ISAlliance-NIST-DHS Seeking VoIP Experts
From The Internet Security Alliance
The ISAlliance is leading a project to develop an industry led, cost effective SCAP solution for VoIP and Unified Communications with the goal of providing a secure playing field for corporations as they deploy VoIP and related technologies.
We are currently seeking workgroup participants with expertise in VoIP systems, VoIP Security Standards, Cybersecurity or SCAP. Volunteers may participant in one, or both of the following workgroups:
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Applicability – Meets by phone conference every-other Tuesday from 1 to 2 PM Eastern. This workgroup is focusing on documenting the SCAP Goals for a VoIP solution, identifying SCAP gaps and determine how SCAP may, or may not be applied to a non-desktop environment.
The group will also review the SCAP components and standards and determine gaps and short falls of the SCAP components for applicability to a VoIP solution.
This work will result in a whitepaper that captures the analysis, its results and makes recommendations regarding SCAP applicability to a VoIP Solution.
Skills Sought for Participation - Expertise in VoIP systems, cybersecurity or SCAP.
Baseline Standards – Meets by phone conference every-other Thursday from 1 to 2 PM Eastern. This workgroup is focused on cataloging all relevant industry security, configuration and compliance standards and best practices for possible inclusion and enumeration by SCAP components.
These will be reviewed and analyzed to identify potential gaps and shortcomings.
Analysis of how updates to standards and best practices will be implement using SCAP components and standards, including identification of potential shortcomings of SCAP as applicable to VoIP will be performed.
The results of this analysis will be presented in a whitepaper. Shortcomings in the standards and/or the SCAP components will be document and referred back to the appropriate responsible party .
Skills Sought for Participation - Expertise in VoIP systems, cybersecurity or SCAP.
ISAlliance Members Invited to Particpate in Nortel Voice Security Technology Blog.
The voice security technology blog is meant to allow readers to keep informed about news and events around the world of voice and multimedia security from a technical perspective.
It is a forum where the industry’ s best and brightest minds can cooperatively discus s and debate the hottest issues and topics facing secure voice, multimedia and unified communications.
This blog will be of interest to those who are actively involved in providing security solutions, services or products, specifically those related to voice and multimedia communications.
ISAlliance members are invited to monitor this blog - http://community.nortel.com/go/blogs/voicesecurity
ISAlliance Web Portal Information
ISAlliance US-CERT Portal: https://portal.us-cert.gov/member/index.cfm
ISAlliance/CyLab Portal: www.cylab.cmu.edu/
Download a complete copy of The Cyber Secuirty Social Contract: Policy Recommendations for the Obama Administration and 111th Congress.
The Internet Security Alliance (ISAlliance) was created to provide a forum for information sharing and thought leadership on information security issues. The ISAlliance represents corporate security interests before legislators and regulators, in so doing the alliance aims to identify and standardize best practices in Internet security and network survivability, while creating a collaborative environment to develop and implement information security solutions.
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