For Immediate Release
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ATIS to Host Security Summit Addressing Key Risks, Vulnerabilities of Existing and Future Communications Networks

October 23, 2002, Washington, D.C. - The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) today announced its plans to host a summit entitled "Security of Service Provider Infrastructure in the Era of Convergence" on February 4-5, 2003 in Washington, D.C. The two-day Summit will convene senior executives and officers from wireline and wireless carriers and service providers, as well as Internet Service Providers (ISPs), and Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) who will identify the key technical and operational security issues facing network infrastructure.

"Security issues are of paramount importance in today's communications networks," said Susan M. Miller, president and CEO of ATIS. "The ATIS Security Summit will provide the appropriate venue for wireline and wireless carriers, Internet Service Providers and SDOs to determine what unmet needs may currently exist for industry standards, and how best to support and protect existing and future networks."

Among the areas to be addressed at the ATIS Security Summit are the following: core infrastructure (signaling systems, routing & signaling protocols, packet wireless); Next Generation Networks (support for IPv6 and IPv4, and IP to TDM Gateways); and internal protection (firewalls, media security, secure access).

ATIS plans to announce the formal Summit schedule and participants in the coming weeks. The Summit will be held at the offices of Intelsat Corporation in Washington, DC. For more information on the Security Summit, please contact ATIS Forum Director Jim Crandall at jcrandall@atis.org.

About ATIS

The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) is a member company organization that is the leader for standards and operating procedures for the communications industry. More than 400 telecommunications companies participate in ATIS' 17 committees, forums, and Incubator Solutions programs, where work focus includes wireline and wireless network interconnection standards, number portability, improved data transmission, Internet telephony, toll-free access, telecom fraud, and order and billing issues, among others. ATIS is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Visit the ATIS web site at www.atis.org.

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