About the Forum

Programme Theme: "Security Challenges for the Information Society"

Information and communication technologies (ICT) are a major enabler of the creation, distribution, diffusion, use, and manipulation of information and have a major impact on our quality of life, our working conditions and the overall competitiveness of our industries and services. In today's society, information and information access plays a central role, economically, socially and individually.

However, open exchange of information and access to online services also pose challenges and threats. Service providers want to authenticate the identity of individuals requesting access, and determine the resources and services they are entitled to access. Users want their identity and personal data and privacy to be protected adequately, and the confidentiality of sensitive data they are submitting to be respected.

In today's Internet and in many large private network infrastructures, heterogeneity and diversity are the rule rather than the exception. Security infrastructures need open standards and interoperability to scale to the huge deployments that are being rolled out. Many security standards from OASIS and other organizations support a model where identity authentication, access control, digital signature processing, encryption and key management are provided as services that can be distributed and shared.

If you are evaluating or deploying security infrastructures, the "Security Challenges for the Information Society" Forum, will give you an opportunity to explore the current and future state of security services, standards and products.

EXPERTS SCHEDULED TO KICK-OFF THE PROGRAMME...

Edin Bektesevic, Senior Technology Strategist,
Standardisation, Vodafone
Gerry Gebel, Vice President and Service Director,
Burton Group Identity and Privacy Strategies
Giles Hogben, Security Expert, European Network
and Information Security Agency (ENISA)
Mark Ferrar, Director of Infrastructure, Technology
Office of NHS Connecting for Health
Paul Wright, Head of Computer Crime, City of London Police

THE PROGRAMME IS FULL OF SECURITY SOLUTIONS THAT WON'T DISAPPOINT AND WILL LEAVE YOU WALKING AWAY WITH...

Diverse perspectives on today's security landscape covering challenges, solutions, and networking opportunities
Views on the legal acceptance, practical use, and maintenance of digital signatures
Answers to whether your enterprise is really secure and universally applicable
Recognized authentication ideas for citizens in cross-border government services
Secure electronic invoicing options, featuring confidentiality, authentication, reputation issues
Insight on how to achieve security, privacy and trust in networked systems
A clear view of the current state of federated identity standards and implementations
Predictions on the future of federated technologies
The latest facts on key management and how modern browsers handle security issues/advancements
Advice from security experts within e-gov, telecom, financial services, and healthcare vertical industries

SPECIAL BONUSES FOR DELEGATES...

Adopting SOA for Telecom Workshop - 30 Sept
The OASIS Telecom Member Section will host a pre-Forum workshop to discuss the current limitations of adopting SOA in the telecommunications field. Delegates will be able to register for the Workshop separately, or as part of the Forum registration fee (at no additional cost). The workshop is sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent, Nortel and IBM.

XACML Interop Demo - 1 Oct
The eXtensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML) has emerged as a front runner in solving complex access control problems in the enterprise. Providers of XACML-compliant products will conduct an interoperability demo using healthcare requirements from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, HL7, and HITSP.

LOCATION, DISCOUNTS, & DEADLINES...

Unique Venue
The Forum will be held at Ditton Manor. This 900-year-old Ditton Manor has housed such historic figures as Cardinal Wolsey, Anne Boleyn, and Queen Mary I. Now serving as the European headquarters for CA, the venue is a 15-minute taxi ride from Heathrow airport or 20 minutes by train from London.

Registration: Group discount available; save 300 USD per person
Registration is now open! Discounts for groups and OASIS members are available. http://events.oasis-open.org/home/forum/2008/registration.

SPONSORS...

The Open Standards Forum is sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent, Axiomatics, CA, Inc., IBM, IDTrust Member Section, Microsoft, Nortel, Oracle, Primeton, and Sun Microsystems.

SUPPORTING ORGANISATIONS...

Supporting organisations include: CEN/ISSS, eema, ENISA, epractice.eu, Identity Commons, ISTPA, ITPro, Liberty Alliance, The Open Group, TM Forum, WS-I, and W3C