ObjectSecurity Newsletter 01 April 2008

ObjectSecurity Monthly Update

09 September 2008

Greetings,

Thank you for subscribing to our news update service. Things are heating up around ObjectSecurity these days as analysts predict model-driven approaches to become mainstream in ca. 5 years, and traditional security policy management vendors realize that their current solutions are not enough. ObjectSecurity is well-positioned to remain the market leader in model-driven security management.

If you are based in Silicon Valley, then you may be interested to know that Dr. Ulrich Lang, CEO & co-founder of ObjectSecurity, will be available to meet you at our Silicon Valley office, California, USA, 12-26 September 2008. Contact him online to arrange a meeting.

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ObjectSecurity "Cool Vendor 2008"

New projects and product releases

ObjectSecurity releases MICO 2.3.13 Release Candidate 2
ObjectSecurity releases new open source CORBA version MICO 2.3.13 Release Candidate 2 to the public.

Intel renews support contract
Intel renews their software technical support contract with ObjectSecurity for the 4th year in a row.

Updated OpenPMF 2.0 white paper & video
ObjectSecurity released a new version of the OpenPMF 2.0 white paper and a video clip that shows how OpenPMF simplifies policy management in agile, model-driven IT environments, See www.openpmf.com.

ObjectSecurity's other ongoing projects include:

The OpenPMF / RTI DDS / Promia Raven integration project with RTI and Promia on the integration of OpenPMF, RTI DDS, and Promia Raven as part of RTI's SBIR contract with the US Air Force.

SWIM-SUIT air traffic control R&D as part of the SWIM-SUIT (System Wide Information Management SUpported by Innovative Technologies) project,

UK Cyber Security KTN SOA security project ongoing
ObjectSecurity continues work on the £50,000 SOA security concerns project for the UK Cyber Security Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN). You are encouraged to contribute your views at www.secure-soa.info. Within the next week, you will find a survey there. A workshop is planned to be held collocated with the RSA Europe Conference 2008 in London, UK.

News & Press Releases

ObjectSecurity in Silicon Valley
Dr. Ulrich Lang, co-founder, ObjectSecurity, will be available to meet you in Silicon Valley, California, USA, 11-26 September 2008

ObjectSecurity joins SOA Consortium
ObjectSecurity joins the SOA Consortium (www.soa-consortium.org), a SOA advocacy group comprised of end users, service providers, and technology vendors, committed to helping the Global 1000 successfully adopt SOA by 2010, 08 Sept. 08

ObjectSecurity Q1-Q2/2008 analyst coverage
ObjectSecurity is listed in the following Gartner analyst reports:"Cool Vendors in Application Security and Authentication, 2008" (G00156005) 4 April 2008, "Tear Down Application Authorization Silos With Authorization Management Solutions" (G00147801) 31 May 200, "Model-Driven Security: Enabling a Real-Time, Adaptive Security Infrastructure" (G00151498) 21 September 2007, "Hype Cycle for Information Security, 2007" (G00150728) 4 September 2007, "Hype Cycle for Identity and Access Management Technologies, 2008" (G00158499) 30 June 2008, "Hype Cycle for Context-Aware Computing, 2008" (G00158162) 1 July 2008, "Cisco Buys Securent for Policy Management, and Relevance" (G00153181), 5 November 2007.
In addition ObjectSecurity has been the analyst firm "451 Group" in a "Market Insight Service Impact Report" (54313). OpenPMF 2.0 is mentioned as a "... a powerful framework that addresses the missing element in controlling user-resource interaction: policy management."

Modeldrivensecurity.org blog
This month, ObjectSecurity blog discusses the need for aligned business and IT security.

ObjectSecurity drives Model Driven Security standardization in OMG
ObjectSecurity drives the standardization of a security policy model standard at the Object Management Group (OMG) consortium to prevent vendor lock-ins and market fragmentation. You can find our response to the RFI on the OMG web page. Please contact us if you would like to discuss this standardization effort, or if you would like to sponsor this standard.

ObjectSecurity joins Microsoft Partner Program
ObjectSecurity joins the Microsoft Partner Program as part of ObjectSecurity's wide platform support strategy for OpenPMF.

Security Management Ecosystem
ObjectSecurity is currently forming strategic partnerships with vendors who would like to add OpenPMF security to their technologies. Details can be found on our partnerships web page.

Events - meet ObjectSecurity face-to-face at these events (contact us to arrange a meeting)

Our upcoming presentations:

Future Security Symposium 2008
ObjectSecurity will present at the Fraunhofer Future Security Symposium 2008, 10-11 September 2008, Karlsruhe, Germany.

Cambridge Enterprise Conference 2008
ObjectSecurity will have a poster at the Cambridge Enterprise Conference 2008, 17 September 2008.

PlugandPlay Expo Fall 2008
ObjectSecurity will present at the Plug and Play Expo Fall 2008 "extreme pitching" event in Sunnyvale, CA, USA, on 25 September 2008.

Modeling Security Workshop (ModSec 2008)
ObjectSecurity is on the program committee and has published a paper for the Modeling Security Workshop, In Association with MODELS '08, Toulouse, France, 28th September, 2008

OASIS Open Standards Forum 2008
ObjectSecurity will attend the "Security Challenges for the Information Society" symposium at the OASIS Open Standards Forum, 2 October 2008, Ditton Manor,UK

ISSE 2008
ObjectSecurity will present “Managing compliance with regulations and governance standards for Service Oriented Architecture using Model Driven Security” at ISSE 2008, Madrid, Spain, 7-9 October 2008.

Business Services Management (BSM) Forum 2008
ObjectSecurity will present “Alignment of flexible business processes and agile IT infrastructures" ("Zuordnung der flexiblen Geschäftsprozesse zur dynamisch, anpassbaren IT-Infrastruktur" at the BSM Forum 2008, Cologne, Germany, 15-16 October 2008. Contact us to arrange a meeting.

RSA Conference Europe 2008
ObjectSecurity will present "Bridging the Security Gap Between IT and Other Business Units" at the RSA Europe Conference in London, 28th October 2008, 10:15 - 11:15 hrs (BUS-202)

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