The Town Hall Meeting “Mobility in the Fast Lane” will focus on mobile IT and the mobile workforce with 30 government and industry leaders keyotes and panel discussions on what it takes to build and manage a secure, mobile workforce.
We will be capturing the highlights from each of the sessions in a blog series and sharing video interviews with keynote speakers and panelists.
Last week I attended the ICCC in Paris where Ashit Vora, Manager, Security Assurance, Cisco discussed the Cloud and how Common Criteria can be used to help mitigate threats. The following is an excerpt from his presentation and food for thought on Cloud security.
More and more enterprises, including governments are moving their data “to the Cloud” in the hopes of saving infrastructure and maintenance costs. But is this at the risk of security? As both private and public Clouds become pervasive, security is going to be a major concern. Cloud infrastructure by definition has large amounts of information including proprietary information, competitive information, information of different classification levels, etc. In addition, the types of mechanism available to access the information in the Cloud, such as B.Y.O.D. (Bring Your Own Device), are increasing day by day. If the proper security mechanisms are not in place and validated, it could prove to be damaging to all users of the Cloud.
Alicia Squires, Cisco Certifications Engineer and Common Criteria Users Forum (CCUF) Chair, discussed the benefits of Common Criteria yesterday at the International Common Criteria Conference (ICCC).
Single certification recognized by 26 nations
Improves availability of evaluated, security-enhanced IT products
Contributes to higher levels of citizen confidence in IT security
Improves the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the evaluation and certification process
Allows vendors to focus their resources on a common set of requirements to improve the security of products overall
Increases the breadth of certified products and technologies available to IT administrator
Alicia Squires, Common Criteria Users Forum (CCUF) Chair, and Cisco Certifications Engineer, CC Users Forum press conference reviews the mission of the CCUF and the benefits of Common Criteria at the 13th Annual International Common Criteria Conference, held in Paris September 18-20, 2012.
The Common Criteria User Forum mission is to provide a voice and communications channel amongst the CC community including the vendors, consultants, testing laboratories, Common Criteria organizational committees, national schemes, policy makers, and other interested parties.
When police chiefs, international community policing leaders, and technology all come together, you get innovative solutions that make the world a safe place. With that said, I’m really excited that in a very short time period, I’ll be headed to San Diego for IACP 2012, which is the 119th Annual International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference and Law Enforcement Education and Technology Exposition. This event runs from September 29 to October 3 and will showcase technology and bring together global leadership in community policing from around the world to share information and experiences and to work together to find solutions to issues they are facing as a community.
Check out the IACP video below featuring Police Chief William Lansdowne of the San Diego Police Department.
Tomorrow, I’m heading to Washington D.C. for the Telework Exchange Town Hall.
