Nominations Requested to Fill Position of PKI TC Chair- Nomination period closes 7PM EST March 30 2006

All:

 

As you know, Steve Hanna has stepped down as Chair of the PKI
TC, and we will need to hold an election to fill the position.  According
to OASIS guidelines, I am now calling for interested OASIS members to submit
their names as candidates for the PKI TC Chair position.  

 

Interested members are asked to send their names directly to
me by 7PM EST, Thursday March 30.   Following closure of the
nomination period, we will open a ballot for the election by voting members of
the PKI TC.

 

Please let me know if you have any questions.  I am
inserting the PKI TC Charter below.

 

Thanks,

 

John

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Public
Key Infrastructure Technical Committee (PKI TC)

Many organizations worldwide are developing strategies
to a) utilize digital certificates to provide higher levels of security, b)
make applications certificate aware. and c) promote the deployment of digital
certificates for many business purposes including digital signatures. The
purpose of the PKI TC is to address issues related to the successful deployment
of digital certificates to meet business and security requirements, as well as
technical and integration/interoperability issues. Furthermore, the PKI TC will
increase the awareness of digital certificates as an important component when
managing access to network resources, delivering secured electronic messages
and conducting secure electronic transactions. The PKI TC will also provide a
forum for a broad community utilizing PKI and digital certificates in
application-focused standards and projects, as well as a mechanism for the
creation of documents related to the implementation of PKI internationally.

The goals of the TC are:

To provide an international forum for software vendors,
industry, government, and implementers to internationally discuss issues, share
solutions, and develop white papers with respect to addressing:

 
business and security needs
     

 
technical interoperability 

 
enabling business
     applications 

 
increasing awareness of
     available solutions, applications, and successful deployment 

 
coordination with other TCs
     in areas of overlap or mutual interest 

List of Deliverables

A very wide range of topics will be addressed by the TC,
and it is expected that several sub-committees will be formed. TC deliverables
will include:

 
business implementation
     guideline white papers 

 
technical implementation
     guideline white papers 

 
best practice and sample
     implementations 

 
applications white papers
     forums for networking, information sharing and implementation of
     PKI-related projects 

 
solutions showcase. 

The TC recognizes the importance of advancing the
understanding and applicability of XML-based PKI standards as well as other
broader Web services and security standardization effort within OASIS of which
PKI is a component of. Such standards including: XKMS, WS-Security, the
Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), the XML Access Control Markup
Language (XACML), the Rights Language, the Service Provisioning Markup Language
(SPML) and XML Common Biometric Format (XCBF), and Digital Signature Services
(DSS) protocol. Specific work-plan and deliverables will be developed based on
TC and OASIS member input.

 

 

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John T. Sabo, CISSP 

Director,
Security and Privacy Initiatives 

CA

Tel:
+1 703-708-3037 

Mobile: +1
443-629-6198 

Fax:
+1 703-709-4820 

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