The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) will convene an ad hoc planning committee of international scientists to conduct a series of workshops to identify best practices for protecting biological and life science data and knowledge while promoting the sharing of these scientific data. The committee will engage early-career and established scientists in the project by inviting them to prepare presentations on the following topics:

• Risks and vulnerabilities affecting the protection of biological and life science data and knowledge;
• Existing international and national policies, practices, and norms related to access and transfer of biological and life science data, focusing on sharing of data, protecting data, and current associated challenges;
• Existing and needed practices for cyber, data, and information security and evaluation of data inquiries; and
• Effectiveness and ability to translate the practices in different institutional contexts.

Invited scientists will be given opportunities to present their work to U.S. and international biorisk experts and scientists, and the committee. Based primarily on the invited presentations and discussions and supplemented with a review of the literature, as appropriate, NASEM will produce a Proceedings of the workshop discussions.