National Cybersecurity Center for Excellence (NCCoE) Letter of Interest (LoI) for Building Block

Letter of Interest for participation in the [INSERT NAME OF BUILDING BLOCK]

National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

9600 Gudelsky Drive

Rockville, MD 20850

Re: Proposed Contributions to Support the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) [INSERT NAME OF BUILDING BLOCK] Building Block

OMB Control No. 0693-XXXX

Expiration Date: XX-XX-XXXX

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[Responding Organization’s Name] voluntarily agrees to provide to the National Institute of Standards Technology (NIST), the contribution identified in the Attachment to this Letter of Interest. This letter certifies that the capabilities identified below are satisfied by our proposed contribution to the project.

[Responding Organization’s Name] certifies that contribution(s) satisfy(ies) the following characteristics as described in the building block (see: [INSERT URL FOR BUILDING BLOCK] for additional details).

1. Acceptance of Conditions

   1. The contribution is commercially available, including all component hardware, software, documentation, and services (i.e., installation, configuration, training) required to accomplish the project objectives.

   2. The contribution addresses one or more of the relevant components necessary to address the challenge. See section 6 of the building block description.

   3. The contribution addresses one or more of the desired solutions characteristics in section 3 of the building block description.

2. Terms and conditions

   1. The Respondent will not, in any way, imply that this Letter of Interest is an endorsement of any such product or service.

   2. Respondent understands that, should its product(s) be accepted, the respondent will need to enter into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with NIST.

3. Description of Respondent’s Area of Interest

Please identify in the Attachment your organization’s name, address, and country of origin if headquarters do not reside in the United States and your stakeholder area of interest. The description of the area of interest should not exceed 500 words. Some examples of potentially useful descriptive information are provided as follows:

• A URL with additional information about the product(s)

• Product name(s) and specific identifier of the product(s) (e.g. version number, last release of product)

• Level of effort necessary for installation, configuration and training of [Responding Organization’s Name] product(s)

• Identification of component(s) listed in the FRN included in [Responding Organization’s Name] proposed contribution

• List of desired solution characteristics identified in the [INSERT NAME OF BUILDING BLOCK] description that the recommended contribution addresses

• Point of Contact (POC) for CRADA activities

By signature below, I certify that all of the information provided above is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge.

Sincerely,

_____________________________

Date: ________________________

Attachment

Respondent’s Contribution to the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence [INSERT NAME OF BUILDING BLOCK] Building Block Project

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