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What Is CSTB?
A s a part of the National Research
Council, the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (CSTB)
was established in 1986 to provide independent advice to the
federal government on technical and public policy issues relating
to computing and communications. Composed of leaders from industry
and academia, CSTB conducts studies of critical national issues and
makes recommendations to government, industry, and academic
researchers. CSTB also provides a neutral meeting ground for
consideration of complex issues where resolution and action may be
premature. It convenes invitational discussions that bring together
principals from the public and private sectors, assuring
consideration of all perspectives. The majority of CSTB's work
is requested by federal agencies and Congress, consistent with its
National Academies context.
A pioneer in framing and analyzing Internet policy issues, CSTB is
unique in its comprehensive scope and effective, interdisciplinary
appraisal of technical, economic, social, and policy issues.
Beginning with early work in computer and communications security,
cyberassurance and information systems trustworthiness have been a
cross-cutting theme in CSTB's work. CSTB has produced several
reports known as classics in the field, and it continues to address
these topics as the fields grow in importance.
To do its work, CSTB draws on some of the best minds in the
country, inviting experts to participate in its projects as a
public service. Studies are conducted by balanced committees
without direct financial interests
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What Is CSTB?
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s a part of the National Research Council, the Computer Science
and Telecommunications Board (CSTB) was established in 1986
to provide independent advice to the federal government on tech-
nical and public policy issues relating to computing and communications.
Composed of leaders from industry and academia, CSTB conducts stud-
ies of critical national issues and makes recommendations to government,
industry, and academic researchers. CSTB also provides a neutral meet-
ing ground for consideration of complex issues where resolution and
action may be premature. It convenes invitational discussions that bring
together principals from the public and private sectors, assuring consid-
eration of all perspectives. The majority of CSTB’s work is requested by
federal agencies and Congress, consistent with its National Academies
context.
A pioneer in framing and analyzing Internet policy issues, CSTB is
unique in its comprehensive scope and effective, interdisciplinary ap-
praisal of technical, economic, social, and policy issues. Beginning with
early work in computer and communications security, cyberassurance
and information systems trustworthiness have been a cross-cutting theme
in CSTB’s work. CSTB has produced several reports known as classics in
the field, and it continues to address these topics as the fields grow in
importance.
To do its work, CSTB draws on some of the best minds in the country,
inviting experts to participate in its projects as a public service. Studies
are conducted by balanced committees without direct financial interests
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in the topics they are addressing. Those committees meet, confer elec-
tronically, and build analyses through their deliberations. Additional
expertise from around the country is tapped in a rigorous process of
review and critique, further enhancing the quality of CSTB reports. By
engaging groups of principals, CSTB gets the facts and insights critical to
assessing key issues.
The mission of CSTB is to
• Respond to requests from the government, nonprofit organizations,
and private industry for advice on computer and telecommunications
issues and from the government for advice on computer and telecommu-
nications systems planning, utilization, and modernization;
• Monitor and promote the health of the fields of computer science and
telecommunications, with attention to issues of human resources, infor-
mation infrastructure, and societal impacts;
• Initiate and conduct studies involving computer science, technology,
and telecommunications as critical resources; and
• Foster interaction among the disciplines underlying computing and
telecommunications technologies and other fields, at large and within the
National Academies.
As of March 2002, CSTB activities with security and privacy compo-
nents address privacy in the information age, critical information infra-
structure protection, authentication technologies and their privacy impli-
cations, information technology for countering terrorism, and geospatial
information systems. Additional studies examine broadband, digital gov-
ernment, the fundamentals of computer science, limiting children’s access
to pornography on the Internet, digital archiving and preservation, and
Internet navigation and the domain name system. Explorations touching
on security and privacy are under way in the areas of the insider threat,
cybersecurity research, cybersecurity principles and practices, depend-
able/safe software systems, wireless communications and spectrum man-
agement, open source software, digital democracy, the “digital divide,”
manageable systems, information technology and journalism, super-
computing, and information technology and education.
For more information on CSTB, see its Web site at ; write to CSTB, National Research Council, 2101 Con-
stitution Avenue, N.W., Room HA 560, Washington, DC 20418; call at
(202) 334-2605; or e-mail the CSTB at cstb@nas.edu.
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