Registration Closes on May 11th for NIST Assessing Privacy Controls Workshop (Gaithersburg, Md)

Register by Tomorrow - May 11th!

Dear Colleagues, As part of an ongoing series of workshops on privacy engineering and risk management, NIST will host a public workshop on May 18th in Gaithersburg, Maryland. NIST is seeking feedback from stakeholders on how to incorporate privacy, for the first time, into the upcoming revision of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-53A, Assessing Security and Privacy Controls in Federal Information Systems, the companion guidance for NIST SP 800-53, Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems. NIST is interested in learning about privacy practitioners’ current procedures for assessing privacy controls, lessons learned, and challenges in order to develop appropriate guidance. Learn more and register here! What: Assessing Privacy Controls Workshop When: Friday, May 18, 2018, 9 AM – 12:30 PM Where: NIST, Administration Building 101, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland Who: System designers, security and privacy engineers, security and privacy officers, control assessors, and security and privacy subject matter experts should attend this interactive workshop. Public and private sector attendees and academics welcome. We will be live streaming the opening session, but not the breakout sessions. Registration for the webcast will open on May 12th. If you’re unable to attend, there will still be other opportunities to participate in this SP 800-53A effort. You may send written thoughts regarding the upcoming revision of NIST SP 800-53A to privacyeng@nist.gov, and please keep an eye on NIST’s Privacy Engineering Program website for other announcements. Best, NIST Privacy Engineering Program Join our Twitter chat using: #PRIVENG