On Friday, December 12, 2014, the United Stated Coast Guard
posted a notice of a January 15 2015 public meeting in Washington DC to receive
comments on the development of cybersecurity assessment methods for vessels and
facilities regulated by the Coast Guard. The docket number for submitting
comments prior to this meeting is USCG-2014-1020. Comments may be submitted both before and
after the meeting. There are several
deadlines for persons interested in participating. For attendance in person, the Coast Guard
advises that seating is limited and should be reserved by the method specified
in the notice NLT January 05, 2014. There will be a live video feed of the
meeting. To access the video feed, the
request must be made by the means specified in the notice NLT January 13, 2015.
Persons who wish to attend the meeting in person are advised of transportation
and identification requirements.
My memory may be failing me but it seems to me like the last
time I tried to access this building (Department of Transportation Headquarters
building) two government-issued photo IDs were required, not one, as the notice
specifies. Below is the text of the
notice from regulations.gov. The supplemental
documents referenced in the notice have not been posted as of noon 12/15/14.
Action
Notice of public meeting and request for comments.
Summary
The U.S. Coast Guard announces a public meeting to be held
in Washington, DC, to receive comments on the development of cybersecurity
assessment methods for vessels and facilities regulated by the Coast Guard.
This meeting will provide an opportunity for the public to comment on
development of security assessment methods that assist vessel and facility
owners and operators identify and address cybersecurity vulnerabilities that
could cause or contribute to a Transportation Security Incident. The Coast
Guard will consider these public comments in developing relevant guidance,
which may include standards, guidelines, and best practices to protect maritime
critical infrastructure.
Dates
The meeting will be held on Thursday, January 15, 2015 from
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The deadline to reserve a seat is Monday, January 5,
2015. All written comments and related material must either be submitted to the
online docket via http://www.regulations.gov on or before January 29, 2015 or
reach the Docket Management Facility by that date.
Addresses
The public meeting will be held at the Department of
Transportation Headquarters, Oklahoma Room, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590; the building telephone number is 202-366-1035. The
building is accessible by taxi, public transit, and privately-owned conveyance.
However, public parking in the vicinity of the building is extremely limited.
Meeting participants are encouraged to use mass transit.
Seating is limited, so please reserve a seat as soon as
possible, but no later than January 5, 2015. To reserve a seat, please email
Josephine.A.Long@uscg.mil with the participant's first and last name for all
U.S. Citizens, and additionally, official title, date of birth, country of
citizenship, and passport number with expiration date for non-U.S. Citizens. To
gain entrance to the Department of Transportation Headquarters building, all
meeting participants must present government-issued photo identification (e.g.,
state-issued driver's license). If a visitor does not have a photo ID, that
person will not be permitted to enter the facility. All visitors and any items
brought into the facility will be required to go through security screening
each time they enter the building.
The Coast Guard will provide a live video feed of the
meeting. To access the video feed, email a request to LT Josephine Long at
Josephine.A.Long@uscg.mil no later than January 13, 2015.
The docket for this notice is available for inspection or
copying at the Docket Management Facility (M-30, U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays. You may also find this docket on the Internet
by going to http://www.regulations.gov, entering USCG-2014-1020 in the search
box and following the instructions.
Written comments may also be submitted in response to this
notice. All written comments and related material submitted before or after the
meeting must either be submitted to the online docket via
http://www.regulations.gov on or before January 29, 2015 or reach the Docket
Management Facility by that date. You may submit written comments identified by
docket number USCG-2014-1020 before or after the meeting using any one of the
following methods:
(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
(2) Fax: 202-372-1990.
(3) Mail: Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S. Department
of Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
(4) Hand delivery: Same as mail address above, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone
number is 202-366-9329.
To avoid duplication, please use only one of these four
methods.
The Coast Guard will post a video recording and written
summary of the meeting to the docket.
For Further Information Contact
If there are questions concerning this meeting, please call
or email LT Josephine Long, Coast Guard at 202-372-1109 or via email at
Josephine.A.Long@uscg.mil or LCDR Joshua Rose, Coast Guard; at 202-372-1106 or
via email at Joshua.D.Rose@uscg.mil. If there are questions on viewing or
submitting material to the docket, call Ms. Cheryl Collins, Program Manager,
Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.
Supplementary Information
Background and Purpose
On February 12, 2013, the President signed Executive Order
(E.O.) 13636 “Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity.” The E.O.
provided the national approach to protecting critical infrastructure
cybersecurity and directed federal agencies to assess cyber risk to critical
infrastructure. Pursuant to E.O. 13636, the National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) developed a voluntary Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework,
(1) followed by the February 12, 2014 publication of a Framework for Improving
Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (2) (Cybersecurity Framework). The
Cybersecurity Framework serves to help industry stakeholders reduce their cyber
risk and vulnerabilities. The Coast Guard encourages vessel and facility owners
and operators to adopt the Cybersecurity Framework voluntarily to achieve a
minimum standard of cybersecurity protection.
Section 7(d) of E.O. 13636 states that in developing the
Cybersecurity Framework, the Director of NIST “shall engage in an open public
review and comment process” and consult with stakeholders including owners and
operators of critical infrastructure. Similarly, the Coast Guard will host this
public meeting to engage the public and obtain comments to assist in the
drafting of procedures to enable operators of vessels and facilities regulated
pursuant to the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 (MTSA) to identify
and address cybersecurity risks that could result in a Transportation Security
Incident (TSI). (3) This may include standards, guidelines, and best practices
to protect maritime critical infrastructure.
The meeting will include the
following topics:
(1) Identify: What cyber dependent systems perform vital
functions that are addressed in MTSA requirements, such as access control,
cargo control, and communications?
(2) Protect: What standards are suitable to ensure the
integrity of these systems?
(3) Detect: What procedures are available to owners and
operators to detect cyber intrusions that could compromise the integrity of
vital systems or contribute to a TSI?
(4) Respond: What response and notification procedures can
minimize the consequences of cyber events?
(5) Recover: What procedures can owners and operators take
to promote rapid maritime transportation system recovery after a cyber
incident?
In addition to the topics outlined above, the Coast Guard is
posting several supplemental documents to the online docket for this notice.
The supplemental documents provide additional background information that may
be useful for the public to consider in formulating comments. We encourage
individuals interested in participating in the public meeting and/or submitting
comments to the docket to review the supplemental documents. To view the
supplemental documents and other documents mentioned in this notice as
available in the docket, please follow the instructions described above in the ADDRESSES
section. If you do not have access to the Internet, you may view the docket
online by visiting the Docket Management Facility in Room W12-140 on the ground
floor of the Department of Transportation West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays. The Coast Guard has an agreement with the Department
of Transportation to use the Docket Management Facility.
The Coast Guard encourages the public to participate by
submitting comments either in person at the meeting or in writing. The public
may submit written comments to Coast Guard personnel at the meeting. The Coast
Guard will post these comments to the online public docket. All comments
received will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov and will
include any personal information you have provided.
Privacy Act
Anyone can search the electronic form of comments received
into any of the dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment
(or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association, business,
labor union, etc.). There is a Privacy Act notice regarding the public dockets
for review in the January 17, 2008, issue of the Federal Register(73 FR 3316).
Information on Services for Individuals With Disabilities
For information on facilities or services for individuals
with disabilities or to request special assistance at the public meeting,
contact LT Josephine Long at the telephone number or email address indicated
under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice.
Authority
This notice
is issued under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 552(a).
Dated:
December 3, 2014.
Andrew
Tucci,
Chief,
Office of Port & Facility Compliance, U.S. Coast Guard.
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2014-29205 Filed 12-11-14; 8:45 am]
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