Trusted Computing: Masterclass

Thursday 7th November 2002

Billions are being invested making the world of "Trusted Computing" a reality.
Global enterprises through to individuals will be able to publish their intellectual property to millions of desktops knowing that it will be safeguarded. Much of this expenditure has been directed at cryptographic chips which will soon be embedded in computers. These TCPA chips are now a reality. Good Bye Piracy. Hello Control.

By incorporating cryptographic chips into the computer hardware a web of trust can be established that allows only approved and validated software to be run against trusted information. The TCPA (Trusted Computing Alliance) architecture has been specified by Intel, HP, Microsoft and IBM, and is now a reality. The architecture is being sold in new computers. Microsoft is creating a new operating system which builds on these features.

Those responsible for the development of Trusted Computing for Microsoft and Hewlett Packard will be speaking along side vendor independent experts such as Ross Anderson of Cambridge Computer Science Labs who has been studying the social implications of this new technology and David Everett who was responsible for the Mondex cashless smart card scheme.

Trusted Computing is set to accelerate the growth of the information economy.
Opt out - and be in third world of information economies.
Opt in - and find yourself amongst existing cartels of trust.

There are huge incentives to make this happen. The entertainment industry (Film, Music and Games) are likely to benefit in terms of billions of dollars as Trusted Computing solves the problems of piracy associated with the untrusted desktop computing environment of today.
What will the key players get out of it?
Trusted computing will concentrate power - the issues must be discussed.

This is a Wake Up Call event. Get involved. Find out what it means to you. Make your voice heard.
Join the netroject Forum and participate in vendor independent end user discussions.

This event is for all in IT Strategy, IT Security, Digital Rights Management (Music, Film, Games), banking, e-government, e-business or any other enterprise that deals predominantly in information and intellectual property.

David Everett
Chair

Why TCPA?

David Everett, Consultant, Microexpert

Secure e-business requires trusted end to end computing. All business transactions over the Internet start and finish from the desktop. The concern is that the existing desktop computer architecture does not enable secure, trusted, computing.

David's home page is at:
http://www.microexpert.com/directors.html

Microsoft Trusted Computing and Palladium

John Manferdelli

Microsoft launched its "Trustworthy Computing" initiative earlier this year with an e-mail from Chief Software Architect Bill Gates to the company's 50,000 employees around the world. The memo directed all divisions to make security, privacy, and availability of Microsoft products and services their top priorities in order to increase trust in computing systems. Palladium is Microsoft's approach to trusted computing.

John Manferdelli is general manager of the Windows business unit that is building Palladium. He says that while Microsoft's global outreach to the rest of the computer industry has only just begun, the response so far has been very positive. "The development of Palladium is still in its infancy," he says. "While we realize there are many more constituencies that need to be brought into the process, we have every reason to believe this is a technological breakthrough that the industry can really get behind."

For more about Microsoft's approach to TCPA visit:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2002/jul02/07-01palladium.asp
John's home page is at:
http://research.microsoft.com/opportunities/profiles/jmanfer.asp

An independent analyst's view of TCPA

Ross Anderson, Cambridge Computer Labs.

Ross Anderson is a leading cryptographer and authority on the interaction between security and economics. He has written on the dangers that TCPA holds for privacy, for consumer rights, for competition policy, for innovation and for small business.

See his list of Frequently Asked Questions at:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html
Ross' home page is at:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/

Alan Cox

Lead Linux Kernel Developer

"One key to rule them all and in the darkness bind them"

Alan is a key developer of the Linux kernel and has strong views about the issues of secure and trusted computing. He will outline the views of the Open Source Community.

Alan's home page:
http://www.linux.org.uk/diary/

The Vendor's Perspective

Stefek Zaba, Principal Scientist, HPLabs Trusted Systems Research Laboratory, Bristol.

HP Labs Trusted Sytems Laboratory, in Bristol, UK, were instrumental in the design and development of the TCPA specification. They will present how TCPA provides some answers to the problem of platform security. They will dispell some of the fears, uncertainties and doubts around what TCPA is and what it isn't.

They will talk about the design goals of TCPA, the value of TCPA technology to their customers, and how TCPA is a key component to enabling their participation with more confidence in the Digital Economy.

For more, visit:
http://www.hpl.hp.com/news/2002/jul-sept/TCPA.html

Open Forum

Chaired by David Everett.

A round table discussion where you the delegates will be able to question in depth the presenters.

Round Up

An analysis of what has been said during the event and the actions that delegates should take to respond to TCPA

Venue

The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre,
Broad Sanctuary,
Westminster, London.
SW1P 3EE

For all enquiries please contact netproject via the contact information below.
Please do not contact the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre directly.

Fee

The fee for attending this all day event will be £395 + VAT.

Bookings

For further information or to make a booking please contact:

Julia Currell: julia@netproject.com

Tel No.: +44 (0) 208 715 0072
Fax No.: +44 (0) 208 715 7134