WAVX--->The founding members of ISTPA include AMD, Bank of America, The Chase Manhattan Bank, Compaq Computer, CygnaCom Solutions, Cylink, IBM Corporation, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Motorola, Microsoft, NCR Corp., KPMG, Racal, TrustE and Wave Systems
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Major Companies Join Forces to Solve Security, Trust, and Privacy Issues in Electronic Business
Leading companies working together to bridge the gap between technological innovation and real world business implementation
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Aug. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Recognizing that the growth of information technology will be increasingly constrained by security, trust, and privacy issues, representatives of 16 leading companies today announced the formation of the International Security, Trust, and Privacy Alliance (ISTPA). The goal of ISTPA, which welcomes new members, is to provide a forum for cross-industry collaboration to address issues that threaten to inhibit electronic business. The initial focus will be on creating an infrastructure for consumer privacy protection.
The founding members of ISTPA include AMD, Bank of America, The Chase Manhattan Bank, Compaq Computer, CygnaCom Solutions, Cylink, IBM Corporation, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Motorola, Microsoft, NCR Corp., KPMG, Racal, TrustE and Wave Systems.
At recent meetings, member companies in the computer, software, banking, consulting, communications, petroleum and semiconductor industries agreed to define specific projects and work collaboratively to remove current barriers to electronic business. These barriers include: lack of understanding of the capabilities, limitations and risks of technology choices; overly complex trust, security and privacy systems; inadequate product interoperability; and inconsistent and incomplete standards.
In addition, ISTPA recognizes the need for greater collaboration between technology companies and their business partners. The new organization's work will be focused on developing unified, interoperable and consistent cross- industry technical solutions to issues that member companies define. Stated goals for ISTPA include:
* Developing user-specified product requirements;
* Creating and deploying a heterogeneous Privacy Protection
Infrastructure that supports business and operates across all delivery
channels;
* Establishing criteria for the selection of appropriate security,
privacy and trust solutions;
* Creating profitable return on investment models; and
* Developing a system for consistent global compliance and testing.
Reid Watts, NCR's vice president of Research and Advanced Technology, said, ''I think we have an excellent start on the kind of cross-industry forum that is needed on privacy issues. Our goal is to create the necessary framework that will allow free-market forces to solve the issues, about which ISTPA will be a source of expert information and advice on technologies, tools, technical and business implications, minimum criteria and consumer needs. We will issue coordinated industry positions on technical approaches and standards, fill gaps in existing standards, and leverage existing technical solutions and standards between industries. ISTPA's efforts will help information-age companies meet the privacy expectations of their customers.''
Gary Roboff, senior vice president for electronic commerce, The Chase Manhattan Bank, said, ''The real value of ISTPA is that it brings together a wide range of businesses to develop solutions that address real customer needs. This organization will take a very pragmatic approach to privacy issues, one that hopes to meet consumer privacy needs and make business sense as well. There is a real value added to this approach.''
Bob Frith, manager of Standards, Strategy & Development for Motorola, said, ''We envision ISTPA to be an international alliance of producers, integrators and users of information technology. The companies that participated in our initial formational meeting represent a good cross section of many of the key industries involved in security, trust and privacy. ISTPA is not intended to be a standards body nor a lobbying organization -- it will work with all organizations that share common interests.''
Steven Sprague, president of Wave Systems Corp., said, ''We see a real demand in the market to use common security components to address broad market needs. Simply put, ISTPA will help different industries use similar technology. For example, the market needs for the protection of an individual's X-rays sent on the Internet and the secure licensing of a music track are almost identical. ISPTA will provide a forum to coordinate industry positions on similar issues, and broaden the applications of existing technology.''
Mark Greene, vice president, security, IBM Corporation, said, ''ISTPA is a great opportunity for IBM to continue its ongoing commitment to privacy. This cross-industry forum will address e-business privacy issues in an international context and develop technical solutions to support individual privacy options. Our collaborative efforts to develop global, standards-based solutions are essential to support customers who are implementing online privacy policies.''
NCR will host the next ISTPA meeting Oct. 13 - 15 in Hilton Head, S.C. Topics will include the creation of industry-specific business scenarios for privacy protection, identifying technology options that support these business scenarios, creating an opt-out framework, establishing an architecture to integrate privacy and security for web and non-web environments, formulating best practices on security/privacy trade-offs, researching consumer requirements in privacy protection and implementing the Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P).
In addition, ISTPA is discussing how to build verifiable consent into consumer interactions (especially verifiable parental consent), how to extend emerging Public Key Infrastructure architectures to privacy, and modeling real-world trust relationships using Public Key Infrastructure concepts.
Companies interested in joining and participating in the October meeting can contact Reid Watts at reid.watts@NCR.com .
SOURCE: International Security, Trust, and Privacy Alliance
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