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RE: [cti] Re: [EXT] Re: [cti] RE: Suggested Additions to industry-sector-ov

  • 1.  RE: [cti] Re: [EXT] Re: [cti] RE: Suggested Additions to industry-sector-ov

    Posted 11-10-2017 02:16
    Should we look to existing global standards
    for this instead of trying to invent our own vocab or pick one from a country
    (or somehow make an amalgam of countries) ? Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry_classification Many possible candidates there, most
    free to reference without having to pay ISO. - Jason Keirstead STSM, Product Architect, Security Intelligence, IBM Security Systems www.ibm.com/security Without data, all you are is just another person with an opinion - Unknown
    From:      
      "Masuoka, Ryusuke"
    <masuoka.ryusuke@jp.fujitsu.com> To:      
      "'Werntz, Preston'"
    <Preston.Werntz@HQ.DHS.GOV>, Allan Thomson <athomson@lookingglasscyber.com>,
    Bret Jordan <Bret_Jordan@symantec.com>, Jason Keirstead <Jason.Keirstead@ca.ibm.com>,
    "Thompson, Dean" <Dean.Thompson@anz.com> Cc:      
      "'cti@lists.oasis-open.org'"
    <cti@lists.oasis-open.org>, "Taylor, Marlon" <Marlon.Taylor@hq.dhs.gov> Date:      
      11/09/2017 08:41 PM Subject:    
        RE: [cti] Re:
    [EXT] Re: [cti] RE: Suggested Additions to industry-sector-ov Hi,   I mentioned this during the F2F in Austin,
    but there are thirteen "official" critical infrastructures defined by NISC ( https://www.nisc.go.jp/ )
    in Japan   - information and communication services - financial services - aviation services - railway services - electric power supply services - gas supply services - government and administrative services
    (including municipal government) - medical services - water services - logistics services - chemical industries - credit card services - petroleum industries   See https://www.nisc.go.jp/eng/pdf/actionplan_ci_eng_v3.pdf   https:// www.nisc.go.jp/active/infra/outline.html   Regards,   Ryu   P.S. I am not exactly sure why credit card services
    is separate from financial services…   From: cti@lists.oasis-open.org [ mailto:cti@lists.oasis-open.org ]
    On Behalf Of Werntz, Preston Sent: Wednesday, November 8, 2017 3:00 AM To: Allan Thomson <athomson@lookingglasscyber.com>; Bret Jordan
    <Bret_Jordan@symantec.com>; Jason Keirstead <Jason.Keirstead@ca.ibm.com>;
    Thompson, Dean <Dean.Thompson@anz.com> Cc: 'cti@lists.oasis-open.org' <cti@lists.oasis-open.org>; Taylor,
    Marlon <Marlon.Taylor@hq.dhs.gov> Subject: RE: [cti] Re: [EXT] Re: [cti] RE: Suggested Additions to industry-sector-ov   Very good point Allan. I
    was coming at it from a DHS-centric view around the 16 critical infrastructures
    we track ( https://www.dhs.gov/critical-infrastructure-sectors )
    but if there’s a way that’s not too burdensome to allow for other regions
    or countries to annotate it differently, that makes sense.   Preston     From: cti@lists.oasis-open.org [ mailto:cti@lists.oasis-open.org ]
    On Behalf Of Allan Thomson Sent: Tuesday, November 7, 2017 11:53 AM To: Bret Jordan < Bret_Jordan@symantec.com >;
    Jason Keirstead < Jason.Keirstead@ca.ibm.com >;
    Thompson, Dean < Dean.Thompson@anz.com > Cc: 'cti@lists.oasis-open.org' < cti@lists.oasis-open.org >;
    Taylor, Marlon < Marlon.Taylor@hq.dhs.gov > Subject: Re: [cti] Re: [EXT] Re: [cti] RE: Suggested Additions to industry-sector-ov   I think we need to recognize (as others
    have pointed out) that some of these sector definitions are region specific.   So we might need to consider   us_chemical_sector us_dams_sector Australia_energy_sector ……etc.   If this introduces too many values in the
    ov then we should consider how to resolve the fact that there are differences
    across regions in these definitions.   Allan     From: " cti@lists.oasis-open.org "
    < cti@lists.oasis-open.org >
    on behalf of Bret Jordan < Bret_Jordan@symantec.com > Date: Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at 8:49 AM To: Jason Keirstead < Jason.Keirstead@ca.ibm.com >,
    "Thompson, Dean" < Dean.Thompson@anz.com > Cc: " cti@lists.oasis-open.org "
    < cti@lists.oasis-open.org >,
    "Taylor, Marlon" < Marlon.Taylor@hq.dhs.gov > Subject: [cti] Re: [EXT] Re: [cti] RE: Suggested Additions to industry-sector-ov   I will also post these comments and feedback
    on the github issue tracker for this.   One of the things we tried really hard
    to do is make sure that we were not overly verbose with categories. Basically
    try and bubble up to a higher level group.  However, we probably missed
    a few here and there.   1) Chemical Sector - Is this a one off,
    or are there others we need to add?  If so, is there a higher level
    category that we can come up with that contains this??   2) Commercial Facilities Sector - Can you
    give an example of what this would be?   3) Dams Sector - I think this would be
    handled by the "Infrastructure", "Energy", or "Utilities"
    sector categories   4) Nuclear Reactors, Materials, and Waste
    Sector - For the Nuclear Reactors I figured they would be part of "Infrastructure",
    "Energy", or "Utilities".  Is the Materials /
    Waste specific to Nuclear ? If so I might suggest that we make the sector
    name just "Nuclear" and not put the various sub elements, because
    someone will just ask for one more sub element.   5) Water and Wastewater Systems Sector
    - I figured these would go in to "government-public-services"
    but I guess Water could also go in to "Infrastructure" depending
    on how you viewed it.   If we do decide to add any of these, we
    should really try to figure out if they are just sub categories of something
    else, if so, we should use our adopted standard of toplevelcategory-subcategory
    style.   Bret   From: cti@lists.oasis-open.org < cti@lists.oasis-open.org >
    on behalf of Jason Keirstead < Jason.Keirstead@ca.ibm.com > Sent: Tuesday, November 7, 2017 7:17:24 AM To: Thompson, Dean Cc: 'cti@lists.oasis-open.org'; 'Taylor, Marlon' Subject: [EXT] Re: [cti] RE: Suggested Additions to industry-sector-ov
      In North America they're usually owned and
    operated by power utilities. - Jason Keirstead STSM, Product Architect, Security Intelligence, IBM Security Systems www.ibm.com/security Without data, all you are is just another person with an opinion - Unknown
    From:         "Thompson,
    Dean" < Dean.Thompson@anz.com > To:         "'Taylor,
    Marlon'" < Marlon.Taylor@hq.dhs.gov >,
    "'cti@lists.oasis-open.org'" < cti@lists.oasis-open.org > Date:         11/07/2017
    06:42 AM Subject:         [cti]
    RE: Suggested Additions to industry-sector-ov Sent by:         < cti@lists.oasis-open.org > Hi!, One quick one, but are “Dam’s” a subset of the “Water” sector.  I
    know in Australia we treat it like this. Regards, Dean From: cti@lists.oasis-open.org [ mailto:cti@lists.oasis-open.org ]
    On Behalf Of Taylor, Marlon Sent: Tuesday, 7 November 2017 5:36 AM To: cti@lists.oasis-open.org Subject: [cti] Suggested Additions to industry-sector-ov Hi TC, During the October F2F the omissions of specific some critical infrastructure
    was discussed and it was suggested to open a github issue to add those
    items to the industry-sector-ov. This change adds support for sectors not
    previously included and does not have a negative impact on the existing
    sectors. GITHUB LINK: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/cti-stix2/issues/34 Are there any objections to including the resolution of this item into
    2.1? Marlon Taylor Technology Services Section National Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) U.S. Department of Homeland Security   "This e-mail and any attachments to
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  • 2.  RE: [cti] Re: [EXT] Re: [cti] RE: Suggested Additions to industry-sector-ov

    Posted 11-10-2017 03:59




    Do we plan to settle on a single set of industry categories?
    I am afraid that would be difficult as we witness several on the list
     
      Ref:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry_classification
     
    There must be some reasons behind why there are several
    and each country would use one defined for its own country
    due to historical and regional reasons.
     
    As long as each category set is reasonably defined, we can

    translate them into another.
     
    Regards,
     
    Ryu
     
    From: Jason Keirstead [mailto:Jason.Keirstead@ca.ibm.com]

    Sent: Friday, November 10, 2017 11:16 AM
    To: Masuoka, Ryusuke/ ??
    ?? <masuoka.ryusuke@jp.fujitsu.com>
    Cc: Allan Thomson <athomson@lookingglasscyber.com>; Bret Jordan <Bret_Jordan@symantec.com>; 'cti@lists.oasis-open.org' <cti@lists.oasis-open.org>; Thompson, Dean <Dean.Thompson@anz.com>; Taylor, Marlon <Marlon.Taylor@hq.dhs.gov>; 'Werntz, Preston' <Preston.Werntz@HQ.DHS.GOV>
    Subject: RE: [cti] Re: [EXT] Re: [cti] RE: Suggested Additions to industry-sector-ov
     
    Should we look to existing global standards for this instead of trying to invent our own vocab or pick one from a country (or somehow make an amalgam of countries)
    ?

    Ref:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry_classification

    Many possible candidates there, most free to reference without having to pay ISO.

    -
    Jason Keirstead
    STSM, Product Architect, Security Intelligence, IBM Security Systems
    www.ibm.com/security

    Without data, all you are is just another person with an opinion - Unknown




    From:         "Masuoka, Ryusuke" < masuoka.ryusuke@jp.fujitsu.com >
    To:         "'Werntz, Preston'" < Preston.Werntz@HQ.DHS.GOV >,
    Allan Thomson < athomson@lookingglasscyber.com >, Bret Jordan < Bret_Jordan@symantec.com >, Jason Keirstead < Jason.Keirstead@ca.ibm.com >,
    "Thompson, Dean" < Dean.Thompson@anz.com >
    Cc:         "'cti@lists.oasis-open.org'" < cti@lists.oasis-open.org >,
    "Taylor, Marlon" < Marlon.Taylor@hq.dhs.gov >
    Date:         11/09/2017 08:41 PM
    Subject:         RE: [cti] Re: [EXT] Re: [cti] RE: Suggested Additions to industry-sector-ov






    Hi,
     
    I mentioned this during the F2F in Austin, but there are thirteen "official" critical infrastructures
    defined by NISC ( https://www.nisc.go.jp/ )
    in Japan
     
    - information and communication services
    - financial services
    - aviation services
    - railway services
    - electric power supply services
    - gas supply services
    - government and administrative services (including municipal government)
    - medical services
    - water services
    - logistics services
    - chemical industries
    - credit card services
    - petroleum industries
     
    See https://www.nisc.go.jp/eng/pdf/actionplan_ci_eng_v3.pdf
      https:// www.nisc.go.jp/active/infra/outline.html
     
    Regards,
     
    Ryu
     
    P.S.
    I am not exactly sure why credit card services is separate from financial services…
     
    From:
    cti@lists.oasis-open.org [ mailto:cti@lists.oasis-open.org ]
    On Behalf Of Werntz, Preston
    Sent: Wednesday, November 8, 2017 3:00 AM
    To: Allan Thomson < athomson@lookingglasscyber.com >; Bret Jordan < Bret_Jordan@symantec.com >; Jason Keirstead < Jason.Keirstead@ca.ibm.com >;
    Thompson, Dean < Dean.Thompson@anz.com >
    Cc: 'cti@lists.oasis-open.org' < cti@lists.oasis-open.org >; Taylor, Marlon < Marlon.Taylor@hq.dhs.gov >
    Subject: RE: [cti] Re: [EXT] Re: [cti] RE: Suggested Additions to industry-sector-ov
     
    Very good point Allan. I was coming at it from a DHS-centric view around the 16 critical infrastructures we track ( https://www.dhs.gov/critical-infrastructure-sectors )
    but if there’s a way that’s not too burdensome to allow for other regions or countries to annotate it differently, that makes sense.

     
    Preston
     
     
    From:
    cti@lists.oasis-open.org [ mailto:cti@lists.oasis-open.org ]
    On Behalf Of Allan Thomson
    Sent: Tuesday, November 7, 2017 11:53 AM
    To: Bret Jordan < Bret_Jordan@symantec.com >;
    Jason Keirstead < Jason.Keirstead@ca.ibm.com >;
    Thompson, Dean < Dean.Thompson@anz.com >
    Cc: 'cti@lists.oasis-open.org' < cti@lists.oasis-open.org >;
    Taylor, Marlon < Marlon.Taylor@hq.dhs.gov >
    Subject: Re: [cti] Re: [EXT] Re: [cti] RE: Suggested Additions to industry-sector-ov
     
    I think we need to recognize (as others have pointed out) that some of these sector definitions are region specific.
     
    So we might need to consider

     
    us_chemical_sector
    us_dams_sector
    Australia_energy_sector
    ……etc.
     
    If this introduces too many values in the ov then we should consider how to resolve the fact that there are differences across regions in these definitions.
     
    Allan
     
     
    From:
    " cti@lists.oasis-open.org "
    < cti@lists.oasis-open.org > on behalf of Bret Jordan < Bret_Jordan@symantec.com >
    Date: Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at 8:49 AM
    To: Jason Keirstead < Jason.Keirstead@ca.ibm.com >, "Thompson,
    Dean" < Dean.Thompson@anz.com >
    Cc: " cti@lists.oasis-open.org " < cti@lists.oasis-open.org >,
    "Taylor, Marlon" < Marlon.Taylor@hq.dhs.gov >
    Subject: [cti] Re: [EXT] Re: [cti] RE: Suggested Additions to industry-sector-ov
     
    I will also post these comments and feedback on the github issue tracker for this.
     
    One of the things we tried really hard to do is make sure that we were not overly verbose with categories. Basically try and bubble up to a higher level group.  However, we probably missed a
    few here and there.
     
    1) Chemical Sector - Is this a one off, or are there others we need to add?  If so, is there a higher level category that we can come up with that contains this??
     
    2) Commercial Facilities Sector - Can you give an example of what this would be?
     
    3) Dams Sector - I think this would be handled by the "Infrastructure", "Energy", or "Utilities" sector categories
     
    4) Nuclear Reactors, Materials, and Waste Sector - For the Nuclear Reactors I figured they would be part of "Infrastructure", "Energy", or "Utilities".  Is the Materials / Waste specific to
    Nuclear ? If so I might suggest that we make the sector name just "Nuclear" and not put the various sub elements, because someone will just ask for one more sub element.

     
    5) Water and Wastewater Systems Sector - I figured these would go in to "government-public-services" but I guess Water could also go in to "Infrastructure" depending on how you viewed it.
     
    If we do decide to add any of these, we should really try to figure out if they are just sub categories of something else, if so, we should use our adopted standard of toplevelcategory-subcategory
    style.
     
    Bret
     




    From:
    cti@lists.oasis-open.org < cti@lists.oasis-open.org >
    on behalf of Jason Keirstead < Jason.Keirstead@ca.ibm.com >
    Sent: Tuesday, November 7, 2017 7:17:24 AM
    To: Thompson, Dean
    Cc: 'cti@lists.oasis-open.org'; 'Taylor, Marlon'
    Subject: [EXT] Re: [cti] RE: Suggested Additions to industry-sector-ov

     
    In North America they're usually owned and operated by power utilities.

    -
    Jason Keirstead
    STSM, Product Architect, Security Intelligence, IBM Security Systems
    www.ibm.com/security

    Without data, all you are is just another person with an opinion - Unknown





    From:         "Thompson, Dean" < Dean.Thompson@anz.com >
    To:         "'Taylor, Marlon'" < Marlon.Taylor@hq.dhs.gov >,
    "'cti@lists.oasis-open.org'" < cti@lists.oasis-open.org >
    Date:         11/07/2017 06:42 AM
    Subject:         [cti] RE: Suggested Additions to industry-sector-ov
    Sent by:         < cti@lists.oasis-open.org >








    Hi!,

    One quick one, but are “Dam’s” a subset of the “Water” sector.  I know in Australia we treat it like this.

    Regards,

    Dean

    From:
    cti@lists.oasis-open.org [ mailto:cti@lists.oasis-open.org ]
    On Behalf Of Taylor, Marlon
    Sent: Tuesday, 7 November 2017 5:36 AM
    To: cti@lists.oasis-open.org
    Subject: [cti] Suggested Additions to industry-sector-ov

    Hi TC,

    During the October F2F the omissions of specific some critical infrastructure was discussed and it was suggested to open a github issue to add those items to the industry-sector-ov. This change adds support for sectors not previously included and does not have
    a negative impact on the existing sectors.

    GITHUB LINK: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/cti-stix2/issues/34

    Are there any objections to including the resolution of this item into 2.1?


    Marlon Taylor
    Technology Services Section
    National Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Center (NCCIC)
    U.S. Department of Homeland Security
     
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