Information System Technical Advisory Committee Meeting – 4-27-22

The DOC’s Bureau of Information and Security (BIS) published a revision notice in the Federal Register (87 FR 21614) revising the meeting date information for the April 27^th, 2022 meeting of the Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee (ISTAC) that was published on Friday. The meeting was changed from two days to a single day. I missed Friday’s notice.

The agenda for the public portion of the meeting includes:

• Welcome and Introductions,

• Working Group Reports,

• Ideas for Wassenaar Proposals 2023,

• Old Business.

I tried to dive into the ISTAC web site to figure out what the working group reports might be covering, but the ISTAC web site is almost two years out-of-date. Still, any insight into what might end up in the 2023 Wassenaar agreement could be interesting.

The public is invited to join the public portion of the teleconference. Personnel wishing to participate should contact Ms. Yvette Springer at Yvette.Springer@bis.doc.gov by April 20, 2022.

BIS ISTAC to Discuss Wassenaar Cyber Rules

Today the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security published a public meeting notice in the Federal Register (80 FR 40997-40998) for the Information Systems Technology Advisory Committee. The partially closed meeting will be held on July 29^th and 30^th, 2015 in Washington, DC. The open portion of the meeting will include an industry presentation on “Penetration Testing and Implementation of Wassenaar 2013 Cyber-Related Provisions” on Wednesday.

The ISTAC advises the Department of Commerce on the technical parameters for export controls applicable to dual-use commodities and technology and on the administration of those controls. Note that DOC has not established web pages for the eight technical advisory committees that provide support to BIS.

There will be a limited number of public seats available on a first-come, first-serve basis at the meeting. There will also be provisions for up to 20 teleconference participants. Written public comments may be submitted before and after the meeting by emailing to Yvette.Springer@bis.doc.gov.

NOTE: This is the meeting that I briefly tweeted about yesterday.