VCAT Annual Report

Input 

June 9-10, 2009 meeting
Possible Annual Repor

Possible Annual Repor

Topics

• NIST conduct of its standards coordinat

role

– Broad definition of Broad definition of

“coordination coordination

” is in NIST is in NIST 

interests

– SMART GRID - can NIST undertake to lead 

development of an architectural concept thadevelopment of an architectural concept tha

inform the standards development effort?

– Historic opportunity/challenge stemming fro

and SG coordination assignments and SG coordination assignments

– Should we add recommendations for 

organizational response? Focus on the funcissues, not so much on the solution
Coordination (cont.)

• Smart Grid and Healthcare IT standards 

national scale infrastructure

– Requires leadership management facilitat

Requires leadership, management, facilitat

– Pick up the pieces that no one else does; m

sure a system of systems works

– NIST needs to identify NIST needs to identify

“holes

” in its own ab

in its own ab

undertake the role and fill them somehow (contracts, hires, etc.). Seek and make use 

partnerships.

– Does NIST have the authority needed to 

undertake the full range of possible coordinroles?
Coordination

• Enforcing Authority of NIST

– OMB may be the means by which other agencies ca

coerced to cooperate

– Can CTO and CIO be helpful in reinforcing NIST role

• Should VCAT report include a section on Stan

and NIST role? and NIST role?

– Development, coordination of consensus standards– Research in measurement– Metrics for regulation Metrics for regulation– Verification and validation of products/services
Coordination

• Specific comments on the Smart G

and the Health IT standards challe

and the NIST role in their developm

• Tactics and Strategy Tactics and Strategy

– Take advantage of partners, in-house 

talent visitors etc talent, visitors, etc.
NIST Standards Objectiv

• Support consensus development when 

– Coordination, measurement science, valida

verification and certifications

• Actively promote development of standa

aid f ti l i t t id o

f national in

teres

t

• Balancing act between lab research fun

and documentary standards coordinatioand documentary standards coordinatio

development
Architecture

• VCAT was uncomfortable with the 

architectural frameworks for the Health 

Smart Grid coordination efforts. 

– Can we get more on this - security, reliabilit

etc also exploitation and the red team probletc.also exploitation and the red team probl

– Add physical security issues also

– Matrix from Ruzena Matrix from Ruzena– Set up subgroups of vcat to focus on HIT an–
Additional points

• Assure that other agency connections with SG and HIT 

established

• We need to reflect on Safety at NIST• Awareness of activities outside of NIST that are relevan

Awareness of activities outside of NIST that are relevan

mission (including HIT and SG among others). Proactivinputs to augment internal knowledge.

• Strategic Planning – role and placement of documentary 

standards (and resources required)

• Understanding the system design of HIT and SG to dete

the importance and order of work to achieve the desired 

• Define use of Define use of “security security” in various references in the vcat 

in various references in the vcat 
Construction

• Opine on the choices made and 

priorities chosen for ARRA and FY2009/2010 initiatives