OpenC2 Happenings for Week of 4 March 2020

[Dave Lemire <dave.lemire@g2-inc.com>]

ITEMS ONE AND TWO: Â

• Subcommittee Reorganization Ballot. At theÂFebruaryÂTC meeting, weÂdiscussed a proposalÂto stand up a new subcommittee and that would assume the responsibilities of theÂcurrent Language Subcommittee and Implementation Consideration Subcommittee.ÂThere has been considerable discussion on the TC email list with arguments both for and against the proposal, and an electronic ballot has been opened to decide the question; the ballot closes Friday March 6th. A link to the February messages in the TC's public mail archive is included here to provide easy access for those who haven't been following the discussion:
  
  https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/openc2/202002/threads.htmlÂÂ
  
  Please vote,Âbecause the result impacts theâ
  
  
• Pending Elections. The TC will conduct elections in March for TC co-chair and one co-chair for each subcommittee. Nominations for the co-chairÂpositionsÂare currently open and will remain open until the March TC meeting. Please consider nominating yourself or a colleague forÂa co-chair position.ÂCurrently, the following co-chair positions are up for election:
• TC: Joe Brule
• IC-SC: David Lemire
  
• AP-SC: David Kemp
• L-SC:Â [vacant]
  

Mr. Brule, Lemire, and Kemp have been re-nominatedÂto continue in office, and Mr. Sparrell has nominated himself for the vacant L-SC position. However, there's nothing wrong with healthy competition, so please consider running.

ITEM THREE:ÂPost-plug fest. AsÂhas been reportedÂwe had a very successful plug fest / hackathonÂ27-28 January. We are in the process of documenting and capturing lessons learned. Review the plug fest outcomes page on GitHub. If you were there,ÂpleaseÂcontribute your experience.
https://github.com/oasis-tcs/openc2-usecases/blob/master/Cybercom-Plugfest/Plugfest-Outcomes.md

Regardless of whether or not you attended the Plug Fest, letâs find ways to improve our suite of specifications, which leads us toâ Â

ITEM FOUR:ÂA call for post 1.0 Participation. Version 1.0 of the specifications have been posted, approved, announced and we are seeing implementations. Letâs take advantage of the momentum.

• Do you have a product or service that's a candidate for producing / consuming OpenC2 commands and responses? Please consider sharing your Custom Actuator Profile or Proposed Committee specification. Contact the AP-SC co-chairs (Alex Everett and Dave Kemp).
  
• We are seeing interest in augmenting the HTTPS transfer specification and other message fabrics. Is there a message fabric that is more suitable for your cyber-ecosystem? Share your proposed key management, transport solutions and other implementation considerations with the IC-SC co-chairs (Dave Lemire and Michelle Barry)
• Do you need OpenC2 to do more? Do you have a use case or scenario that we have not considered? Please inform Toby Considine of your use cases and architectural concerns. Â

Meetings This Week:

Language SC meeting

Monday, 2 March at 1:00 PM Eastern

Meeting link:ÂÂÂhttps://meet.lucidmeetings.com/meeting/243754ÂÂ

Implementation Considerations SC meeting

Wednesday, 4 March at 2:00 PM Eastern

Meeting link:ÂÂhttps://meet.lucidmeetings.com/meeting/243794Â

Sent on behalf of the TC Co-Chairs,

Dave

David Lemire,ÂCISSP

Systems Engineer

HII Mission Driven Innovative Solutions (HII-MDIS) â formerly G2, Inc.

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