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What is CSTB?
Pages 127-128

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From page 127...
... 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.
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From page 128...
... As of November 2002, current CSTB activities with a cybersecurity component address privacy in the information age, critical information infrastructure protection, authentication technologies and their privacy implications, geospatial information systems, cybersecurity research, and building certifiable dependable systems. Additional studies examine the fundamentals of computer science, information technology and creativity, computing and biology, Internet navigation and the Domain Name System, telecommunications research and development, wireless communications and spectrum management, and digital archiving and preservation.
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