PUBLIC NOTICE
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DA 15-872
July 30, 2015
Downloadable Security Technology Advisory Committee Meeting Scheduled 
for August 4, 2015
The sixth meeting of the Downloadable Security Technology Advisory Committee (DSTAC) has been 
scheduled for August 4, 2015.
Meetings of the full DSTAC committee will be open to the general public and streamed at 
www.fcc.gov/live.  The meeting on August 4, 2015, will run from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at FCC 
Headquarters, 445 12th Street, Washington, DC. 
At the meeting, the committee will discuss reports from the Security Requirements for Downloadable 
Security Working Group (WG3) and the Device Platforms, Variability, And Interfaces Working Group 
(WG4).  The Committee will also consider any other issues related to the DSTAC’s work that may arise.  
The agenda is as follows:
9:30 AM Opening remarks and administrative issues
9:35 AM Presentation of the Security Requirements for Downloadable Security Working Group 
report, with an overview of each recommended system’s:
· Baseline assumptions,
· Ability to work with different devices, user interfaces, MVPDs, operating 
systems, Digital Rights Management (DRM)/Conditional Access Systems 
(CAS), and
· Ability to achieve the goals of Section 629
10:15 AM Discussion of the Security Requirements for Downloadable Security Working Group 
report
10:45 AM Presentation of the Device Platforms, Variability, And Interfaces Working Group 
report, with an overview of each recommended system’s:
· Baseline assumptions,
· Ability to work with different devices, user interfaces, MVPDs, operating 
2systems, DRM/CAS, and
· Ability to achieve the goals of Section 629
11:25 AM Discussion of the Device Platforms, Variability, And Interfaces Working Group report
11:55 AM Lunch Break
12:55 PM Discussion of how to coordinate WG3 recommended systems and WG4 recommended 
systems for the final report
· Discussion of whether each of the two WG3 recommended systems will work 
with WG4’s recommended systems
· Discussion of whether any recommended system will require an application-
programming interface (API)
o If so, what existing APIs, protocols, and standards help with this task?
o If not, how could such APIs, protocols, and standards be created?
3:00 PM Timeline and process to write the final report
3:45 PM Comments from the Public
4:00 PM Meeting Adjourned
If you have any questions, please visit www.fcc.gov/DSTAC or contact Brendan Murray, (202) 
418-1573, Brendan.Murray@fcc.gov, or Nancy Murphy, (202) 418-1043, 
Nancy.Murphy@fcc.gov.