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Howard Schmidt, Vice Chair of President Bush's CIP Board, To Address Telecom Network Security at ATIS Summit
Key network standards experts to analyze, identify needed technical work
December 17, 2002, Washington, D.C. - The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) is pleased to announce that Howard A. Schmidt, Vice Chair of the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Board, and Brent Greene, Deputy Manager, National Communications System (NCS) will be among the participants at the "Security of Service Provider Infrastructure in the Era of Convergence," Summit to be held February 4-5, 2003 in Washington, D.C.
"ATIS is proud to host the Security Summit as it will converge industry experts, U.S. Government officials and representatives from Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) who will determine the technical and operational standards necessary to protect U.S.-based communications networks," said Susan M. Miller, president and CEO of ATIS.
Schmidt will highlight the panel discussion entitled, "Government and Service Provider Perspectives on Security." He will be joined by Brent Greene and William Ruhl, CEO of D&E Communications, Inc., and member of the National Security Telecommunication Advisory Committee (NSTAC).
Technology executives from some of the largest wireline and wireless carriers
will identify how interoperable and scalable security solutions can be provided
and maintained within multi-service provider networks. These participants will
include Bill Smith, President - Interconnection Services & Chief Technology
Officer, BellSouth Telecommunications; Dr. Arthur Deacon, Vice President - Network
Operations, Service Assurance and Chief Compliance Officer, AT&T Corporation;
and Bruce Johnson, Senior Vice President - Operations & Engineering, VeriSign
Telecommunications Services.
Summit technical sessions will convene to examine how Standards Development
Organizations (SDOs) can continue to develop technical solutions for end-users,
enterprises, service providers, manufacturers and network operators to utilize
in addressing specific security threats. SDOs participating in the program will
include ATIS' Standards Committee T1; Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF);
IPv6 Forum; ATM Forum; Multiservice Switching Forum; and the Telecommunications
Industry Association (TIA).
Sponsors for the ATIS Security Summit currently include AT&T, Intelsat
and VeriSign. Additional Summit information and registration are available at
www.atis.org. The Summit will be held at the
Intelsat offices in Washington, DC.
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 communications 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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