TSCP Members Present at Defence IT 08


LONDON, February 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Breakthroughs in Secure Information Sharing on the Agenda

At this year's Defence IT 08 conference, members of the Transglobal
Secure Collaboration Program (TSCP) will discuss issue and opportunities in
secure information sharing in mission-critical environments, with an emphasis
on how the obstacles are being overcome.

The session, moderated by John Taylor, Director General Information at
the Ministry of Defence, will offer attendees a first-hand look at how
organizations like BAE SYSTEMS, Rolls-Royce, the U.K. Ministry of Defence and
the U.S. Department of Defense are working together on initiatives such as
secure e-mail, identity federation, online collaboration and digital rights
management.

WHO:    Chair: Mr. John Taylor, Director General Information, UK MoD

            Mr. Nick Bleech, IT Security Director, Rolls-Royce plc
            Mr. Des Powley, Technical Director, Security and ID Management,
             Oracle UK
            Mrs. Sue Weber, Deputy Director Information Assurance, DSSO
            Mr. Neil Ellett, Senior Partner, PA Consulting
            Mr. Wayne Grundy, Director, TSCP, UK CeB

    WHAT:   "Information Assurance: How the sharing of information can be
            enabled and secured"

    WHEN:   Thursday, February 21, 2008 from 1200-1330 [GMT]

    WHERE:  Defence IT 08 Conference, RUSI, Westminster, United Kingdom

The TSCP is a unique industry partnership, bringing government agencies,
aerospace and defence (A&D) companies and technology solutions companies
together to define and test robust specifications that allow organizations to
collaborate globally.

For more information on the Defence IT 08 conference, please visit:

http://www.dem-ltd.com/pdf/events/defence-it-082008.pdf

About TSCP

TSCP is the only government-industry partnership specifically focused on
designing solutions to address the most critical issues facing the A&D
industry: mitigating the compliance, complexity, cost and IT security risks
inherent in large-scale, multi-national collaborative programs. The TSCP was
founded in 2002, and has delivered several specifications and guidance
documents on securing A&D supply chain data. The group today focuses on
identity federation policies and governance. The TSCP is open to government
organizations, prime contractors, integrators, suppliers and member trade
groups. For more information, please visit www.tscp.org.

Web site: http://www.tscp.org

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