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Security Best Practices Efforts and Documents
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This document provides a snapshot of the current efforts to define or
apply security requirements in various Standards Developing
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. Format of this Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3. Online Security Glossaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.1. ATIS Telecom Glossary 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.2. Internet Security Glossary - RFC 4949 . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.3. Compendium of Approved ITU-T Security Definitions . . . . 7
3.4. Microsoft Malware Protection Center . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.5. SANS Glossary of Security Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.6. Security Taxonomy and Glossary - Anne & Lynn Wheeler . . . 8
3.7. NIST - Glossary of Key Information Security Terms . . . . 8
4. Standards Developing Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.1. 3GPP - Third Generation Partnership Project . . . . . . . 10
4.2. 3GPP2 - Third Generation Partnership Project 2 . . . . . . 10
4.3. ANSI - The American National Standards Institute . . . . . 11
4.3.1. Accredited Standards Committee X9 (ASC X9) . . . . . . 11
4.4. ATIS - Alliance for Telecommunications Industry
Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.4.1. ATIS NPRQ - Network Performance, Reliability, and
Quality of Service Committee, formerly T1A1 . . . . . 12
4.4.2. ATIS TMOC - Telecom Management and Operations
Committee, formerly T1M1 OAM&P . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4.5. CC - Common Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4.6. DMTF - Distributed Management Task Force, Inc. . . . . . . 13
4.7. ETSI - The European Telecommunications Standard
Institute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.7.1. ETSI SEC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.7.2. ETSI OCG SEC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.8. GGF - Global Grid Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.8.1. Global Grid Forum Security Area . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.9. IEEE - The Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.9.1. IEEE Computer Society's Technical Committee on
Security and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.10. IETF - The Internet Engineering Task Force . . . . . . . . 16
4.10.1. IETF Security Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.11. INCITS - InterNational Committee for Information
Technology Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.11.1. Identification Cards and Related Devices (B10) . . . . 17
4.11.2. Cyber Security (CS1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4.11.3. Biometrics (M1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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4.12. ISO - The International Organization for
Standardization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4.13. ITU - International Telecommunication Union . . . . . . . 18
4.13.1. ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector -
ITU-T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4.13.2. ITU Radiocommunication Sector - ITU-R . . . . . . . . 19
4.13.3. ITU Telecom Development - ITU-D . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.14. OASIS - Organization for the Advancement of
Structured Information Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.15. OIF - Optical Internetworking Forum . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.15.1. OAM&P Working Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.16. NRIC - The Network Reliability and Interoperability
Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.17. National Security Telecommunications Advisory
Committee (NSTAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.18. TIA - The Telecommunications Industry Association . . . . 22
4.18.1. Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and
Homeland Security (HS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4.18.2. Commercial Encryption Source Code and Related
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4.19. TTA - Telecommunications Technology Association . . . . . 23
4.20. The World Wide Web Consortium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4.21. TM Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
4.21.1. Security Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
5. Security Best Practices Efforts and Documents . . . . . . . . 26
5.1. 3GPP - SA3 - Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
5.2. 3GPP2 - TSG-S Working Group 4 (Security) . . . . . . . . . 26
5.3. ATIS-0300276.2008 - Operations, Administration,
Maintenance, and Provisioning Security Requirements
for the Public Telecommunications Network: A Baseline
of Security Requirements for the Management Plane . . . . 26
5.4. DMTF - Security Modeling Working Group . . . . . . . . . . 27
5.5. Common Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
5.6. ETSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
5.7. Operational Security Requirements for IP Network
Infrastructure : Advanced Requirements . . . . . . . . . . 29
5.8. ISO JTC 1/SC 27 - Information security Technology
techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
5.9. ITU-T Study Group 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
5.10. ITU-T Study Group 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
5.11. NRIC VII Focus Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
5.12. OASIS Security Technical Committees . . . . . . . . . . . 32
5.13. OIF Implementation Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
5.14. TIA - Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and
Homeland Security (HS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
5.15. NIST Special Publications (800 Series) . . . . . . . . . . 33
5.16. NIST Interagency or Internal Reports (NISTIRs) . . . . . . 33
5.17. NIST ITL Security Bulletins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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5.18. SANS Information Security Reading Room . . . . . . . . . . 33
6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
7. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
8. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
9. Changes from Prior Drafts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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1. Introduction
The Internet is being recognized as a critical infrastructure similar
in nature to the power grid and a potable water supply. Just like
those infrastructures, means are needed to provide resiliency and
adaptability to the Internet so that it remains consistently
available to the public throughout the world even during times of
duress or attack. For this reason, many SDOs are developing
standards with hopes of retaining an acceptable level, or even
improving this availability, to its users. These SDO efforts usually
define themselves as "security" efforts. It is the opinion of the
authors that there are many different definitions of the term
"security" and it may be applied in many diverse ways. As such, we
offer no assurance that the term is applied consistently throughout
this document.
Many of these SDOs have diverse charters and goals and will take
entirely different directions in their efforts to provide standards.
However, even with that, there will be overlaps in their produced
works. If there are overlaps then there is a potential for conflicts
and confusion. This may result in:
Vendors of networking equipment who are unsure of which standard
to follow.
Purchasers of networking equipment who are unsure of which
standard will best apply to the needs of their business or
ogranization.
Network Administrators and Operators unsure of which standard to
follow to attain the best security for their network.
For these reasons, the authors wish to encourage all SDOs who have an
interest in producing or in consuming standards relating to good
security practices to be consistent in their approach and their
recommendations. In many cases, the authors are aware that the SDOs
are making good efforts along these lines. However, the authors do
not participate in all SDO efforts and cannot know everything that is
happening.
The OpSec Working Group met at the 61st IETF and agreed that this
document could be a useful reference in producing the documents
described in the Working Group Charter. The authors have agreed to
keep this document current and request that those who read it will
submit corrections or comments.
Comments on this document may be addressed to the OpSec Working Group
or directly to the authors.
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opsec@ops.ietf.org
This document will be updated in sections. The most recently updated
part of this document is Section 5.
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2. Format of this Document
The body of this document has three sections.
The first part of the body of this document, Section 3, contains a
listing of online glossaries relating to networking and security. It
is very important that the definitions of words relating to security
and security events be consistent. Inconsistencies between the
useage of words on standards is unacceptable as it would prevent a
reader of two standards to appropriately relate their
recommendations. The authors of this document have not reviewed the
definitions of the words in the listed glossaries so can offer no
assurance of their alignment.
The second part, Section 4, contains a listing of SDOs that appear to
be working on security standards.
The third part, Section 5, lists the documents which have been found
to offer good practices or recommendations for securing networks and
networking devices.
The text used in sections 3, 4, and 5 have been copied from their
referring web sites. The authors make no claim about the validity or
accuracy of the information listed.
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3. Online Security Glossaries
This section contains references to glossaries of network and
computer security terms.
3.1. ATIS Telecom Glossary 2007
http://www.atis.org/tg2k/
This Glossary began as a 5800-entry, search-enabled hypertext
telecommunications glossary titled Federal Standard 1037C, Glossary
of Telecommunication Terms . Federal Standard 1037C was updated and
matured into an American National Standard (ANS): T1.523-2001,
Telecom Glossary 2000 , under the aegis of ASC T1. In turn, T1.523-
2001 has been revised and redesignated under the ATIS procedures for
ANS development as ATIS-0100523.2007, ATIS Telecom Glossary 2007.
Date published: 2007
3.2. Internet Security Glossary - RFC 4949
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4949.txt
This document was originally created as RFC 2828 in May 2000. It was
revised as RFC 4949 and the document defines itself to be, "an
internally consistent, complementary set of abbreviations,
definitions, explanations, and recommendations for use of terminology
related to information system security."
Date published: August 2007
3.3. Compendium of Approved ITU-T Security Definitions
http://www.itu.int/itudoc/itu-t/com17/activity/add002.html
Addendum to the Compendium of the Approved ITU-T Security-related
Definitions
These extensive materials were created from approved ITU-T
Recommendations with a view toward establishing a common
understanding and use of security terms within ITU-T. The original
Compendium was compiled by SG 17, Lead Study Group on Communication
Systems Security (LSG-CSS).
http://www.itu.int/itudoc/itu-t/com17/activity/def004.html
Date published: 2003
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3.4. Microsoft Malware Protection Center
http://www.microsoft.com/security/glossary.mspx
The Microsoft Malware Protection Center, Threat Research and Response
Glossary was created to explain the concepts, technologies, and
products associated with computer security.
Date published: indeterminate
3.5. SANS Glossary of Security Terms
http://www.sans.org/security-resources/glossary-of-terms/
The SANS Institute (SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security) was created
in 1989 as, "a cooperative research and education organization."
This glossary was updated in May 2003. The SANS Institute is also
home to many other resources including the SANS Intrusion Detection
FAQ and the SANS/FBI Top 20 Vulnerabilities List.
Date published: indeterminate
3.6. Security Taxonomy and Glossary - Anne & Lynn Wheeler
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/secure.htm
Anne and Lynn Wheeler maintain a security taxonomy and glossary with
terms merged from AFSEC, AJP, CC1, CC2, CC21 (CC site), CIAO, FCv1,
FFIEC, FJC, FTC, IATF V3 (IATF site), IEEE610, ITSEC, Intel, JTC1/
SC27 (SC27 site), KeyAll, MSC, NIST 800-30, 800-33, 800-37, 800-53,
800-61, 800-77, 800-83 FIPS140, NASA, NCSC/TG004, NIAP, NSA
Intrusion, CNSSI 4009, online security study, RFC1983, RFC2504,
RFC2647, RFC2828, TCSEC, TDI, and TNI.
Date updated: October 2010
3.7. NIST - Glossary of Key Information Security Terms
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistir/ir7298-rev1/
nistir-7298-revision1.pdf
This glossary of basic security terms has been extracted from NIST
Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) and the Special
Publication (SP) 800 series. The terms included are not all
inclusive of terms found in these publications, but are a subset of
basic terms that are most frequently used. The purpose of this
glossary is to provide a central resource of definitions most
commonly used in NIST security publications.
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Date originally published: April 2006
Date of this update: February 2100
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4. Standards Developing Organizations
This section of this document lists the SDOs, or organizations that
appear to be developing security related standards. These SDOs are
listed in alphabetical order.
Note: The authors would appreciate corrections and additions. This
note will be removed before publication as an RFC.
4.1. 3GPP - Third Generation Partnership Project
http://www.3gpp.org/
The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) is a collaboration
agreement formed in December 1998. The collaboration agreement is
comprised of several telecommunications standards bodies which are
known as "Organizational Partners". The current Organizational
Partners involved with 3GPP are ARIB, CCSA, ETSI, ATIS, TTA, and TTC.
4.2. 3GPP2 - Third Generation Partnership Project 2
http://www.3gpp2.org/
The Third Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2) is:
a collaborative third generation (3G) telecommunications
specifications-setting project
comprising North American and Asian interests developing global
specifications for ANSI/TIA/EIA-41 Cellular Radiotelecommunication
Intersystem Operations network evolution to 3G
and global specifications for the radio transmission technologies
(RTTs) supported by ANSI/TIA/EIA-41.
3GPP2 was born out of the International Telecommunication Union's
(ITU) International Mobile Telecommunications "IMT-2000" initiative,
covering high speed, broadband, and Internet Protocol (IP)-based
mobile systems featuring network-to-network interconnection, feature/
service transparency, global roaming and seamless services
independent of location. IMT-2000 is intended to bring high-quality
mobile multimedia telecommunications to a worldwide mass market by
achieving the goals of increasing the speed and ease of wireless
communications, responding to the problems faced by the increased
demand to pass data via telecommunications, and providing "anytime,
anywhere" services.
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4.3. ANSI - The American National Standards Institute
http://www.ansi.org/
As the voice of the U.S. standards and conformity assessment system,
the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) empowers its members
and constituents to strengthen the U.S. marketplace position in the
global economy while helping to assure the safety and health of
consumers and the protection of the environment.
The Institute oversees the creation, promulgation and use of
thousands of norms and guidelines that directly impact businesses in
nearly every sector: from acoustical devices to construction
equipment, from dairy and livestock production to energy
distribution, and many more. ANSI is also actively engaged in
accrediting programs that assess conformance to standards - including
globally-recognized cross-sector programs such as the ISO 9000
(quality) and ISO 14000 (environmental) management systems.
4.3.1. Accredited Standards Committee X9 (ASC X9)
http://www.x9.org/
The Accredited Standards Committee X9 (ASC X9) has the mission to
develop, establish, maintain, and promote standards for the Financial
Services Industry in order to facilitate the delivery of financial
services and products. Under this mission ASC X9 fulfills the
objectives of: (1) Supporting (maintain, enhance, and promote use of)
existing standards; (2) Facilitating development of new, open
standards based upon consensus; (3) Providing a common source for all
standards affecting the Financial Services Industry; (4) Focusing on
current and future standards needs of the Financial Services
Industry; (5) Promoting use of Financial Services Industry standards;
and (6) Participating and promoting the development of international
standards.
4.4. ATIS - Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions
http://www.atis.org/
ATIS prioritizes the industry's most pressing, technical and
operational issues, and creates interoperable, implementable, end to
end solutions -- standards when the industry needs them and where
they need them.
Over 600 industry professionals from more than 250 communications
companies actively participate in ATIS committees and incubator
solutions programs.
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ATIS develops standards and solutions addressing a wide range of
industry issues in a manner that allocates and coordinates industry
resources and produces the greatest return for communications
companies.
ATIS creates solutions that support the rollout of new products and
services into the information, entertainment and communications
marketplace. Its activities provide the basis for the industry's
delivery of:
Existing and next generation IP-based infrastructures;
Reliable converged multimedia services, including IPTV;
Enhanced Operations Support Systems and Business Support Systems;
and
Greater levels of service quality and performance.
ATIS is accredited by the American National Standards Institute
(ANSI).
4.4.1. ATIS NPRQ - Network Performance, Reliability, and Quality of
Service Committee, formerly T1A1
http://www.atis.org/0010/index.asp
PRQC develops and recommends standards,requirements, and technical
reports related to the performance,reliability, and associated
security aspects of communications networks, as well as the
processing of voice, audio, data, image,and video signals, and their
multimedia integration. PRQC alsodevelops andrecommends positions
on, and foster consistency with, standards and related subjects under
consideration in other North American and international standards
bodies.
PRQC Focus Areas are:
Performance and Reliability of Networks (e.g. IP, ATM, OTN, and
PSTN), and Services (e.g. Frame Relay, Dedicated and Switched
Data),
Security-related aspects,
Emergency communications-related aspects,
Coding (e.g. video and speech), at and between carrier-to-carrier
and carrier-to-customer interfaces, with due consideration of end-
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user applications.
4.4.2. ATIS TMOC - Telecom Management and Operations Committee,
formerly T1M1 OAM&P
http://www.atis.org/0130/index.asp
The Telecom Management and Operations Committee (TMOC) develops
operations, administration, maintenance and provisioning standards,
and other documentation related to Operations Support System (OSS)
and Network Element (NE) functions and interfaces for communications
networks - with an emphasis on standards development related to
U.S.A. communication networks in coordination with the development of
international standards.
The scope of the work in TMOC includes the development of standards
and other documentation for communications network operations and
management areas, such as: Configuration Management, Performance
Management (including in-service transport performance management),
Fault Management, Security Management (including management plane
security), Accounting Management, Coding/Language Data
Representation, Common/Underlying Management Functionality/
Technology, and Ancillary Functions (such as network tones and
announcements). This work requires close and coordinated working
relationships with other domestic and international standards
development organizations and industry forums.
4.5. CC - Common Criteria
http://www.commoncriteriaportal.org/
Common Criteria is a framework in which computer system users can
specify their security functional and assurance requirements, vendors
can then implement and/or make claims about the security attributes
of their products, and testing laboratories can evaluate the products
to determine if they actually meet the claims. In other words,
Common Criteria provides assurance that the process of specification,
implementation and evaluation of a computer security product has been
conducted in a rigorous and standard manner. [attribute wikipedia]
4.6. DMTF - Distributed Management Task Force, Inc.
http://www.dmtf.org/
DMTF enables more effective management of millions of IT systems
worldwide by bringing the IT industry together to collaborate on the
development, validation and promotion of systems management
standards. DMTF management standards are critical to enabling
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management interoperability among multi-vendor systems, tools and
solutions within the enterprise. We are committed to protecting
companies' IT investments by creating standards that promote multi-
vendor interoperability. Our dedication to fostering collaboration
within the industry provides a win-win situation for vendors and IT
personnel alike.
4.7. ETSI - The European Telecommunications Standard Institute
http://www.etsi.org/
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) produces
globally-applicable standards for Information and Communications
Technologies (ICT), including fixed, mobile, radio, converged,
broadcast and internet technologies.
ETSI is officially recognized by the European Union as a European
Standards Organization.
4.7.1. ETSI SEC
http://portal.etsi.org/portal/server.pt/gateway/
PTARGS_0_13938_491_312_425_43/tb/closed_tb/sec.asp
Board#38 confirmed the closure of TC SEC.
At the same time it approved the creation of an OCG Ad Hoc group OCG
Security
TC SEC documents can be found in the SEC archive
The SEC Working groups (ESI and LI) were closed and TC ESI and a TC
LI were created to continue the work.
All documents and information relevant to ESI and LI are available
from the TC ESI and TC LI sites
4.7.2. ETSI OCG SEC
http://portal.etsi.org/ocgsecurity/OCG_security_ToR.asp
The group's primary role is to provide a light-weight horizontal co-
ordination structure for security issues that will ensure this work
is seriously considered in each ETSI TB and that any duplicate or
conflicting work is detected. To achieve this aim the group should
mainly conduct its work via email and, where appropriate, co-sited
"joint security" technical working meetings.
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When scheduled, appropriate time at each "joint SEC" meeting should
be allocated during the meetings to allow for:
Individual committee activities as well as common work;
Coordination between the committees; and
Experts to contribute to more than one committee.
4.8. GGF - Global Grid Forum
http://www.gridforum.org/
The Global Grid Forum (GGF) is a community-initiated forum of
thousands of individuals from industry and research leading the
global standardization effort for grid computing. GGF's primary
objectives are to promote and support the development, deployment,
and implementation of grid technologies and applications via the
creation and documentation of "best practices" - technical
specifications, user experiences, and implementation guidelines.
4.8.1. Global Grid Forum Security Area
http://www.ogf.org/gf/group_info/areasgroups.php?area_id=7
The Security Area is concerned with technical and operational
security issues in Grid environments, including authentication,
authorization, privacy, confidentiality, auditing, firewalls, trust
establishment, policy establishment, and dynamics, scalability and
management aspects of all of the above.
The Security Area is comprised of the following Working Groups and
Research Groups.
Certificate Authority Operations WG (CAOPS-WG)
Firewall Issues RG (FI-RG)
Levels Of Authentication Assurance Research Group (LOA-RG)
OGSA Authorization WG (OGSA-AUTHZ-WG)
4.9. IEEE - The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
http://www.ieee.org/
IEEE is the world's largest professional association dedicated to
advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of
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humanity. IEEE and its members inspire a global community through
IEEE's highly cited publications, conferences, technology standards,
and professional and educational activities.
4.9.1. IEEE Computer Society's Technical Committee on Security and
Privacy
http://www.ieee-security.org/
4.10. IETF - The Internet Engineering Task Force
http://www.ietf.org/
The goal of the IETF is to make the Internet work better.
The mission of the IETF is to make the Internet work better by
producing high quality, relevant technical documents that influence
the way people design, use, and manage the Internet.
4.10.1. IETF Security Area
The Working Groups in the Security Area may be found from this page.
http://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/
The wiki page for the IETF Security Area may be found here.
http://trac.tools.ietf.org/area/sec/trac/wiki
4.11. INCITS - InterNational Committee for Information Technology
Standards
http://www.incits.org/
INCITS is the primary U.S. focus of standardization in the field of
Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), encompassing
storage, processing, transfer, display, management, organization, and
retrieval of information. As such, INCITS also serves as ANSI's
Technical Advisory Group for ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee 1.
JTC 1 is responsible for International standardization in the field
of Information Technology.
There are three active Groups in the Security / ID Technical
Committee.
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4.11.1. Identification Cards and Related Devices (B10)
http://standards.incits.org/a/public/group/b10
Development of national and international standards in the area of
identification cards and related devices for use in inter-industry
applications and international interchange.
4.11.2. Cyber Security (CS1)
http://standards.incits.org/a/public/group/cs1
INCITS/CS1 was established in April 2005 to serve as the US TAG for
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 and all SC 27 Working Groups.
The scope of CS1 explicitly excludes the areas of work on cyber
security standardization presently underway in INCITS B10, M1, T3,
T10 and T11; as well as other standard groups, such as ATIS, IEEE,
IETF, TIA, and X9.
4.11.3. Biometrics (M1)
http://standards.incits.org/a/public/group/m1
INCITS/M1, Biometrics Technical Committee was established by the
Executive Board of INCITS in November 2001 to ensure a high priority,
focused, and comprehensive approach in the United States for the
rapid development and approval of formal national and international
generic biometric standards. The M1 program of work includes
biometric standards for data interchange formats, common file
formats, application program interfaces, profiles, and performance
testing and reporting. The goal of M1's work is to accelerate the
deployment of significantly better, standards-based security
solutions for purposes, such as, homeland defense and the prevention
of identity theft as well as other government and commercial
applications based on biometric personal authentication.
4.12. ISO - The International Organization for Standardization
http://www.iso.org/
SO (International Organization for Standardization) is the world's
largest developer and publisher of International Standards.
ISO is a network of the national standards institutes of 160
countries, one member per country, with a Central Secretariat in
Geneva, Switzerland, that coordinates the system.
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ISO is a non-governmental organization that forms a bridge between
the public and private sectors. On the one hand, many of its member
institutes are part of the governmental structure of their countries,
or are mandated by their government. On the other hand, other
members have their roots uniquely in the private sector, having been
set up by national partnerships of industry associations.
Therefore, ISO enables a consensus to be reached on solutions that
meet both the requirements of business and the broader needs of
society.
4.13. ITU - International Telecommunication Union
http://www.itu.int/
ITU is the leading United Nations agency for information and
communication technology issues, and the global focal point for
governments and the private sector in developing networks and
services. For 145 years, ITU has coordinated the shared global use
of the radio spectrum, promoted international cooperation in
assigning satellite orbits, worked to improve telecommunication
infrastructure in the developing world, established the worldwide
standards that foster seamless interconnection of a vast range of
communications systems and addressed the global challenges of our
times, such as mitigating climate change and strengthening
cybersecurity.
ITU also organizes worldwide and regional exhibitions and forums,
such as ITU TELECOM WORLD, bringing together the most influential
representatives of government and the telecommunications and ICT
industry to exchange ideas, knowledge and technology for the benefit
of the global community, and in particular the developing world.
From broadband Internet to latest-generation wireless technologies,
from aeronautical and maritime navigation to radio astronomy and
satellite-based meteorology, from convergence in fixed-mobile phone,
Internet access, data, voice and TV broadcasting to next-generation
networks, ITU is committed to connecting the world.
The ITU is comprised of three sectors:
4.13.1. ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector - ITU-T
http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/
ITU-T Recommendations are defining elements in information and
communication technologies (ICTs) infrastructure. Whether we
exchange voice, data or video messages, communications cannot take
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place without standards linking the sender and the receiver. Today's
work extends well beyond the traditional areas of telephony to
encompass a far wider range of information and communications
technologies.
4.13.2. ITU Radiocommunication Sector - ITU-R
http://www.itu.int/ITU-R/
The ITU Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) plays a vital role in the
global management of the radio-frequency spectrum and satellite
orbits - limited natural resources which are increasingly in demand
from a large and growing number of services such as fixed, mobile,
broadcasting, amateur, space research, emergency telecommunications,
meteorology, global positioning systems, environmental monitoring and
communication services - that ensure safety of life on land, at sea
and in the skies.
4.13.3. ITU Telecom Development - ITU-D
(also referred as ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau - BDT)
http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/
The mission of the Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D) aims
at achieving the Sector's objectives based on the right to
communicate of all inhabitants of the planet through access to
infrastructure and information and communication services.
In this regard, the mission is to:
Assist countries in the field of information and communication
technologies (ICTs), in facilitating the mobilization of
technical, human and financial resources needed for their
implementation, as well as in promoting access to ICTs.
Promote the extension of the benefits of ICTs to all the world's
inhabitants.
Promote and participate in actions that contribute towards
narrowing the digital divide.
Develop and manage programmes that facilitate information flow
geared to the needs of developing countries.
The mission encompasses ITU's dual responsibility as a United
Nations specialized agency and an executing agency for
implementing projects under the United Nations development system
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or other funding arrangements.
4.14. OASIS - Organization for the Advancement of Structured
Information Standards
http://www.oasis-open.org/
OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information
Standards) is a not-for-profit consortium that drives the
development, convergence and adoption of open standards for the
global information society. The consortium produces more Web
services standards than any other organization along with standards
for security, e-business, and standardization efforts in the public
sector and for application-specific markets. Founded in 1993, OASIS
has more than 5,000 participants representing over 600 organizations
and individual members in 100 countries.
OASIS is distinguished by its transparent governance and operating
procedures. Members themselves set the OASIS technical agenda, using
a lightweight process expressly designed to promote industry
consensus and unite disparate efforts. Completed work is ratified by
open ballot. Governance is accountable and unrestricted. Officers
of both the OASIS Board of Directors and Technical Advisory Board are
chosen by democratic election to serve two-year terms. Consortium
leadership is based on individual merit and is not tied to financial
contribution, corporate standing, or special appointment.
OASIS has several Technical Committees in the Security Category.
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_cat.php?cat=security
4.15. OIF - Optical Internetworking Forum
http://www.oiforum.com/
"The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) promotes the development and
deployment of interoperable networking solutions and services through
the creation of Implementation Agreements (IAs) for optical
networking products, network processing elements, and component
technologies. Implementation agreements will be based on
requirements developed cooperatively by end-users, service providers,
equipment vendors and technology providers, and aligned with
worldwide standards, augmented if necessary. This is accomplished
through industry member participation working together to develop
specifications (IAs) for:
External network element interfaces
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Software interfaces internal to network elements
Hardware component interfaces internal to network elements
The OIF will create Benchmarks, perform worldwide interoperability
testing, build market awareness and promote education for
technologies, services and solutions. The OIF will provide feedback
to worldwide standards organizations to help achieve a set of
implementable, interoperable solutions."
4.15.1. OAM&P Working Group
http://www.oiforum.com/public/oamp.html
In concert with the Carrier, Architecture & Signaling and other OIF
working groups, the Operations, Administration, Maintenance, &
Provisioning (OAM&P) working group develops architectures,
requirements, guidelines, and implementation agreements critical to
widespread deployment of interoperable optical networks by carriers.
The scope includes but is not limited to a) planning, engineering and
provisioning of network resources; b) operations, maintenance or
administration use cases and processes; and c) management
functionality and interfaces for operations support systems and
interoperable network equipment. Within its scope are Fault,
Configuration, Accounting, Performance and Security Management
(FCAPS) and Security. The OAM&P working group will also account for
work by related standards development organizations (SDOs), identify
gaps and formulate OIF input to other SDOs as may be appropriate.
4.16. NRIC - The Network Reliability and Interoperability Council
http://www.nric.org/
The mission of the NRIC is partner with the Federal Communications
Commission, the communications industry and public safety to
facilitate enhancement of emergency communications networks, homeland
security, and best practices across the burgeoning telecommunications
industry.
It appears that the last NRIC Council concluded in 2005.
4.17. National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC)
http://www.ncs.gov/nstac/nstac.html
President Ronald Reagan created the National Security
Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) by Executive Order
12382 in September 1982. Composed of up to 30 industry chief
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executives representing the major communications and network service
providers and information technology, finance, and aerospace
companies, the NSTAC provides industry-based advice and expertise to
the President on issues and problems related to implementing national
security and emergency preparedness (NS/EP) communications policy.
Since its inception, the NSTAC has addressed a wide range of policy
and technical issues regarding communications, information systems,
information assurance, critical infrastructure protection, and other
NS/EP communications concerns.
The mission of the NSTAC: Meeting our Nation's critical national
security and emergency preparedness (NS/EP) challenges demands
attention to many issues. Among these, none could be more important
than the availability and reliability of telecommunication services.
The President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory
Committee (NSTAC) mission is to provide the U.S. Government the best
possible industry advice in these areas.
4.18. TIA - The Telecommunications Industry Association
http://www.tiaonline.org/
The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) is the leading
trade association representing the global information and
communications technology (ICT) industries through standards
development, government affairs, business opportunities, market
intelligence, certification and world-wide environmental regulatory
compliance. With support from its 600 members, TIA enhances the
business environment for companies involved in telecommunications,
broadband, mobile wireless, information technology, networks, cable,
satellite, unified communications, emergency communications and the
greening of technology. TIA is accredited by ANSI.
4.18.1. Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and Homeland Security
(HS)
http://www.tiaonline.org/standards/technology/ciphs/
This TIA webpage identifies and links to many standards, other
technical documents and ongoing activity involving or supporting
TIA's role in Public Safety and Homeland Security, Network Security,
Critical Infrastructure Protection and Assurance, National Security/
Emergency Preparedness, Emergency Communications Services, Emergency
Calling and Location Identification Services, and the Needs of First
Responders. For the purpose of this webpage, national/international
terms relating to public safety and disaster response can be
considered synonymous (and interchangeable) with terms relating to
public protection and disaster relief.
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4.18.2. Commercial Encryption Source Code and Related Information
http://www.tiaonline.org/standards/technology/ahag/index.cfm
This section seems to link to commercial encryption source code.
Access requires agreement to terms and conditions and then
registration.
4.19. TTA - Telecommunications Technology Association
http://www.tta.or.kr/ http://www.tta.or.kr/English/index.jsp
(English)
The purpose of TTA is to contribute to the advancement of technology
and the promotion of information and telecommunications services and
industry as well as the development of national economy, by
effectively stablishing and providing technical standards that
reflect the latest domestic and international technological advances,
needed for the planning, design and operation of global end-to-end
telecommunications and related information services, in close
collaboration with companies, organizations and groups concerned with
information and telecommunications such as network operators, service
providers, equipment manufacturers, academia, R&D institutes, etc.
4.20. The World Wide Web Consortium
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international community
where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work
together to develop Web standards. Led by Web inventor Tim Berners-
Lee and CEO Jeffrey Jaffe, W3C's mission is to lead the Web to its
full potential.
http://www.w3.org/Security/Activity
The work in the W3C Security Activity currently comprises two Working
Groups, the Web Security Context Working Group and the XML Security
Working Group.
The Web Security Context Working Group focuses on the challenges that
arise when users encounter currently deployed security technology,
such as TLS: While this technology achieves its goals on a technical
level, attackers' strategies shift towards bypassing the security
technology instead of breaking it. When users do not understand the
security context in which they operate, then it becomes easy to
deceive and defraud them. This Working Group is planning to see its
main deliverable, the User Interface Guidelines, through to
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Recommendation, but will not engage in additional recommendation
track work beyond this deliverable. The Working Group is currently
operating at reduced Team effort (compared to the initial effort
reserved to this Working Group). Initial (and informal)
conversations about forming an Interest Group that could serve as a
place for community-building and specification review have not led as
far as we had hoped at the previous Advisory Committee Meeting, but
are still on the Team's agenda.
The XML Security Working Group started up in summer 2008, and has
decided to publish an interim set of 1.1 specifications as it works
towards producing a more radical change to XML Signature. The XML
Signature 1.1 and XML Encryption 1.1 specifications clarify and
enhance the previous specifications without introducing breaking
changes, although they do introduce new algorithms.
4.21. TM Forum
http://www.tmforum.org/
With more than 700 corporate members in 195 countries, TM Forum is
the world's leading industry association focused on enabling best-in-
class IT for service providers in the communications, media and cloud
service markets. The Forum provides business-critical industry
standards and expertise to enable the creation, delivery and
monetization of digital services.
TM Forum brings together the world's largest communications,
technology and media companies, providing an innovative, industry-
leading approach to collaborative R&D, along with wide range of
support services including benchmarking, training and certification.
The Forum produces the renowned international Management World
conference series, as well as thought-leading industry research and
publications.
4.21.1. Security Management
http://www.tmforum.org/SecurityManagement/9152/home.html
Securing networks, cyber, clouds, and identity against evolving and
ever present threats has emerged as a top priority for TM Forum
members. In response, the TM Forum's Security Management Initiative
was formally launched in 2009. While some of our Security Management
efforts, such as Identity Management, are well established and boast
mature Business Agreements and Interfaces, a series of presentations,
contributions, and multi-vendor technology demonstrations have jumped
started work efforts on industry hot topics Network Defense, Cyber
Security, and security for single and multi-regional enterprise
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application cloud bursting. Our aim is to produce Security
Management rich frameworks, best practices, and guidebooks.
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5. Security Best Practices Efforts and Documents
This section lists the works produced by the SDOs.
5.1. 3GPP - SA3 - Security
http://www.3gpp.org/SA3-Security
The WG is responsible for security in 3GPP systems, determining the
security requirements, and specifying the security architectures and
protocols. The WG also ensures the availability of cryptographic
algorithms which need to be part of the specifications. The sub-WG
SA3-LI provides the requirements and specifications for lawful
interception in 3GPP systems.
Specifications:
http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/html-info/TSG-WG--S3.htm
5.2. 3GPP2 - TSG-S Working Group 4 (Security)
http://www.3gpp2.org/Public_html/S/index.cfm
The Services and Systems Aspects TSG (TSG-S) is responsible for the
development of service capability requirements for systems based on
3GPP2 specifications. It is also responsible for high level
architectural issues, as required, to coordinate service development
across the various TSGs. In this role, the Services and Systems TSG
shall track the activities within the various TSGs, as required, to
meet the above service requirements.
More specifically, TSG-S will address the following areas of work:
Management, technical coordination, as well as architectural and
requirements development associated with all end-to-end features,
services and system capabilities including, but not limited to,
security and QoS
TSG-S Specifications: http://www.3gpp2.org/Public_html/specs/tsgs.cfm
5.3. ATIS-0300276.2008 - Operations, Administration, Maintenance, and
Provisioning Security Requirements for the Public
Telecommunications Network: A Baseline of Security Requirements
for the Management Plane
This document contains both the published and redline versions of
ATIS-0300276.2008. This standard contains a set of baseline security
requirements for the management plane. The requirements outlined in
this standard allow equipment/system suppliers, government
departments and agencies, and service providers to implement a secure
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telecommunications management infrastructure.
Documents: http://www.atis.org/docstore/product.aspx?id=24660
5.4. DMTF - Security Modeling Working Group
http://www.dmtf.org/sites/default/files/SecurityWGCharter.pdf
The Security Modeling Working Group of the Schema Subcommittee is
responsible for developing the models and profiles required to
provide interoperable security management interfaces for
implementations, including the enabling of configuration and
management of authentication, authorization, and auditing services.
The operational security requirements for protocols and management
initiatives are not addressed by this work group and should be
addressed by the working groups responsible for them. Management of
the underlying security capabilities utilized by such protocols and
initiatives are addressed by this work group, (for example:
interfaces for the management of keys and certificates).
5.5. Common Criteria
http://www.commoncriteriaportal.org/
The Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation
(CC), and the companion Common Methodology for Information Technology
Security Evaluation (CEM) are the technical basis for an
international agreement, the Common Criteria Recognition Agreement
(CCRA), which ensures that:
Products can be evaluated by competent and independent licensed
laboratories so as to determine the fulfilment of particular
security properties, to a certain extent or assurance;
Supporting documents, are used within the Common Criteria
certification process to define how the criteria and evaluation
methods are applied when certifying specific technologies;
The certification of the security properties of an evaluated
product can be issued by a number of Certificate Authorizing
Schemes, with this certification being based on the result of
their evaluation;
These certificates are recognized by all the signatories of the
CCRA.
The CC is the driving force for the widest available mutual
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recognition of secure IT products. This web portal is available to
support the information on the status of the CCRA, the CC and the
certification schemes, licensed laboratories, certified products and
related information, news and events.
5.6. ETSI
TC SEC
http://portal.etsi.org/portal/server.pt/gateway/
PTARGS_0_13938_491_312_425_43/tb/closed_tb/sec.asp
Board#38 confirmed the closure of TC SEC.
At the same time it approved the creation of an OCG Ad Hoc group OCG
Security
TC SEC documents can be found in the SEC archive (members login
required)
The SEC Working groups (ESI and LI) were closed and TC ESI and a TC
LI were created to continue the work.
All documents and information relevant to ESI and LI are available
from the TC ESI and TC LI sites
TC ESI: http://portal.etsi.org/portal/server.pt/community/ESI/307
TC LI: http://portal.etsi.org/portal/server.pt/community/LI/318
OCG SEC
http://portal.etsi.org/ocgsecurity/OCG_security_ToR.asp
The group's primary role is to provide a light-weight horizontal co-
ordination structure for security issues that will ensure this work
is seriously considered in each ETSI TB and that any duplicate or
conflicting work is detected. To achieve this aim the group should
mainly conduct its work via email and, where appropriate, co-sited
"joint security" technical working meetings.
OCG documents may be found here:
http://portal.etsi.org/ocg/Summary.asp (members login required)
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5.7. Operational Security Requirements for IP Network Infrastructure :
Advanced Requirements
IETF RFC 3871
Abstract: This document defines a list of operational security
requirements for the infrastructure of large ISP IP networks (routers
and switches). A framework is defined for specifying "profiles",
which are collections of requirements applicable to certain network
topology contexts (all, core-only, edge-only...). The goal is to
provide network operators a clear, concise way of communicating their
security requirements to vendors.
Documents:
http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3871.txt
5.8. ISO JTC 1/SC 27 - Information security Technology techniques
http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/
catalogue_tc_browse.htm?commid=45306
Several security related ISO projects under JTC 1/SC 27 are listed
here such as:
IT security techniques -- Message Authentication Codes (MACs)
IT Security techniques -- Key management
IT Security techniques -- Entity authentication
IT Security techniques -- Hash-functions
IT Security techniques -- Non-repudiation
IT Security techniques -- IT network security
5.9. ITU-T Study Group 2
http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/studygroups/com02/index.asp
Security related recommendations currently under study:
http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/recommendations/index_sg.aspx?sg=2
5.10. ITU-T Study Group 17
http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/studygroups/com17/index.asp
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Security related recommendations currently under study:
http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/recommendations/index_sg.aspx?sg=17
The ICT Security Standards Roadmap
http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/studygroups/com17/ict/index.html
This ICT Security Standards Roadmap has been developed to assist in
the development of security standards by bringing together
information about existing standards and current standards work in
key standards development organizations.
In addition to aiding the process of standards development, the
Roadmap will provide information that will help potential users of
security standards, and other standards stakeholders, gain an
understanding of what standards are available or under development as
well as the key organizations that are working on these standards.
The Roadmap was initiated by ITU-T Study Group 17. In January 2007
the initiative became a collaborative effort when the European
Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) and the Network and
Information Security Steering Group (NISSG) joined Study Group 17 in
the project.
The Roadmap is in five parts:
Part 1: ICT Standards Development Organizations and Their Work
http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/studygroups/com17/ict/part01.html
Part 1 contains information about the Roadmap structure and about
each of the listed standards organizations, their structure and the
security standards work being undertaken. In addition it contains
information on terminology by providing links to existing security
glossaries and vocabularies.
Part 2: Approved ICT Security Standards
http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/studygroups/com17/ict/part02.html
Part 2 contains a summary catalogue of approved standards.
Part 3: Security standards under development
http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/studygroups/com17/ict/part03.html
Part 3 is structured with the same taxonomy as Part 2 but contains
work in progress, rather than standards that have already been
approved and published. Part 3 will also contain information on
inter-relationships between groups undertaking the work and on
potential overlaps between existing projects.
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Part 4: Future needs and proposed new security standards
http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/studygroups/com17/ict/part04.html
Part 4 is intended to capture possible future areas of security
standards work where gaps or needs have been identified as well as
areas where proposals have been made for specific new standards work.
Part 4 includes provision for direct feedback, comments and
suggestions.
Part 5: Best practices
http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/studygroups/com17/ict/part05.html
Part 5 is a recent addition to the Roadmap (May 2007). It is
intended to be a repository of security-related best practices
contributed by our community of members.
This section will be based on contributions from the security
community.
Where possible contributions should refer to best practices relating
to standards-based security but other best practices will be
considered for inclusion.
It is important to note that the Roadmap is a work-in-progress. It
is intended that it be developed and enhanced to include other
standards organizations as well as a broader representation of the
work from organizations already included. It is hoped that standards
organizations whose work is not represented in this version of the
Roadmap will provide information to ITU-T about their work so that it
may be included in future editions.
In May 2007, Part 2 of the Roadmap was converted to a searchable
database format that allows direct links to the information of
participating standards organizations. The database format will
allow each participating organization to manage its own data within
the Roadmap. This will enable more timely updating of the
information and will also reduce the overhead in maintaining the
information.
http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/security/main_table.aspx
5.11. NRIC VII Focus Groups
http://www.nric.org/fg/index.html
By December 16, 2005, the Council shall present a final report that
describes, in detail, any additions, deletions, or modifications that
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should be made to the Homeland Security Best Practices that were
adopted by the preceding Council.
Documents in Focus Group 2: Homeland Security, Subcommittee 2.B:
Cyber Security:
Focus Group 2B Report - Homeland Security Cyber Security Best
Practices Published 06-Dec-2004
Focus Group 2B Report Appendices Published 06-Dec-2004
Focus Group 2B Final Report - Summary of Activities, Guidance and
Cybersecurity Issues Published 16-Dec-2005
Focus Group 2B Final Best Practices Published 16-Dec-2005
5.12. OASIS Security Technical Committees
Many Technical Committees have produced standards.
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_cat.php?cat=security
5.13. OIF Implementation Agreements
The OIF has 3 approved, and in-force Implementation Agreements (IAs)
relating to security. They are:
OIF-SEP-03.0 - Security Extension for UNI and E-NNI 2.0 (Nov 2010)
http://www.oiforum.com/public/documents/OIF-SEP-03.0.pdf
OIF-SMI-01.0 - Security for Management Interfaces to Network Elements
(September 2003)
http://www.oiforum.com/public/documents/SecurityMgmt-IA.pdf
OIF-SMI-02.1 - Addendum to the Security for Management Interfaces to
Network Elements (March 2006)
http://www.oiforum.com/public/documents/OIF-SMI-02_1.pdf
5.14. TIA - Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and Homeland
Security (HS)
This TIA webpage identifies and links to many standards, other
technical documents and ongoing activity involving or supporting
TIA's role in Public Safety and Homeland Security, Network Security,
Critical Infrastructure Protection and Assurance, National Security/
Emergency Preparedness, Emergency Communications Services, Emergency
Calling and Location Identification Services, and the Needs of First
Responders.
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http://www.tiaonline.org/standards/technology/ciphs/
5.15. NIST Special Publications (800 Series)
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/PubsSPs.html
Special Publications in the 800 series present documents of general
interest to the computer security community. The Special Publication
800 series was established in 1990 to provide a separate identity for
information technology security publications. This Special
Publication 800 series reports on ITL's research, guidelines, and
outreach efforts in computer security, and its collaborative
activities with industry, government, and academic organizations.
5.16. NIST Interagency or Internal Reports (NISTIRs)
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/PubsNISTIRs.html
NIST Interagency or Internal Reports (NISTIRs) describe research of a
technical nature of interest to a specialized audience. The series
includes interim or final reports on work performed by NIST for
outside sponsors (both government and nongovernment). NISTIRs may
also report results of NIST projects of transitory or limited
interest, including those that will be published subsequently in more
comprehensive form.
5.17. NIST ITL Security Bulletins
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/PubsITLSB.html
ITL Bulletins are published by NIST's Information Technology
Laboratory, with most bulletins written by the Computer Security
Division. These bulletins are published on the average of six times
a year. Each bulletin presents an in-depth discussion of a single
topic of significant interest to the information systems community.
Not all of ITL Bulletins that are published relate to computer /
network security. Only the computer security ITL Bulletins are found
here.
5.18. SANS Information Security Reading Room
http://www.sans.org/reading_room/
Featuring over 1,885 original computer security white papers in 75
different categories.
Most of the computer security white papers in the Reading Room have
been written by students seeking GIAC certification to fulfill part
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of their certification requirements and are provided by SANS as a
resource to benefit the security community at large. SANS attempts
to ensure the accuracy of information, but papers are published "as
is". Errors or inconsistencies may exist or may be introduced over
time as material becomes dated.
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6. Security Considerations
This document describes efforts to standardize security practices and
documents. As such this document offers no security guidance
whatsoever.
Readers of this document should be aware of the date of publication
of this document. It is feared that they may assume that the
efforts, on-line material, and documents are current whereas they may
not be. Please consider this when reading this document.
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7. IANA Considerations
This document does not propose a standard and does not require the
IANA to do anything.
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8. Acknowledgments
The following people have contributed to this document. Listing
their names here does not mean that they endorse the document, but
that they have contributed to its substance.
David Black, Mark Ellison, George Jones, Keith McCloghrie, John
McDonough, Art Reilly, Chip Sharp, Dane Skow, Michael Hammer, Bruce
Moon, Stephen Kent, Steve Wolff, Bob Natale, Marek Lukaszuk.
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9. Changes from Prior Drafts
-00 : Initial draft published as draft-lonvick-sec-efforts-01.txt
-01 : Security Glossaries:
Added ATIS Telecom Glossary 2000, Critical Infrastructure
Glossary of Terms and Acronyms, Microsoft Solutions for
Security Glossary, and USC InfoSec Glossary.
Standards Developing Organizations:
Added DMTF, GGF, INCITS, OASIS, and WS-I
Removal of Committee T1 and modifications to ATIS and former T1
technical subcommittees due to the recent ATIS reorganization.
Efforts and Documents:
Added DMTF User and Security WG, DMTF SPAM WG, GGF Security
Area (SEC), INCITS Technical Committee T4 - Security
Techniques, INCITS Technical Committee T11 - Fibre Channel
Interfaces, ISO JTC 1/SC 27 projects, OASIS Security Joint
Committee, OASIS Security Services TC, and WS-I Basic Security
Profile.
Updated Operational Security Requirements for IP Network
Infrastructure : Advanced Requirements.
-00 : as the WG ID
Added more information about the ITU-T SG3 Q18 effort to modify
ITU-T Recommendation M.3016.
-01 : First revision as the WG ID.
Added information about the NGN in the sections about ATIS, the
NSTAC, and ITU-T.
-02 : Second revision as the WG ID.
Updated the date.
Corrected some url's and the reference to George's RFC.
-03 : Third revision of the WG ID.
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Updated the date.
Updated the information about the CC
Added a Conventions section (not sure how this document got to
where it is without that)
-04 : Fourth revision of the WG ID.
Updated the date.
Added Anne & Lynn Wheeler Taxonomy & Security Glossary
CIAO glossary removed. CIAO has been absorbed by DHS and the
glossary is no longer available.
USC glossary removed, could not find it on the site or a reference
to it elsewhere.
Added TTA - Telecommunications Technology Association to SDO
section.
Removed ATIS Security & Emergency Preparedness Activities from
Documents section. Could not find it or a reference to it.
INCITS T4 incorporated into CS1 - T4 section removed
X9 Added to SDO list under ANSI
Various link or grammar fixes.
-05 : Fifth revision of the WG ID.
Updated the date.
Removed the 2119 definitions; this is an informational document.
-06 : Sixth revision of the WG ID.
Updated the date.
Added W3C information.
-07 : Seventh revision of the WG ID.
Updated the date.
-08 : Eighth revision of the WG ID.
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Updated the reference to RFC 4949, found by Stephen Kent.
-09 : Nineth revision of the WG ID.
Updated the date.
-10 : Tenth revision of the WG ID.
Added references to NIST documents, recommended by Steve Wolff.
Updated the date.
-11 : Eleventh revision of the WG ID.
Updated the date.
-12 : Twelfth revision of the WG ID.
Updated the date.
-13 : Nothing new.
Updated the date.
-14 : Fourteenth revision of the WG ID.
Updated the date and reviewed the accuracy of Section 3.
Updated the section on Compendium of Approved ITU-T Security
Definitions
Updated the section on the Microsoft glossary.
Updated the section on the SANS glossary.
Added the NIST Security glossary.
Added dates to all glossaries - where I could find them.
Added the SANS Reading Room material to Section 5.
-15 : Fifteenth revision of the WG ID.
Updated the date and reviewed the accuracy of Section 4. Several
changes made.
Removed WS-I as they have merged with OASIS.
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Added TM Forum.
-16 : Sixteenth revision of the WG ID.
Updated the date and reviewed the accuracy of Section 5. Several
changes made.
-17 : Seventeenth revision of the WG ID.
Updated the date and reviewed the accuracy of Section 3. A couple
of changes made.
Note: This section will be removed before publication as an RFC.
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Authors' Addresses
Chris Lonvick
Cisco Systems
12515 Research Blvd.
Austin, Texas 78759
US
Phone: +1 512 378 1182
Email: clonvick@cisco.com
David Spak
Cisco Systems
12515 Research Blvd.
Austin, Texas 78759
US
Phone: +1 512 378 1720
Email: dspak@cisco.com
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