http://events.oasis-open.org/home/forum/2009
OASIS is pleased to announce that NIST will be hosting this
year’s event at their Gaithersburg, MD
facility!
Proposal Deadline: 10
July 2009
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
Barack Obama has directed the U.S. National Security Council
and Homeland Security Council "to defend our information and
communications infrastructure, strengthen public/private partnerships, invest
in cutting edge research and development and to begin a national campaign to
promote cyber-security awareness and digital literacy." The U.S.
federal government aims to accomplish all of this while becoming increasingly
open and transparent.
President Obama also vowed not to dictate security standards
to private companies and not to monitor private sector networks or Internet
traffic, promising to "preserve and protect personal privacy and civil
liberties."
How do we balance open access, transparency
and accountability with security and privacy?
As national and international governments endeavor to manage
citizen's identities while providing open, transparent and trusted services,
the challenges of managing identities and access to information on such huge
scales require careful planning, a strong policy focus, and attention to
standards and interoperability.
Identity Management 2009 will provide users who are
evaluating or looking to deploy such security infrastructures with an
opportunity to explore the state of the art in security services, standards and
products. It will also provide users with an opportunity to present and share
their use cases, requirements and (initial) experience with other users and
with some of the leading experts in this field.
OASIS invites proposals for presentations and panel sessions related to the security challenges in managing identities and access
to information on large scales.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Information
Cards/OpenID/SAML. How can these
standards enable more secure access to sensitive and personal information
across government agencies and with third party-sites supporting
government operations?
- Social Media. What are the security risks to
agencies that plan to use and support these new, publicly available,
previously unimaginable technologies and services? How to share
information about security incidents and best practice.
- Authentication. Can federated digital identity
web platforms completely eliminate the need for multiple usernames and
accounts for different agency portals?
- Smart Cards. Many national economic
stimulus systems and applications will require multi-factor authentication
including smart cards – how are government agencies using this
technology?
- Citizen Privacy. What privacy protections are
possible in federated systems?
- Citizen Trust. Can citizens
really be trusted to manage their own identity attributes?
- Cloud Computing. How do we balance its benefits
while managing identity risks? How can cloud computing become a trusted
platform for data storage?
- Key
Management. Large
public/private enterprises consume/create enormous amounts of encrypted
keys. What is the future of key discovery, maintenance and
interoperability?
For
complete submission guidelines and to submit a proposal, please go to the event
website:
Key Dates to Remember:
- Proposals due by – 10 July 2009
- Notifications will be sent by – 31 July 2009
- Conference Dates – 28 & 29 September 2009
