ATIS Network Security Symposium Defines Direction for Standards Activity
Cross-boundary and Messaging Models Debated in Detail; NGN National Security Issues Highlighted in Keynote
September 27, 2004, Washington, D.C. – The ATIS Network Security Symposium and Workshop held in Washington last week made strong inroads for some of the security challenges outlined in the ATIS Security Issues Work Plan.
The working sessions for the two-day symposium included a discussion session on authentication and confidentiality, the security exposures of various messaging models and the security concerns when modern application protocols cross the boundaries between networks of different organizations. The attendees outlined proposed next steps for defining and addressing challenges ranging from “spam” messaging causing denial of service attacks to ensuring protocols and standards meet carrier-grade deployment.
Event participants included representatives from more than 30 carriers, equipment manufacturers, government agencies, standards development organizations and academia, including: Alcatel, AT&T Wireless, Cisco Systems, Columbia University, the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, Fujitsu Network Communications, Hewlett-Packard, IETF, Intrado, Motorola, Qwest, Siemens, Tellabs and others.
The symposium was kicked off by keynotes from David Barron and Phil Reitinger of the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) Industry Executive Subcommittee and BellSouth and Microsoft, respectively. The two tied direct links between telecommunications security and national security.
The keynotes offered a “broad context and sense of urgency” for the work taking place during the two-day symposium and workshop, said Susan M. Miller, president and CEO of ATIS.
The outcomes and proposed next steps from the meeting will be reviewed and prioritized for action by the ATIS Technology and Operations (TOPS) Council, which identified security issues as a top industry priority and charged the ATIS Security Issues Focus Group to develop the Work Plan. The Security Issues Work Plan was released in June. The solutions discussed this week will be combined with other security standards to develop an end-to-end solution for secure communications across a series of networks.
The ATIS Network Security Symposium and Workshop was sponsored by Intelsat, Lucent Technologies, SBC Communications and Tekelec.
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