NIST Director Lori E. Locasio (fifth from left) during the US Department of Commerce Cyber Security Business Development Mission to Taiwan
Credit: NIST
In late September 2023, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Director Lori E. Locasio led a delegation of 13 US cybersecurity companies to Taiwan as part of the US Department of Commerce’s Cybersecurity Business Development Mission to promote bilateral trade and investment. USA and Taiwan.
Participating companies included ApexaiQ, Bitsight, Booz Allen Hamilton, Cloudflare, CrowdStrike, G2 Ops, Mandiant (part of Google Cloud), Keysight Technologies, NetSecurity, Resecurity, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Sealing Technologies and Tenable. In addition to exploring commercial cybersecurity sales and partnership opportunities in Taiwan, the companies engaged with industry groups and stakeholders promoting the adoption of cutting-edge cybersecurity products and services in their industries, including Financial Information Sharing and Analysis Center and Mobility. Harmony Consortium.
Under the auspices of the American Institute of Taiwan (AIT) and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representation (TECRO), Locascio also held a series of meetings with Taiwanese authorities, research organizations, academic institutions and industry groups. His visit included meetings with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen; National Council of Science and Technology; Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection; Ministry of Digital Affairs; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; National Security Council; Research Institute of Industrial Technologies; National Applied Research Laboratories; National Tsing Hua University; and Taiwan Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers Association. During these meetings, Locascio promoted the NIST Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI-RMF), which was released in January of this year, and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 (CSF 2.0) project, which was released in August and is open to the public. . comment until 2023 November 4. The CSF 2.0 and AI-RMF project are voluntary frameworks that can help government and industry organizations secure their critical networks and infrastructure and promote the responsible use of AI technologies, respectively.
Locascio also met with Economic Affairs Minister Wang Mei-Hua to reaffirm support for the Technology Trade and Investment Cooperation (TTIC) framework, a trade dialogue led by the Department of Commerce and MOEA under the auspices of AIT and TECRO. promotes cooperation in semiconductors, electric vehicles, next-generation telecommunications, renewable energy and cyber security.