TSCP Executives Make Secure Information-Sharing a Reality

LONDON, April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Alison Dunstan, Transglobal Secure Collaboration Program (TSCP) director, and Keith Ward, TSCP chairman and director, security and identity strategy at Northrop Grumman will share firsthand experiences with secure information sharing between government and aerospace and defence (A&D) organisations at the 3rd annual Defence IT Conference. The panel, made up of TSCP members, also includes Dr. Jane Jensen, deputy head identity and privilege management, UK Ministry of Defence CIO; Malcolm Carrie, head of strategy and architecture, BAE Systems; Herb Canfield, senior manager, information security, The Boeing Company; and Peter Scott, VP of supply chain, Exostar LLC.

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Governments and organisations face increasing security threats. In this environment, the need for common standards and specifications to ensure the secure exchange of information becomes paramount to conducting business. Defence IT gives attendees a forum to discuss real-world implementations, and shared challenges.  

TSCP member companies, led by Dunstan and Ward, will join representatives from the Air Force, Navy, Marines, Army, and UK MoD -- as well as various intelligence and cyber warfare agencies in attendance -- to discuss TSCP specifications for secure information sharing and share industry best practices.

About TSCP

TSCP is the only government-industry partnership specifically focused on designing solutions to address the most critical issues facing the A&D industry: mitigating the compliance, complexity, cost and IT security risks inherent in large-scale, multi-national collaborative programs.  TSCP was founded in 2002, and has delivered several specifications and guidance documents on securing A&D supply chain data. The group today focuses on identity federation policies and governance. TSCP is open to government organizations, prime contractors, integrators, suppliers and member trade groups. For more information, please visit www.tscp.org.  

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