Remarks Focus on Identity Management Standards in Federated Environments
HERNDON, Va., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Keith Ward, Transglobal Secure
Collaboration Program (TSCP) chairman, will present at a NATO workshop that
focuses on the need for common standards for identity management in federated
environments.
Ward joins representatives from the U.S. Army, Citigroup, Oracle, and the
Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) to discuss the
challenges of identity assurance and intellectual property protection in
organizations that deal with highly sensitive information. In his role as TSCP
chairman, Ward leads the global aerospace and defence (A&D) industry's efforts
to define and develop best practices for federated trust environments - a
critical step on the path to secure, cross-domain collaboration.
WHO: Keith Ward, TSCP chairman
WHAT: Transglobal Secure Collaboration Program (TSCP)
WHEN: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 9:25 a.m. CET
WHERE: "Identity Management in a Federated Environment", Courtyard
Marriott Hotel, Avenue des Olympiades 6, Brussels
TSCP is a unique industry partnership focused on establishing a common
framework for federated collaboration, mitigating the risks related to
compliance, complexity, cost and IT that are inherent in large-scale,
collaborative programs that span national jurisdictions. Members include
Northrop Grumman, BAE Systems, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Microsoft,
CA Inc., the U.S. Secret Service, France's Network and Information Security
Agency (ANSSI), and Rolls-Royce.
For more information on this event visit
http://www.afcea.org/europe/html/NATO-workshop.asp
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. 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. TSCP is open to government
organizations, prime contractors, integrators, suppliers and member trade
groups. For more information, please visit www.tscp.org.
SOURCE TSCP
Rachel Round, Corporate Ink Public Relations for TSCP, +1-617-969-9192,
rround@corporateink.com
