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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Here is some new supplemental information related to my announcement earlier today –<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#1F497D'>Forwarding from the APWG:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-IE style='color:#1F497D'>There’s currently discussions at the EU level about something similar. CENTR have prepared the attached (from a ccTLD perspective)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-IE style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-IE style='color:#1F497D'>Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-IE style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-IE style='color:#1F497D'>Michele<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-IE style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>--<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Mr Michele Neylon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-IE style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Don Blumenthal <br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-IE><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>SP 800-150. It was released yesterday, so I have no idea what’s in it except for what the blurb says:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN>NIST announces the public comment release of Draft Special Publication (SP) 800-150, <em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Guide to Cyber Threat Information Sharing</span></em>. The purpose of this publication is to assist organizations in establishing, participating in, and maintaining information sharing relationships throughout the incident response life cycle. The publication explores the benefits and challenges of coordination and sharing, presents the strengths and weaknesses of various information sharing architectures, clarifies the importance of trust, and introduces specific data handling considerations. The goal of the publication is to provide guidance that improves the efficiency and effectiveness of defensive cyber operations and incident response activities, by introducing safe and effective information sharing practices, examining the value of standard data formats and transport protocols to foster greater interoperability, and providing guidance on the planning, implementation, and maintenance of information sharing programs. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN><br> </span><a href="http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/PubsDrafts.html#SP-800-150">http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/PubsDrafts.html#SP-800-150</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Don<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>