any time. Enjoy!
1. Title
IT Security Risk Assessment
2. Introduction
You are employed with Government Security Consultants, a subsidiary of Largo Corporation. As a member of IT security consultant team, one of your responsibilities is to ensure the security of assets as well as provide a secure environment for customers, partners and employees. You and the team play a key role in defining, implementing and maintaining the IT security strategy in organizations.
A government agency called the Bureau of Research and Intelligence (BRI) is tasked with gathering and analyzing information to support U.S. diplomats.
In a series of New York Times articles, BRI was exposed as being the victim of several security breaches. As a follow up, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) conducted a comprehensive review of the agency’s information security controls and identified numerous issues.
The head of the agency has contracted your company to conduct an IT security risk assessment on its operations. This risk assessment was determined to be necessary to address security gaps in the agency’s critical operational areas and to determine actions to close those gaps. It is also meant to ensure that the agency invests time and money in the right areas and does not waste resources. After conducting the assessment, you are to develop a final report that summarizes the findings and provides a set of recommendations. You are to convince the agency to implement your recommendations.
This learning activity focuses on IT security which is an overarching concern that involves practically all facets of an organization’s activities. You will learn about the key steps of preparing for and conducting a security risk assessment and how to present the findings to leaders and convince them into taking appropriate action.
Understanding security capabilities is basic to the core knowledge, skills, and abilities that IT personnel are expected to possess. Information security is a significant concern among every organization and it may spell success or failure of its mission. Effective IT professionals are expected to be up-to-date on trends in IT security, current threats and vulnerabilities, state-of-the-art security safeguards, and security policies and procedures. IT professionals must be able to communicate effectively (oral and written) to executive level management in a non-jargon, executive level manner that convincingly justifies the need to invest in IT security improvements. This learning demonstration is designed to strengthen these essential knowledge, skills, and abilities needed by IT professionals.
3. Steps to Completion
Your instructor will form the teams. Each member is expected to contribute to the team agreementwhich documents the members’ contact information and sets goals and expectations for the team.
1) Review the Setting and Situation
The primary mission of the Bureau of Research and Intelligence (BRI) is to provide multipl.
Chinoy Paper 2016 - WDQC-MakingtheMostofWorkforceData-webMala Chinoy
This document discusses how three states - Kentucky, Minnesota, and New York - collaborate with external entities to conduct research using workforce and education data. Kentucky houses its longitudinal data system (KLDS) with an independent state agency and enters into agreements to share anonymous data with researchers. Minnesota maintains two interconnected data systems and has established a governance body and policy to provide different levels of anonymous data access. Both states aim to use data analysis to improve policies and programs.
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2. Introduction
You are employed with Government Security Consultants, a subsidiary of Largo Corporation. As a member of IT security consultant team, one of your responsibilities is to ensure the security of assets as well as provide a secure environment for customers, partners and employees. You and the team play a key role in defining, implementing and maintaining the IT security strategy in organizations.
A government agency called the Bureau of Research and Intelligence (BRI) is tasked with gathering and analyzing information to support U.S. diplomats.
In a series of New York Times articles, BRI was exposed as being the victim of several security breaches. As a follow up, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) conducted a comprehensive review of the agency’s information security controls and identified numerous issues.
The head of the agency has contracted your company to conduct an IT security risk assessment on its operations. This risk assessment was determined to be necessary to address security gaps in the agency’s critical operational areas and to determine actions to close those gaps. It is also meant to ensure that the agency invests time and money in the right areas and does not waste resources. After conducting the assessment, you are to develop a final report that summarizes the findings and provides a set of recommendations. You are to convince the agency to implement your recommendations.
This learning activity focuses on IT security which is an overarching concern that involves practically all facets of an organization’s activities. You will learn about the key steps of preparing for and conducting a security risk assessment and how to present the findings to leaders and convince them into taking appropriate action.
Understanding security capabilities is basic to the core knowledge, skills, and abilities that IT personnel are expected to possess. Information security is a significant concern among every organization and it may spell success or failure of its mission. Effective IT professionals are expected to be up-to-date on trends in IT security, current threats and vulnerabilities, state-of-the-art security safeguards, and security policies and procedures. IT professionals must be able to communicate effectively (oral and written) to executive level management in a non-jargon, executive level manner that convincingly justifies the need to invest in IT security improvements. This learning demonstration is designed to strengthen these essential knowledge, skills, and abilities needed by IT professionals.
3. Steps to Completion
Your instructor will form the teams. Each member is expected to contribute to the team agreement which documents the members’ contact information and sets goals and expectations for the team.
1) Review the Setting and Situation
The primary mission of the Bureau of Research and Intelligence (BRI) is to provide multiple-source intelligence to American diplomats. It .
1. Title
IT Security Risk Assessment
2. Introduction
You are employed with Government Security Consultants, a subsidiary of Largo Corporation. As a member of IT security consultant team, one of your responsibilities is to ensure the security of assets as well as provide a secure environment for customers, partners and employees. You and the team play a key role in defining, implementing and maintaining the IT security strategy in organizations.
A government agency called the Bureau of Research and Intelligence (BRI) is tasked with gathering and analyzing information to support U.S. diplomats.
In a series of New York Times articles, BRI was exposed as being the victim of several security breaches. As a follow up, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) conducted a comprehensive review of the agency’s information security controls and identified numerous issues.
The head of the agency has contracted your company to conduct an IT security risk assessment on its operations. This risk assessment was determined to be necessary to address security gaps in the agency’s critical operational areas and to determine actions to close those gaps. It is also meant to ensure that the agency invests time and money in the right areas and does not waste resources. After conducting the assessment, you are to develop a final report that summarizes the findings and provides a set of recommendations. You are to convince the agency to implement your recommendations.
This learning activity focuses on IT security which is an overarching concern that involves practically all facets of an organization’s activities. You will learn about the key steps of preparing for and conducting a security risk assessment and how to present the findings to leaders and convince them into taking appropriate action.
Understanding security capabilities is basic to the core knowledge, skills, and abilities that IT personnel are expected to possess. Information security is a significant concern among every organization and it may spell success or failure of its mission. Effective IT professionals are expected to be up-to-date on trends in IT security, current threats and vulnerabilities, state-of-the-art security safeguards, and security policies and procedures. IT professionals must be able to communicate effectively (oral and written) to executive level management in a non-jargon, executive level manner that convincingly justifies the need to invest in IT security improvements. This learning demonstration is designed to strengthen these essential knowledge, skills, and abilities needed by IT professionals.
1) Review the Setting and Situation
The primary mission of the Bureau of Research and Intelligence (BRI) is to provide multiple-source intelligence to American diplomats. It must ensure that intelligence activities are consistent with U.S. foreign policy and kept totally confidential. BRI has intelligence analysts who understand U.S. foreign.
NSTC Policy for Enabling the Development, Adoption and Use of Biometric Stand...Duane Blackburn
The NSTC Policy for Enabling the Development, Adoption and Use of Biometric Standards establishes a framework for reaching interagency consensus on biometric standards adoption for the US Federal government. It aims to facilitate biometric system interoperability and effectiveness. Key actions include supporting biometric standards development, recommending standards for adoption, and integrating standards into agency plans and procurement. The policy is implemented through tasks coordinated by the NSTC Subcommittee on Biometrics and Identity Management.
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1. Read the RiskReport to see what requirements are.
2. Read the Interim Risk Assessment to see the current state of paper that needs to be revised.
3. Use the RiskReport and the details below on what is missing to revise paper.
Feedback on changes needed to the Risk Assessment Plan
Risk Assessment Plan: Purpose does not make reference to BRI at all. Provide context. Scope, assumptions and constraints appear reasonable, but you can add an assumption or constraint regarding budget.
Need to elaborate on how risk is determine using the qualitative approach.
1. Title
IT Security Risk Assessment
2. Introduction
You are employed with Government Security Consultants, a subsidiary of Largo Corporation. As a member of IT security consultant team, one of your responsibilities is to ensure the security of assets as well as provide a secure environment for customers, partners and employees. You and the team play a key role in defining, implementing and maintaining the IT security strategy in organizations.
A government agency called the Bureau of Research and Intelligence (BRI) is tasked with gathering and analyzing information to support U.S. diplomats.
In a series of New York Times articles, BRI was exposed as being the victim of several security breaches. As a follow up, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) conducted a comprehensive review of the agency’s information security controls and identified numerous issues.
The head of the agency has contracted your company to conduct an IT security risk assessment on its operations. This risk assessment was determined to be necessary to address security gaps in the agency’s critical operational areas and to determine actions to close those gaps. It is also meant to ensure that the agency invests time and money in the right areas and does not waste resources. After conducting the assessment, you are to develop a final report that summarizes the findings and provides a set of recommendations. You are to convince the agency to implement your recommendations.
This learning activity focuses on IT security which is an overarching concern that involves practically all facets of an organization’s activities. You will learn about the key steps of preparing for and conducting a security risk assessment and how to present the findings to leaders and convince them into taking appropriate action.
Understanding security capabilities is basic to the core knowledge, skills, and abilities that IT personnel are expected to possess. Information security is a significant concern among every organization and it may spell success or failure of its mission. Effective IT professionals are expected to be up-to-date on trends in IT security, current threats and vulnerabilities, state-of-the-art security safeguards, and security policies and procedures. IT professionals must be able to communicate effectively (oral and written) to executive level management in a non-jargon, executive .
The document discusses the importance of information governance (IG) in healthcare based on studies conducted by Cohasset Associates and AHIMA. It defines IG as an organization-wide framework for managing information throughout its lifecycle while supporting organizational strategy, operations, and regulatory requirements. The definition covers policy creation, information accountability and management, processes and controls, and the importance of investment. IG implementation means more rules and redundancy, but compliance, quality improvement, IT, and other departments should continue their existing functions and also complete IG tasks as needed.
This presentation describes coordination of federal biometric and identity management activities, and was given at the 2009 Biometric Consortium Conference.
A DATA GOVERNANCE MATURITY ASSESSMENT: A CASE STUDY OF SAUDI ARABIAijmpict
Nowadays, data has become important and influences the decision-making process on government and
business sectors. Data governance strategy should not be underestimated because it increases the value of
data and minimize data-related cost and risk. The data governance concept promotes the accomplishment of
organizational objectives by developing and implementing an appropriate strategy for processing data in
perfect and secure manner. This study aims to assess the maturity of data governance for Saudi sectors by
design a framework and using it to measure whether the data governance have been applied or not. To do
so, we have designed a questionnaire based on five criteria for assessing the current state of data governance
implementation which are: policies and standards of data management, data quality, risk of poor data
quality, cost of data correction, and data security. The questionnaire was then distributed to the employees
in the IT department or who are related to data management or data security in Saudi sectors either
government or private. The results show that approximately 48% of the respondents stated that they have a
data governance committee in the sectors in which they work. Also, 55% of the respondents indicated that
there are legislation and regulations for data governance in the sectors, as well as for making data available.
Moreover, 42% from the respondents stated that their organizations have policies and procedures to enforce
data management.
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Online Policies for Enabling Financial Companies to Manage Privacy Issues
Name: Sunil Kumar Parisa
Date:03/29/2020
University of Cumberland’s
ABSTRACT
Financial companies are under constant threats in the face of cyber-attacks, which are growing by the day. The companies usually implement measures that primarily focus on the deployment of technologies for suppressing the attacks. They do not consider user policies as essential elements that help curb the vulnerabilities. The policies put in place have a low level of enforceability, which lowers the impact of the plans. The research project will determine the relationship between policy enforceability and the vulnerabilities posed to a system by the internal and external users.
INTRODUCTION
Business companies in the financial sector have the responsibility of ensuring the data that belong to the customers are fully protected. Cyber-crimes are on the rise, and the approaches employed today are not entirely practical. Technological tools and measures are not efficient. They should be complemented by the behavioral standards that suppress the vulnerabilities in all the IT domains (Vincent, Higgs & Pinsker, 2015). Enforceable policies will ensure there is an integration of behavioral and technological measures for promoting data security and privacy.
LITERATURE REVIEW
Financial companies usually emphasize policies that guide the collection of customer and storage as well as access to the data by the internal and external users. These policies are relevant as they promote best practices at both levels. The companies have a belief that these are the areas that need closer monitoring and evaluation. However, the policies put in place are not always enforceable. A lack of enforceability creates a situation where the desired outcomes are not realized (Yeganeh, 2019). It explains why data breaches are still experienced even after such policies are formulated and implemented.
RESEARCH METHOD
To investigate the relationship between enforceability of the policies and the vulnerabilities that business organizations are exposed to, a case study method will be used. It is an essential tool that helps determine a causal relationship (White & McBurney, 2012). Also, it will provide insights that will inform the recommendations that need to be considered by the multiple business organizations in the financial sector. Credible data that are free of confounding variables must be collected, analyzed, and inferences drawn. Two data collection procedures will be utilized as follows.
i. Semi-structured interviews will be conducted to collect diverse data on the design and implementation of user and online policies. The interviewees will offer data that expound on the security and privacy positions of the systems.
ii. Independent observations will be made to inform the behaviors of the users, both internally and externally. The observation ...
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Online Policies for Enabling Financial Companies to Manage Privacy Issues
Name: Sunil Kumar Parisa
Date:03/29/2020
University of Cumberland’s
ABSTRACT
Financial companies are under constant threats in the face of cyber-attacks, which are growing by the day. The companies usually implement measures that primarily focus on the deployment of technologies for suppressing the attacks. They do not consider user policies as essential elements that help curb the vulnerabilities. The policies put in place have a low level of enforceability, which lowers the impact of the plans. The research project will determine the relationship between policy enforceability and the vulnerabilities posed to a system by the internal and external users.
INTRODUCTION
Business companies in the financial sector have the responsibility of ensuring the data that belong to the customers are fully protected. Cyber-crimes are on the rise, and the approaches employed today are not entirely practical. Technological tools and measures are not efficient. They should be complemented by the behavioral standards that suppress the vulnerabilities in all the IT domains (Vincent, Higgs & Pinsker, 2015). Enforceable policies will ensure there is an integration of behavioral and technological measures for promoting data security and privacy.
LITERATURE REVIEW
Financial companies usually emphasize policies that guide the collection of customer and storage as well as access to the data by the internal and external users. These policies are relevant as they promote best practices at both levels. The companies have a belief that these are the areas that need closer monitoring and evaluation. However, the policies put in place are not always enforceable. A lack of enforceability creates a situation where the desired outcomes are not realized (Yeganeh, 2019). It explains why data breaches are still experienced even after such policies are formulated and implemented.
RESEARCH METHOD
To investigate the relationship between enforceability of the policies and the vulnerabilities that business organizations are exposed to, a case study method will be used. It is an essential tool that helps determine a causal relationship (White & McBurney, 2012). Also, it will provide insights that will inform the recommendations that need to be considered by the multiple business organizations in the financial sector. Credible data that are free of confounding variables must be collected, analyzed, and inferences drawn. Two data collection procedures will be utilized as follows.
i. Semi-structured interviews will be conducted to collect diverse data on the design and implementation of user and online policies. The interviewees will offer data that expound on the security and privacy positions of the systems.
ii. Independent observations will be made to inform the behaviors of the users, both internally and externally. The observation.
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POLICIES FOR MANAGING PRIVACY
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Online Policies for Enabling Financial Companies to Manage Privacy Issues
Name: Sunil Kumar Parisa
Date:03/29/2020
University of Cumberland’s
ABSTRACT
Financial companies are under constant threats in the face of cyber-attacks, which are growing by the day. The companies usually implement measures that primarily focus on the deployment of technologies for suppressing the attacks. They do not consider user policies as essential elements that help curb the vulnerabilities. The policies put in place have a low level of enforceability, which lowers the impact of the plans. The research project will determine the relationship between policy enforceability and the vulnerabilities posed to a system by the internal and external users.
INTRODUCTION
Business companies in the financial sector have the responsibility of ensuring the data that belong to the customers are fully protected. Cyber-crimes are on the rise, and the approaches employed today are not entirely practical. Technological tools and measures are not efficient. They should be complemented by the behavioral standards that suppress the vulnerabilities in all the IT domains (Vincent, Higgs & Pinsker, 2015). Enforceable policies will ensure there is an integration of behavioral and technological measures for promoting data security and privacy.
LITERATURE REVIEW
Financial companies usually emphasize policies that guide the collection of customer and storage as well as access to the data by the internal and external users. These policies are relevant as they promote best practices at both levels. The companies have a belief that these are the areas that need closer monitoring and evaluation. However, the policies put in place are not always enforceable. A lack of enforceability creates a situation where the desired outcomes are not realized (Yeganeh, 2019). It explains why data breaches are still experienced even after such policies are formulated and implemented.
RESEARCH METHOD
To investigate the relationship between enforceability of the policies and the vulnerabilities that business organizations are exposed to, a case study method will be used. It is an essential tool that helps determine a causal relationship (White & McBurney, 2012). Also, it will provide insights that will inform the recommendations that need to be considered by the multiple business organizations in the financial sector. Credible data that are free of confounding variables must be collected, analyzed, and inferences drawn. Two data collection procedures will be utilized as follows.
i. Semi-structured interviews will be conducted to collect diverse data on the design and implementation of user and online policies. The interviewees will offer data that expound on the security and privacy positions of the systems.
ii. Independent observations will be made to inform the behaviors of the users, both internally and externally. The observation.
Catherine Sheppard has over 20 years of experience leading quality improvement and organizational assessment projects in the federal government. She has worked extensively with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to develop quality management policies and processes, and has conducted program reviews and analyses to support senior management decision making. She also has experience coordinating counterterrorism policy and planning across the intelligence community through roles at the National Counterterrorism Center and Department of Energy.
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Please discuss the various limitations involving the efficiency of the intelligence cycle. Do not make all your points about just one of the readings. Please ensure that you make appropriate use, in-text citation, and reference to available source information to support your perspective (be sure to include why you consider these issues important).
Intelligence Cycle
The Central Intelligence Agency (2013) has describe the intelligence cycle as the following:
Planning and Direction – essentially understanding what to do and how to do it
Collection – Collecting information overtly or covertly through different means
Processing – Put the collected intelligence into a report
Analysis and Production – Read and analyze the information and understand what is needed and what isn’t and produce a product in a way that will be easily read and understood by the customer (give assessments)
Dissemination – Give the final product to the requestor / customer and ensure that those who need to know receive it
National standards and guidelines vs policies and procedures of agencies
Carter, Chermak, McGarrell, Carter, and Drew (2012) indicated in their findings that
…respondents indicated that they were familiar with national standards and guidelines, they also expressed the belief that the policies and procedures within their agency have yet to reconcile with these requirements. Similarly, the respondents noted they were aware of the threats, but identified a need to build a capacity to better identify these threats and noted shortages in resources and personnel in accomplishing these goals. Also, they were aware of key civil rights and privacy issues, but respondents reported there is considerable work that needs to be done in their agencies to ensure agencies are fully compliant
Because of these setbacks, the intelligence cycle cannot be 100% efficient due to analysts attempting to understand which sets of policies to follow (will it be their respective agency’s ones or the national standards?). Also, this would also come into question as to there being any backlash if one set is followed but not the other due to the different policies. As well as agencies ensuring that civil rights and privacy issues are being protected.
Acts, Laws, and Entities
Due to different laws that exist, the efficiency of the intelligence cycle to collect information is hindered. Such acts and laws would include the USA PATRIOT Act, USA FREEDOM Act, and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. Law enforcement agencies before were able to wiretap conversations and obtain records regarding calls, telephone numbers, etc. that could be viable into stopping terrorist plots and gave LE agencies more tools to conduct counterintelligence (FBI, n.d.). However, due to the population not liking that LE agencies could conduct such activities, more laws and acts were passed to limit LE agencies ability to conduct such activities and required them to ob.
SME- Developing an information governance strategy 2016 Hybrid Cloud
This white paper discusses the variety of challenges focused on information governance and also offers a variety of recommendations about what organizations can do to improve their information governance practices. The paper also provides a brief overview of its sponsor – StorageMadeEasy – and the company’s relevant solutions.
The lack of good information governance has brought us to an inflection point:
decision makers must gain control of their information to enable innovation, profit
and growth; or continue down the current path of information anarchy and
potentially lose out to competitors who are better able to govern their information.
The Role of Information Security Policy Jessica Graf Assignment 1 Unit 8 IAS5020Jessica Graf
The document discusses the importance of developing an information security policy that balances security needs with business goals. It explains that a policy should be based on assessing risks and regulations while protecting assets like data, networks, and reputation. A good policy also considers factors like budget, priorities, and how security could impact customers. The goal is to implement controls that cost-effectively mitigate risks through confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information.
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Final Project Security Awareness
Terri Y. Hudson
Southern New Hampshire University – IT 552
December 20, 2016
Agency-wide security awareness Program Proposal
Introduction
For the organization to comply with the current PCT DSS requirement version 12,6, a security awareness program must be in place. The CISCO of the organization has an immediate requirement of creating an agency-wide security awareness program. As a means of implementing security awareness program the organization has conducted a security gap analysis which is one of the component of security awareness program which showed the 10 security findings. As one of the means of conducting the program, I will submit awareness program proposal.
Objective
This SOW (Statement of Work) is being done on behalf of the senior information officer. He has requested for the creation of an agency-wide security awareness program by handing over the security gap analysis which was done prior to this process. Hence the major aim of this document is to set a security awareness program which shows ten major key security findings. The document will also include a risk assessment of the current security awareness practices, processes and practices. By having this document, the organization will be able to have a well-organized maintenance plan. It is also important in maintaining and establishing an information-security awareness program (United States, 2000).
Background
The mission of the organization is to provide efficient IT services with the best security program in place with an aim of protecting organizations assets.
1. Technical infrastructure
The organization is engaged in short-term effort aiming at modernizing its information-processing infrastructure. These efforts have incorporated software enhancements, installation of firewalls and high end network systems for an improved communication. The senior information officer is the one who is responsible top oversee modernization effort. He has of late completed conducting a security awareness program and deployment of the organization’s LAN (Local area Network). The hardware being used is of CISCO products.
2. Computing Environment
The organization’s desktop computers are of Windows 2007/ 98 and 95. The servers are of Pentium with over 1 GB RAM. The current NOS (Network operating system) are window based.
3. Security Posture of the Organization
The organization has a basic network structure with only one router which acts as a firewall. It has several working stations and switches to this working stations. In addition the organization has installed Kasperky’s antivirus in of their desktop machines with a motive of reducing external threats. The data server is highly secured with Kaspersky’s antivirus. The organization physical sec ...
This document presents the State of Minnesota's Enterprise Security Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2009-2013. It outlines a 5-year vision with 19 strategic objectives grouped into improved situational awareness, proactive risk management, and robust crisis management. Key initiatives include implementing security information and event management, conducting enterprise vulnerability assessments, and establishing baseline security policies and standards. The plan aims to protect information assets and ensure critical services remain available.
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Enterprise IT Security Policy Outline
IT Security Policy
Introduction
Enterprise IT security is a vital aspect especially when it comes to the protection of information assets. This is more so when these assets can be classified as of strategic national importance, otherwise regarded as critical infrastructure. From historical data, to current operations data, future plans and the systems that house these data, IT security is necessary to prevent them from being compromised by external parties. Enterprise IT security encompasses a wide range of areas in a bid to ensure that the implementation is done holistically without leaving room for potential malicious parties. One of the most important critical infrastructures is that belonging to NASA.
NASA Overview
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is a federal government agency responsible for the American civilian space flight program and research. Established under the National Aeronautics and Space Act in 1958, NASA has conducted all federally funded civilian space programs and the corresponding research into the field. Apart from the manned and unmanned missions to space, it has also contributed in the building of the International Space Station, and its research has gone on to contribute to a myriad of consumer and industrial applications. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a division of NASA based in California that is responsible research and development mostly in robotic spacecraft. The center also operates the agency’s current fleet of robotic spacecraft. The information contained at this facility is vast and of great importance to NASA. This includes information on its current operations, plans for future development as well the trove of ground-breaking research being conducted by its team of scientists. To fully protect this vast information requires the implementation of a robust enterprise IT security policy that fully appreciates the importance of this facility and the necessity for its protection (“The Jet…”).
Policy Outline
1. Access Control
Under the framework core, Access Control is a category that falls under the function of protection. It mostly involves limiting access to cyber resources only to those who have prior authorization to do so. Implementing this will include:
a) Assigning user privileges according to responsibility. A robotics operator would not need to access the future strategic plans to adequately perform their duties.
b) Single User Sign-in for all user profiles. This will prevent multiple users from using the same credentials to access the resources (“Framework...,” 2014).
2. Application Development
Application development can be done to improve existing systems by adding functionalities onto them or building entirely new applications. Wh.
U.S. Approach to Cybersecurity GovernanceGwanhoo Lee
Presents U.S. Federal Cybersecurity Programs, the Cybersecurity Act (CSA) of 2015, NIST Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, and Private Sector Best Practices in Cybersecurity Governance
Similar to NSTC Identity Management Task Force Report Executive Summary (20)
This document defines and discusses identity intelligence (I2). I2 involves collecting and analyzing identity information from multiple sources to identify individuals and assess threats. It is important for national security to help identify terrorists and other threats. While valuable, I2 faces challenges regarding privacy, data overload from the vast amount of information, and inconsistencies between identity systems. The document provides examples of how I2 could be used by federal agents to research individuals, similar to how a concerned father might research a teenage date, in order to assess potential threats or make informed decisions.
Identity Intelligence: From Reactionary Support to Sustained EnablerDuane Blackburn
This classified briefing discusses the evolution of the Department of Defense's identity intelligence capabilities from reactive support to sustained enablers. It provides an overview of past and present biometric capabilities fielded by DoD, including mobile identification technology, portable enrollment stations, and authoritative biometric databases. It also discusses the Identity Intelligence Project Office's role in defining policy, establishing data standards, and fostering information sharing to harmonize DoD identity intelligence requirements and integration. The briefing concludes by examining potential future directions, such as increased use of biometrics at borders and emphasis on fully illuminating identities through associated attributes.
Where We Are Today – The Current Landscape of Identity ManagementDuane Blackburn
This document summarizes a presentation by Duane Blackburn from MITRE Corporation on the current landscape of identity management. Some common themes from Blackburn's research and discussions with stakeholders are: the importance of identity management for collaboration and trust but challenges in managing identities across interconnected systems; the need for improved technologies, standards, privacy protections and governance; and that despite progress, governments still lack comprehensive identity management strategies. Blackburn also provided conceptual models of identity management and discussed depictions in Hollywood.
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation: A Defensible Process for Federal...Duane Blackburn
Through this "ready reference", MITRE aims to remediate the strain on RDT&E PMs and make it more likely that work necessary to support your agency's mission can continue to be funded. MITRE developed this model after reflecting upon the successes and failures of RDT&E programs from a variety of federal sectors over the past fifteen years.
The 2011 edition of The National Biometrics Challenge updates the 2006 National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) report of the same name. This new report provides an overview of current challenges related to strengthening the scientific foundation of biometrics and improving identity-management system capabilities. It clarifies biometrics-related priorities for Federal agencies and provides context for non-governmental entities considering collaborations with agencies as private-sector partners. This report’s recommendations are based on analyses provided in two key National Research Council reports, a National Science Foundation workshop and two workshops organized by the NSTC Subcommittee on Biometrics and Identity Management specifically designed to gather input for this report.
Interagency Coordination of Biometrics and Forensic RDT&EDuane Blackburn
Description of biometric and forensic science activities of the National Science and Technology Council. Presented at the 2011 DoD Biometrics and Forensics RDT&E Forum.
Identity Management Policy - The End of the Beginning?Duane Blackburn
This document discusses identity management (IdM) policy. It summarizes the key themes from various government studies on IdM, including that IdM is important for collaboration and innovation, standards are needed for interoperability, and privacy protections must be balanced with security needs. Governance is also required to manage interconnected IdM systems. The document advocates for continued research, standards development, policy coordination, and public-private partnerships to advance IdM.
Research Challenges in Combating Terrorist Use of Explosives in the United St...Duane Blackburn
The document outlines 10 key research challenges for combating terrorist use of explosives in the United States. The challenges are grouped into categories of deter & predict, detect & defeat, mitigate, and cross-cutting. The top priorities identified are counter-IED network attack and analysis, detection of homemade explosives, standoff rapid detection of person-borne IEDs, vehicle-borne IED detection, IED access and defeat, radio controlled IED countermeasures, IED assessment and diagnostics, waterborne IED detection systems, IED warnings, and IED threat characterization and signatures. Addressing these challenges through focused research efforts can help improve security against terrorist explosive attacks.
The National Science and Technology Council's Task Force on Identity Management was established to assess the current state of identity management (IdM) across the U.S. government and develop a vision for the future. The Task Force found that over 3,000 federal systems currently utilize personally identifiable information (PII) in an inconsistent and duplicative manner. The Task Force proposed a new framework that includes: 1) A "network of networks" to securely manage common PII elements across agencies; 2) Strong security, privacy and auditability standards; and 3) Ubiquitous yet controlled access to verified identity data. This proposed approach aims to improve accuracy, availability, privacy and coordination of IdM across the federal government.
Biometrics in Government Post-9/11: Advancing Science, Enhancing Operations Duane Blackburn
This report summarizes key US government initiatives since 2001 to advance biometric science and utilize biometrics to meet operational needs. Major activities include research to improve face, fingerprint, iris, and multimodal biometrics; developing standards; and operational use by DOD, DHS, DOJ, and DOS for applications like border security, law enforcement, intelligence, and access control. Interagency collaboration has been important for driving innovation and achieving interoperability across systems.
Privacy and Biometrics: Building a Conceptual FoundationDuane Blackburn
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This document discusses biometrics and identity management. It provides an overview of the National Science and Technology Council's Subcommittee on Biometrics, which aims to advance biometrics to meet public and private needs. The report identifies the key driving forces behind biometrics as national security, homeland security, enterprise services, and personal transactions. It also outlines four primary challenges: improving biometric sensors; developing large-scale systems; establishing interoperability standards; and enabling informed privacy debates. The federal government's role is to help address these challenges through collaboration across sectors.
Using The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC)Duane Blackburn
The document discusses the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), which was established by executive order to coordinate science and technology policy across the federal government. The NSTC is chaired by the President and Vice President and aims to integrate S&T priorities across agencies, though full coordination can be difficult. Benefits of the NSTC include knowledge sharing, relationship building, and raising awareness of S&T issues. The success of NSTC bodies often depends on leadership setting realistic goals and applying pressure while refusing to accept failure.
These slides step users through the federal budget process, with a focus on science and technology. The process begins with federal program managers, works through budget shops at the agency, departmental, and White House levels, while referencing influences at each step. Budgets are then sent to Congress, back to the executive branch and down to the federal Program Managers for action.
This presentation describes coordination of federal biometric and identity management activities, and was given at the 2008 Biometric Consortium Conference.
2. About the National Science and Technology Council
The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) was established by
executive order Nov. 23, 1993. This Cabinet-level Council is the principal means
within the executive branch to coordinate science and technology policy across
the diverse entities that make up the federal research and development enterprise.
Chaired by the President, the NSTC is made up of the Vice President, the Director
of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Cabinet Secretaries and Agency
Heads with significant science and technology responsibilities, and other White
House officials.
A primary objective of the NSTC is the establishment of clear national
goals for federal science and technology investments in a broad array of areas
spanning virtually all mission areas of the executive branch. The Council prepares
research and development strategies that are coordinated across federal agencies
to form investment packages aimed at accomplishing multiple national goals.
The Subcommittee on Biometrics and Identity Management was chartered
by the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Committee on Technol-
ogy (COT) and has been in operation since 2003. The purpose of the Subcommit-
tee is to advise and assist the COT, NSTC, and other coordination bodies of the
Executive Office of the President on policies, procedures, and plans for federally
sponsored biometric and Identity Management (IdM) activities. The Subcommit-
tee facilitates a strong, coordinated effort across federal agencies to identify and
address important policy issues, as well as researching, testing, standards, privacy,
and outreach needs. The Subcommittee chartered this Task Force to assess the sta-
tus of and challenges related to IdM technologies and to develop recommenda-
tions regarding the federal government’s science and technology needs in this
area. Additional information about the Subcommittee is available at
www.biometrics.gov.
3. Acknowledgements
The Task Force would like to thank the following individuals for contri-
buting to its success:
• Duane Blackburn (Office of Science and Technology Policy) for his vision
to establish the Task Force and to populate it with individuals with such
varying foci;
• Jim Dray (National Institute of Standards and Technology) and Judith
Spencer (General Services Administration) for effectively managing the
Task Force through six months of weekly meetings;
• FBI contractors Michelle Johnson (BRTRC) and Martin Harding
(BRTRC) for managing the administrative aspects of the Task Force;
• James Ennis (State), Deborah Gallagher (DHS), William Gravell (DOD),
Niels Quist (DOJ), and Bill Brykczynski (STPI) for chairing the Task
Force’s subordinate working teams;
• William Gravell (DOD) for the innumerable hours he personally devoted
to massaging the views of the Task Force members into a cohesive, agree-
able description in this report;
• Karen Evans (OMB), Carol Bales (OMB), and the members of the CIO
Council, for their assistance in identifying the current status of IdM in the
federal government;
• The staff at the Science and Technology Policy Institute (under contract to
OSTP), for analyzing data received from the CIO Council;
• The staff at BRTRC, Inc., (under contract to FBI) for editing and graphics
support; and
• The IDM Task Force members, who provided input and contributed a sig-
nificant amount of their time over the course of the six-month effort, are
listed in Annex B.
5. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Introduction
Identity Management (IdM) has existed throughout history to serve both
public and private purposes. It has continuously evolved to match changing opera-
tional needs, to take advantage of new capabilities, and to stay consistent with the
societal conventions of the day. The most recent advancement in IdM has been its
transition into the modern digital world, which has provided a wealth of previous-
ly impossible capabilities to support both security and convenience needs. Digital
IdM systems are becoming increasingly commonplace, and their explosive growth
is expected to continue.
For the purposes of this Task Force, Identity Management means “the
combination of technical systems, rules, and procedures that define the owner-
ship, utilization, and safeguarding of personal identity information. The primary
goal of the IdM process is to assign attributes to a digital identity and to connect
that identity to an individual.” The terms of reference for this Task Force are at
Annex A.
To date, this growth has been driven by the need to meet independent mis-
sion needs (including both screening applications and access control). As these
missions continue to expand, overlaps across missions will become more and
more pervasive. This is an undeniable truth, as all IdM systems relate back to an
individual — actions taken within one system will potentially impact data and/or
decisions in other systems. A holistic, cross-mission analysis and planning cycle
has not previously been performed, presumably because of the tremendous scope
of the task and the duty’s inherent social sensitivity. This daunting task was as-
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6. signed to the National Science and Technology Council’s (NSTC) Task Force on
Identity Management (Task Force), as a continuation of independently developed
and managed government IdM systems will encounter operational, technological,
and privacy issues that will become increasingly difficult to manage.
The Task Force’s scope was limited to federal government systems, with
the full understanding that these systems frequently rely on and impact IdM sys-
tems beyond federal control. This report presents an overview of the current state
of federal IdM systems and also presents a high-level vision of how these systems
can be holistically designed to provide better services while increasing privacy
protection. The purpose of this report is to initiate further discussion on this vi-
sion, inform policy decisions, and provide direction on which to base near-term
research.
Task Force Work
The Task Force was chartered to study federal IdM over a six-month pe-
riod, with a broad range of representation from different government missions,
and was given three primary tasks:
• Provide an assessment of the current state of IdM in the U.S. gov-
ernment;
• Develop a vision for how IdM should operate in the future;
• Develop first-step recommendations on how to advance toward
this vision.
The Task Force undertook two overlapping approaches to determine the
current state of IdM in the U.S. government, a detailed assessment of publicly
available Privacy Impact Assessments and an OMB-issued survey to the Federal
Chief Information Officers’ Council. The combined analysis showed that there are
more than 3,000 systems within the U.S. government that utilize Personally Iden-
tifiable Information (PII), and the vast majority of these were designed and are
managed independently from one another. These facts contribute to several issues
with the current state:
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7. • Duplicative identity data is often stored in multiple locations with-
in the same agency, as well as across agencies, causing a negative
impact on accuracy and complicating an individual’s attempt at re-
dress;
• A lack of commonly used standards makes appropriate cross-
function collaboration difficult, thus impacting both time-sensitive
mission needs as well as reducing personal privacy;
• Privacy protection efforts vary in complexity across agencies;
• There is no single government-wide forum responsible for coordi-
nating and homogenizing IdM efforts across the U.S. government.
The IdM Task Force’s vision for the future is a substantially more orga-
nized Identity Management framework. A fundamental precept for this vision is a
realization that not all PII is created equal. Some PII will be useful for broad
range of applications, while others are only useful within the context of a specific
application and should not be shared outside that application. PII within both of
these categories also have varying levels of sensitivity and should be managed
accordingly.
The Task Force’s vision includes a federated approach for leveraging
broad-use PII elements to maximize accuracy, availability, privacy protection, and
management of this data. Individual applications would access this data through a
network grid, which can be established using common technical standards and
policies to ensure appropriate use and control. Once verified, broad-use PII can be
augmented with application-specific PII in order to make operational decisions.
To this end, we make the following assumptions:
• Identity and the management of all the personal identifiable quali-
ties of identity information are considered a critical asset in sustaining
our security posture;
• To the extent available and practicable, a very high confidence in
an asserted identity is recommended as the basis for authorization for
access to government applications regardless of assurance level re-
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8. quired. For example, Personal Identity Verification (PIV) credentials
required by HSPD-12 and used by federal employees and contractors
are available and provide for a very high level of confidence and could
be used for accessing all applications — even those requiring lower
levels of assurance;
• There is an expectation that revocation of identity data and the re-
lated authorizations are executed in accordance with government-wide
standards throughout all applications (whether used to support logical
or physical access);
• There is an understanding that management and protection of iden-
tity is not the responsibility of any one or a few federal agencies, but
rather the responsibility of all federal agencies to enable. Identity is a
component of each and every transaction. If one federal agency fails to
carry out their responsibility, access to our networks and facilities will
be significantly jeopardized.
Several top-level goals and characteristics for the government’s proposed
state of IdM can thus be described as:
• Configuration and operation of a “network of networks” to secure-
ly manage digital identities, based on a set of common data ele-
ments for stored PII that will allow it to be leveraged by a broad
range of applications;
• Security of process, data transmission, and storage; this includes
and embraces all features of confidentiality, integrity, authenticity,
and privacy, including use of encryption and multifactor authenti-
cation;
• Auditability of processes, with complete, automatic, and secure
record keeping;
• Ubiquitous availability, at global distances, of strong verification
of stored digital identity when called for or needed to support an
authorized application;
• Standards-based connectivity, interoperability, and extensibility of
supporting IT architecture;
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9. • Preservation of application-specific PII data under control of appli-
cation sponsors, with minimal exposure to unauthorized access or
unnecessary transmission across networks;
• Ability of prospective application sponsors to develop, install, and
operate applications in a way that permits the supporting IT grid to
be seen as a freely available, ubiquitous service.
The above elements form the tenets of a strategy to manage and protect
identity within all federal agencies. Anticipated benefits over the current state in-
clude:
• Enhanced accuracy and management of PII that is used by multiple
applications;
• Clear separation of application-specific PII and tighter controls to
ensure this information isn’t shared across domains;
• A uniform, more transparent approach of handling PII;
• Minimization of duplicative efforts to generate, maintain, and sa-
feguard PII;
• Providing the government a better understanding of and ability to
macro-manage its IdM activities.
This report offers a set of recommendations (see Section 4) organized into
specific subject areas as follows:
• Standards and Guidance;
• Architecture;
• Science and Technology Considerations;
• Government-wide Coordination.
The Science and Technology recommendations may be acted upon imme-
diately, as the success of those efforts will impact further analyses and policymak-
ing required to provide depth and direction to the Task Force’s initial vision.
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10. Toward that end, the Task Force recommends an enduring IdM forum to visualize
and address IdManagement issues holistically, in policy and technology. This
process should seek to frame the governmental agenda in this broad area, inform
the standards and guidance development activities, and guide the further refine-
ment of the IdM architecture. In so doing, it should guide activities that will ex-
pand and refine our total understanding and support the development of consensus
within an informed public regarding the whole range of IdManagement issues and
opportunities within the federal enterprise.
Conclusion
It is important to note that the Task Force does not see this report as being
the “final” analysis of the IdM needs of the federal government, nor is it consi-
dered to be a comprehensive treatment of the subject in a level of detail sufficient
to determine formal policy. Rather, it is an initial study that provides a common
foundation and vision on which to base future research, discussions, studies, and,
eventually, policymaking. The Task Force aimed to make this report as intellec-
tually comprehensive as possible within available time and resources, seeking,
above all, to recognize and treat IdM in its full dimensions, including its growing
importance to the conduct of government.
In contemplating the current state of IdM in the federal government, and
thinking about the future direction, one may paraphrase Winston Churchill:
“It is not the end, nor even the beginning of the end; but it is, perhaps, the
end of the beginning…”
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11. The complete Task Force report is now available online at two locations:
http://www.ostp.gov/cs/nstc/documents_reports
and
http://www.biometrics.gov/NSTC/Publications.aspx
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