TSCP Outreach Director to Present at ComDef West 08

Advancements in Secure Information Sharing on the Agenda

SAN DIEGO, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- At the ComDef West 2008 Conference,
Keith Ward, outreach director of the Transglobal Secure Collaboration Program
(TSCP), will discuss how government organizations and the aerospace and
defense (A&D) industrial base can securely share information in global
mission-critical environments.
The session will outline the public-private framework for secure
collaboration, detailing necessary components including: trust verification,
audits, physical access, logical access and federated identity management.
Attendees will learn how secure information sharing enables new levels of e-
business and solves everyday liability, trust, risk, cost and compliance
challenges.
WHO: Keith Ward, TSCP outreach director and director of identity
management at Northrop Grumman

WHAT: "Common Framework for Federated Collaboration"

WHEN: Monday, March 31, 2008 11:15 PDT

WHERE: ComDef West 2008 Conference, Kona Kai Resort, San Diego, CA

The TSCP is a unique industry partnership, bringing government agencies,
A&D companies and technology providers together to define and test robust
specifications that allow organizations to collaborate globally and solved the
most critical supply chain security challenges.
For more information on the ComDef West 2008 Conference, please visit:
http://www.dem-ltd.com/pdf/events/defence-it-082008.pdf
About TSCP
TSCP is the only government-industry partnership specifically focused on
designing solutions to address the most critical issues facing the A&D
industry: mitigating the compliance, complexity, cost and IT security risks
inherent in large-scale, multi-national collaborative programs. The TSCP was
founded in 2002, and has delivered several specifications and guidance
documents on securing A&D supply chain data. The group today focuses on
identity federation policies and governance. The TSCP is open to government
organizations, prime contractors, integrators, suppliers and member trade
groups. For more information, please visit www.tscp.org.
SOURCE TSCP

Michael Italiano of Corporate Ink Public Relations, +1-617-969-9192,
mitaliano@corporateink.com, for TSCP