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DHS TE / StandardsBuilding confidence in
Homeland Security Technologies
From Science.Security
From Technology.Trust
Bert Coursey

Deputy Director TE / Standards
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DHS Goals Secretarys Priorities
Keep terrorists, criminals and unlawful entrants
out of the U.S. Prevent dangerous materials,
weapons and illicit drugs from entering the
country Strengthen screening of
workers/travelers Secure critical
infrastructure Build nimble, effective emergency
response system and culture of preparedness Streng
then core management to ensure DHS is a great
organization
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DHS Science Technology Goals

• Accelerate delivery of enhanced technological
  capabilities to meet requirements and fill
  capability gaps to support DHS Agencies in
  accomplishing their mission
• Establish a lean and agile GS-manned, world-class
  ST management team to deliver the technological
  advantage necessary to ensure DHS Agency mission
  success and prevent technology surprise
• Provide leadership, research and educational
  opportunities and resources to develop the
  necessary intellectual basis to enable a national
  ST workforce to secure the homeland

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ST Organization
Approved

January
29
,
2007
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DHS Standards

• Standards policy is established in the Homeland
  Security Act of 2003
• Public Law 104-113 (1995) - National Technology
  Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTAA) directs that
  agencies will use voluntary consensus standards
• OMB Circular A-119 Federal Participation in the
  Development and Use of Voluntary Consensus
  Standards and in Conformity Assessment Activities
• Establishes a Standards Executive
• DHS lacks statutory authority to issue standards
  except in limited legacy programs
• Coast Guard marine safety equipment

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Responsibilities of the Standards Executive

• Promote effective use of agency resources and
  participation
• Promote development of appropriate agency
  positions on standards that
• Are clearly defined
• Do not conflict with each other
• Are in the public interest
• Are consistent with administration policy
• Assure agency participation consistent with
  agency mission, authority, goals, and budget
• Assure that agency participants understand and
  accurately represent agency positions
• Coordinate multi-agency committee participation
• Assure that necessary internal policies are in
  place for managing standards use and
  participation
• Cooperate with DOC/NIST in implementing the
  Circular, including the participant database
• Prepare agency input to OMB report
• Serve on the ICSP
• Develop processes for ongoing review and update
  of agency standards use
• Develop processes to ensure that participation is
  properly reviewed (legal, budgetary) for
  compliance with applicable law

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Standards Coordination Linking Public and
Private Sector
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DHS Standards Infrastructure
Other Federal Agencies and Departments
Interagency Committee on Standards Policy (ISCP)
DHS Standards Executive
DHS Standards Council
Standards Subject Area Working Groups
DHS Components
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DHS Standards Council
Council members represent

• The Council ensures effective participation by
  all components of DHS in adoption of standards by
  the Department.
• It promotes the adherence to uniform policies by
  DHS components in the development and use of
  standards and in conformity assessment activities.

• Management Directorate
• FEMA
• DNDO
• TSA
• CMO/OHA
• CBP
• FLETC
• USFA
• ICE
• USCG
• USSS
• CNE
• NPPD
• OCG
• US VISIT

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Standards Subject Area Working Groups

• The SSWAGs provides a forum for communication and
  information exchange across DHS components and
  between federal agencies.
• One of the SSAWG primary responsibilities
  includes making recommendations with respect to
  developing, adopting, and using DHS National
  Standards within DHS and by other Federal, state,
  and local government agencies
• DHS established a SSAWG for private sector
  preparedness

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• Identifies existing consensus standards, or, if
  none exist, assists DHS and those sectors
  requesting assistance to accelerate development
  and adoption of consensus standards critical to
  homeland security.
• ANSI-HSSP promotes a positive, cooperative
  partnership between the public and private
  sectors in order to meet the needs of the nation
  in this critical area.
• www.hssd.us A database for homeland security
  standards

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• Biometrics
• Biological and Chemical Threat Agents
• Training Programs for First Response to Weapons
  of Mass Destruction (WMD) Events
• Enterprise Power Security
• Emergency Communications
• Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina
• Credentialing and Access Control for Disaster
  Management

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What is Adoption?

• Adoption is the process by which DHS expresses
  formal acceptance of a standard that
• meets DHS needs,
• will be applied through contracts and
  agreements or grants as a design, procedure or
  reference guide or
• as a reference in another document.
• Adopted standards are not mandatory. However,
  use of these documents by DHS components and
  customers, product manufacturers, and process
  developers is very much encouraged.

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43 DHS Adopted Standards

• Standards for Personal Protective Gear for First
  Responders
• 34 total
• 4 ANSI, 4 NIOSH, 26 NFPA
• Standards for Radiation and Nuclear Detection
  Equipment
• 4 ANSI/IEEE
• Standards for Incident Management
• 2 OASIS, 1 NFPA
• Standards for Biometrics
• 1 INCITS

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Accreditation Requirements
Accreditor for any CA function (ISO/IEC 17011)
person, thing or process being assessed
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Voluntary Private Sector Preparedness
Accreditation and Certification Program
Leadership Coordination

• Established a executive leadership team with
  representation from the four offices are called
  out in the legislation
• FEMA (Designated Officer)
• Office of Infrastructure Protection (IP)
• Office of the Private Sector (PSO)
• ST (Executive Secretary)

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Voluntary Private Sector Preparedness
Accreditation and Certification Program Adoption
of Voluntary Preparedness Standards

• The requires DHS to adopt on or more appropriate
  voluntary standards that promote preparedness,
  which may be tailored to address the unique
  nature of various sectors within the private
  sector, as necessary and appropriate, that shall
  be used in the accreditation and certification
  program under this subsection.

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Adoption Process at a Glance for Title IX

• Consult
• with representatives of organizations that
  coordinate or facilitate the development and use
  of voluntary consensus standards, representatives
  of voluntary consensus standards development
  organizations, private sector advisory councils,
  representatives of State and local governments,
  emergency management officials, and appropriate
  private sector advisory groups
• Seek Recommendations
• Utilizing the Federal Register
• Select
• Leveraging the existing infrastructure and proven
  processes that were developed by ST to evaluate
  and adopt standards
• Utilizing Target Criteria to evaluate the
  appropriateness private sector standards
• Authority for adoption rests with FEMA
  Administrator

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Target Criteria

• 10 Subject areas
• Scope and Policy
• Requirements
• Objectives and Strategies
• Risk Management
• Operations, Control, and Risk Mitigation
• Communications
• Competence and Training
• Resource Management
• Assessment and Evaluation
• Continuing Review (ongoing management and
  maintenance)
• Establishes requirements for current emergency
  management, business continuity standards
• Examples of desired content for Comprehensive
  Preparedness Standard Criteria

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