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investigation of Hurricane Maria’s
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be to characterize: (1) The wind
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Maria’s effects on the U.S. territory of
Puerto Rico. The goals of the
investigation will be to characterize: (1)
The wind environment and technical
conditions associated with deaths and
injuries; (2) the performance of
representative critical buildings, and
designated safe areas in those buildings,
including their dependence on lifelines;
and (3) the performance of emergency
communications systems and the
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Kevin A. Kimball,
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and
Technology
Announcing Request for Comments on
Lightweight Cryptography
Requirements and Evaluation Criteria
National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
The National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) is
requesting comments on a proposed
process to solicit, evaluate, and
standardize one or more lightweight
cryptographic algorithms. Current NIST
cryptographic standards were designed
to perform well on general-purpose
computing platforms, and may not be
suitable for some constrained
computing environments. The draft
requirements and evaluation criteria are
available on the NIST Computer
Security Resource Center website:
https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/
Lightweight-Cryptography.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before June 28, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent
electronically to lightweight-crypto@
nist.gov with ‘‘Comment on Lightweight
Cryptography Requirements and
Evaluation Criteria’’ in the subject line.
Written comments may also be
submitted by mail to Information
Technology Laboratory, ATTN:
Lightweight Cryptography Comments,
National Institute of Standards and
Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail
Stop 8930, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–
8930.
Comments received in response to
this notice will be published
electronically at https://csrc.nist.gov/
Projects/Lightweight-Cryptography, so
commenters should not include
information they do not wish to be
posted (e.g., personal or confidential
business information).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Kerry McKay, National Institute of
Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau
Drive, Mail Stop 8930, Gaithersburg,
MD 20899–8930, email: kerry.mckay@
nist.gov, by telephone (301) 975–4969.
Technical inquiries regarding the
proposed draft acceptability
SUMMARY:
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requirements, submission requirements,
or the evaluation criteria should be sent
electronically to lightweight-crypto@
nist.gov.
A public email list has been set up for
announcements, as well as a forum to
discuss the standardization effort being
initiated by NIST. For directions on how
to subscribe, please visit https://
csrc.nist.gov/Projects/LightweightCryptography.
The
deployment of small computing devices
such as RFID tags, industrial controllers,
sensor nodes and smart cards is
becoming much more common. The
shift from desktop computers to small
devices brings a wide range of new
security and privacy concerns. It is
challenging to apply conventional
cryptographic standards to small
devices, because the tradeoff between
security, performance and resource
requirements was optimized for desktop
and server environments, and this
makes the standards difficult or
impossible to implement in resourceconstrained devices. Therefore, when
current NIST-approved algorithms can
be engineered to fit within the limited
resources of constrained environments,
their performance may not be
acceptable.
There are several emerging areas in
which highly-constrained devices are
interconnected, working in concert to
accomplish some task. Examples of
these areas include: Automotive
systems, sensor networks, healthcare,
distributed control systems, the Internet
of Things (IoT), cyber-physical systems,
and the smart grid. In recent years, there
has been increased demand for
cryptographic standards that are tailored
for constrained devices. NIST has
decided to create a portfolio of
lightweight cryptographic algorithms,
designed for limited use in applications
and environments where cryptographic
operations are performed by constrained
devices that are unable to use existing
NIST standards.
Lightweight cryptography is a
subfield of cryptography that aims to
provide solutions tailored for resourceconstrained devices. There has been a
significant amount of work done by the
academic community related to
lightweight cryptography; this work
includes efficient implementations of
conventional cryptography standards,
and the design and analysis of new
lightweight primitives and protocols.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit
comments on the draft minimum
acceptability requirements, submission
requirements, evaluation criteria, and
evaluation process of candidate
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algorithms from the public, the
cryptographic community, academic
and research communities,
manufacturers, voluntary standards
organizations, and federal, state, and
local government organizations so that
their needs can be considered in the
process of developing new lightweight
cryptography standards. The draft
requirements and evaluation criteria are
available on the NIST Computer
Security Resource Center website:
https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/
Lightweight-Cryptography.
Authority: In accordance with the
Information Technology Management Reform
Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104–106) and the
Federal Information Security Management
Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107–347), the Secretary
of Commerce is authorized to approve
Federal Information Processing Standards.
NIST activities to develop computer security
standards to protect federal sensitive
(unclassified) information systems are
undertaken pursuant to specific
responsibilities assigned to NIST by Section
20 of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278g–3), as
amended.
Kevin A. Kimball,
Chief of Staff.
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5:30 p.m., and Friday, June 1, 2018, 8:30
a.m. to 2:30 p.m. EDT.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in
the Gulf Council’s Conference Room.
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Fishery Management Council, 2203 N
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Day 1—Thursday, May 31, 2018; 8:30
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I. Introductions and Adoption of
Agenda
II. Approval of March 26–27, 2018 SSC
Minutes
III. Selection of SSC representative at
June 18–22, 2018 Council meeting
in Key West, FL
Standing and Reef Fish SSC Session
IV. SEDAR 37 Update (FWC hogfish
assessment)
a. Review of assessment
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b. OFL and ABC recommendations
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c. Estimate of the reduction in
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snapper from use of venting and
descending devices
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2:30 p.m.
VI. Continuation of SEDAR 52 (red
snapper standard assessment)
VII. SEDAR 64 (yellowtail snapper
benchmark assessment)
a. Review and approval of terms of
reference
b. Review and approval of schedule
c. Data, assessment, and review
workshop appointments
VIII. Discussion on Best Scientific
Information Available
a. Review of National Standard 2
b. Council Coordinating Committee
comments
IX. Draft Reef Fish Amendment 48/Red
Drum Amendment 5
a. Review of MSY Proxy Paper,
‘‘Establishing Stock Status
Determination Criteria for Fisheries
with High Discards and Uncertain
Recruitment’’ by Goethel et al.
b. Review of draft amendment
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Announcing Request for Comments on Lightweight Cryptography
Requirements and Evaluation Criteria
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is
requesting comments on a proposed process to solicit, evaluate, and
standardize one or more lightweight cryptographic algorithms. Current
NIST cryptographic standards were designed to perform well on general-
purpose computing platforms, and may not be suitable for some
constrained computing environments. The draft requirements and
evaluation criteria are available on the NIST Computer Security
Resource Center website: https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/Lightweight-Cryptography.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 28, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent electronically to [email protected] with ``Comment on Lightweight Cryptography Requirements
and Evaluation Criteria'' in the subject line. Written comments may
also be submitted by mail to Information Technology Laboratory, ATTN:
Lightweight Cryptography Comments, National Institute of Standards and
Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8930, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-
8930.
Comments received in response to this notice will be published
electronically at https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/Lightweight-Cryptography, so commenters should not include information they do not
wish to be posted (e.g., personal or confidential business
information).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Kerry McKay, National Institute of
Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8930,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8930, email: [email protected], by telephone
(301) 975-4969. Technical inquiries regarding the proposed draft
acceptability
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requirements, submission requirements, or the evaluation criteria
should be sent electronically to [email protected].
A public email list has been set up for announcements, as well as a
forum to discuss the standardization effort being initiated by NIST.
For directions on how to subscribe, please visit https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/Lightweight-Cryptography.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The deployment of small computing devices
such as RFID tags, industrial controllers, sensor nodes and smart cards
is becoming much more common. The shift from desktop computers to small
devices brings a wide range of new security and privacy concerns. It is
challenging to apply conventional cryptographic standards to small
devices, because the tradeoff between security, performance and
resource requirements was optimized for desktop and server
environments, and this makes the standards difficult or impossible to
implement in resource-constrained devices. Therefore, when current
NIST-approved algorithms can be engineered to fit within the limited
resources of constrained environments, their performance may not be
acceptable.
There are several emerging areas in which highly-constrained
devices are interconnected, working in concert to accomplish some task.
Examples of these areas include: Automotive systems, sensor networks,
healthcare, distributed control systems, the Internet of Things (IoT),
cyber-physical systems, and the smart grid. In recent years, there has
been increased demand for cryptographic standards that are tailored for
constrained devices. NIST has decided to create a portfolio of
lightweight cryptographic algorithms, designed for limited use in
applications and environments where cryptographic operations are
performed by constrained devices that are unable to use existing NIST
standards.
Lightweight cryptography is a subfield of cryptography that aims to
provide solutions tailored for resource-constrained devices. There has
been a significant amount of work done by the academic community
related to lightweight cryptography; this work includes efficient
implementations of conventional cryptography standards, and the design
and analysis of new lightweight primitives and protocols. The purpose
of this notice is to solicit comments on the draft minimum
acceptability requirements, submission requirements, evaluation
criteria, and evaluation process of candidate algorithms from the
public, the cryptographic community, academic and research communities,
manufacturers, voluntary standards organizations, and federal, state,
and local government organizations so that their needs can be
considered in the process of developing new lightweight cryptography
standards. The draft requirements and evaluation criteria are available
on the NIST Computer Security Resource Center website: https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/Lightweight-Cryptography.
Authority: In accordance with the Information Technology
Management Reform Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-106) and the Federal
Information Security Management Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-347), the
Secretary of Commerce is authorized to approve Federal Information
Processing Standards. NIST activities to develop computer security
standards to protect federal sensitive (unclassified) information
systems are undertaken pursuant to specific responsibilities
assigned to NIST by Section 20 of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278g-3), as amended.
Kevin A. Kimball,
Chief of Staff.
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