The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has posted its Federal Register Notice (FRN) for the Securing Picture Archiving and Communication System project. This notice invites technology vendors to participate in the collaborative project.
This project will include the development of a reference design and use commercially available technologies to develop an example solution that will help healthcare sector organizations implement more secure PACS solutions through the use of stronger security controls. The NCCoE aims to help these organizations by developing a solution that may increase security benefits while minimizing the impact and availability to PACS and other components. As a result, NIST will publish a detailed implementation guide of the practical steps required to execute a cybersecurity reference design that addresses this challenge. The FRN launches a collaborative effort between the NCCoE and technology companies to address cybersecurity challenges identified in the Securing Picture Archiving and Communication System project description.
If after reviewing the FRN, you as a technology provider are interested in providing products or technical expertise as a collaborator on the reference design for this project, please send an email to hit_nccoe@nist.gov requesting a Letter of Interest template.
Upon receipt of the Letter of Interest (LOI) template from the NCCoE, please:
- complete all applicable form fields within the received LOI template
- ensure that any proffered contribution(s) meet all of the acceptance criteria described in Section 1 of the LOI
- make sure the LOI Section 2 terms and conditions are acceptable
- be as specific as possible when responding to Area of Interest query in Section 3
- sign and date the LOI
- email the LOI to hit_nccoe@nist.gov
The NCCoE healthcare team will contact interested parties if there are questions regarding the applicability of the LOI to the reference design objective or requirements identified in the FRN. NIST will select participants who have submitted a complete LOI on a first come, first served basis within each category of components or characteristics listed in the FRN up to the number of participants in each category necessary to carry out this build.
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