Burton Group to Address Security Architecture for the Future at Open Group Conference

SALT LAKE CITY, UT, Jul 22 (MARKET WIRE) --
Burton Group, a research and consulting firm focused on in-depth analysis
of enterprise technologies, announces Sr. VP and principal analyst Dan
Blum will provide a keynote presentation on the future of security
architecture at The Open Group Conference on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 in
Chicago.

According to Burton Group's security and risk management strategies
analysts, effective security network control is declining due to
de-perimeterization, an emerging term to describe the erosion of the
enterprise firewall as a single point of control due to many trends
including workforce mobility, smarter mobile devices, business
partnerships, wireless access, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), and
Software as a Service (SaaS).

Blum's keynote will be based on his recent research report, "Shifting
Defenses: Security Futures for Networks, Applications, and Data." In the
report, he points out industry trends will shift the defensive emphasis
from network controls to endpoint-, identity-, application-, and
data-level controls. He predicts an information-centric approach to IT
security architecture that builds on converging XML-oriented database
management systems and enterprise content management, and service
oriented architecture (SOA) data services will provide lasting strategic
benefits.

"The trend is moving away from large, monolithic organizational structures
toward virtual enterprises," says Blum. "Individuals and organizations are
becoming more empowered with computing devices and sophisticated content
creation and collaboration tools that pose strong risk and regulatory
pressures on IT security."

On Wednesday, Blum will discuss alternative security architectures that
are gaining currency including the Jericho Forum commandments which start
with the de-perimeterization problem as a premise and look beyond to the
roles of secure endpoints, secure protocols, trust mechanisms, and
data-level security.

More information and discussion about de-perimeterization, Blum's report,
and upcoming keynote can be found at the following online resources:

* Security and Risk Management Strategies blog:
http://srmsblog.burtongroup.com/

* Slidecast - Security Architecture in a Deperimeterized World:
http://podcast.burtongroup.com/ip//2008/07/todays-security.html

* Jericho Forum and the Collaboration Oriented Architecture (COA) position
paper: http://srmsblog.burtongroup.com/2008/05/jericho-forum-a.html

* Complimentary report: Shifting Defenses: Security Futures for Networks,
Applications and Data:
http://www.burtongroup.com/Guest/Srms/ShiftingDefenses.aspx

* The Open Group Conference: http://www.opengroup.org/chicago2008/

* The Jericho Forum: http://www.opengroup.org/jericho/deperim.htm

About Burton Group

Burton Group (www.burtongroup.com) is an IT research and advisory
services firm that helps technologists make smart enterprise architecture
decisions. Burton Group provides in-depth, IT research and advisory
services to executives and technologists at Global 2000 organizations.
Focused on strategic business technologies and the unique needs of
enterprise organizations, Burton Group provides clients company-wide
access to its world-renowned analysts and a suite of powerful, intuitive
research and decision support tools unmatched in the industry.

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