Trusted Computing - 26 January 2006

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Overview

When it comes to Trusted Computing IT managers / strategists need to question - if not outright challenge - the conventional wisdom and status quo. If conventional wisdom was working why is the rate of security flaws going up not down? Why is the rate of security attacks constantly increasing? Why is IT security so expensive and hard to manage?

The IT industry is spending $ billions developing the technology to enable Trusted Computing. Those with responsibility for their organisation's security strategy need to understand the implications of these developments. They need to plan a long term strategy to ensure their organisation benefits from e-business. To do this they must ensure their e-business transactions are secure and confidential.

This conference is a wake up call. Find out what is happening in the area of Trusted Computing. Find out what these developments mean to you. Make sure you and your organisation are in a position to benefit.

Agenda

Trusted computing - An overview

Eddie Bleasdale, Consultant, netproject

The key goal of Trusted Computing is to make computing so safe and reliable that people simply take it for granted - just as they use the telephone system today. This session will review the features required to ensure trusted systems and will explain the developments that are taking place around Trusted Computing.

The technologies to enable Trusted Computing

David Everett, CEO, Smart Card Group

This presentation will deal with the technologies that are being developed to enable Trusted Computing.

Building Software in an Adversarial Environment

David Aucsmith, Senior Director, Institute for Advanced Technology in Governments, Microsoft Corporation

The talk will cover the evolution of threats to computer and communications systems and how we are having to adapt how we design, develop, and test new systems.

One Key to rule them all and in the darkness bind them all

Alan Cox, Lead Linux Kernel Developer and Security Architect

Alan has strong views about the issues of secure and Trusted Computing. Alan will outline the views of the Open Source community and how Open Source Software can be used to provide trusted systems.

Who benefits from stronger Digital Rights Management?

Professor Ross Anderson

An economic analysis of the implications of DRM.

Open Forum

A round table discussion where the delegates will be able to question the speakers about the issues raised and discuss the strategies to consider to ensure their organisations are able to deploy trusted systems.