NIST | National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) invites organizations to provide products and technical expertise to support and demonstrate security platforms for the Energy Sector Asset Management Project. 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 Energy Sector Asset Management use case. Participation in the use case is open to all interested organizations.

Link to Federal Register Announcement

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). 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.

Letters of interest are due April 25th.  Letters of interest must be submitted to energy_nccoe@nist.gov or via hardcopy to National Institute of Standards and Technology, NCCoE; 9700 Great Seneca Highway, Rockville, MD 20850.  Click here for more complete information about the scope of the project and about how to participate.

Because of the dependence of the education industry upon energy and information infrastructure wee encourage our colleagues in the academic and business sides of the education industry to participate.   We encourage participation of the many education industry trade associations who depend upon the daily content available at Standards Michigan for their own advocacy agendas and claims to leadership.

This project, as with all federal level projects, will be on the standing agenda of our weekly Open Door teleconferences every Wednesday, 11 AM Eastern time.  (Click here to log in)

Issue: [18-93]

Category: Energy, Electrical, Telecommunications, Management & Administration, Smart Campus

Colleagues: Mike Anthony, Jim Harvey, Richard Robben

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Many colleges, universities, trade and technical schools have stakeholders — either as faculty and students — in the United State manufacturing sector.   Many allocated significant resources to facilities and grant administrators that support this activity.  The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) encourages the US standards federation to participate in this process.  Some of the questions to inform development of the plan are as follows:

• In priority order, what should be the near-term and long-term objectives for advanced manufacturing, including R&D objectives, the anticipated time frame for achieving the objectives, and the metrics for use in assessing progress toward the objectives?
• How can Federal agencies and federally funded R&D centers supporting advanced manufacturing R&D foster the transfer of R&D results into new manufacturing technologies and United States-based manufacturing of new products and processes for the benefit of society to ensure national, energy, and economic security? What role can public-private partnerships play, and how should they be structured for maximum impact?
• What innovative tools, platforms, technologies are needed for advances in manufacturing? Of those that already exist, what are the barriers to their adoption?
• How can such Federal agencies and centers develop and strengthen all levels of manufacturing education and training programs to ensure an adequate, well-trained U.S. workforce for the new advanced manufacturing jobs of the future?
• How can such Federal agencies and centers assist small and medium-sized manufacturers in developing and implementing new products and processes?  
• How would you assess the state of the following factors and how they impact innovation and competitiveness for United States advanced manufacturing?

Comments are due March 7th.   You may access the page to review the complete document, to key in comments or to communicate directly with the agency leading this effort at this link: (Federal Register.)