Re: [idtrust-sc] 2008 Initiaitves

[Arshad Noor <arshad.noor@strongauth.com>]

As requested, here is the quarterly report for Q4-2007 for
the EKMI TC:

a) Accomplishments in Q4 (2007)

    - Conducted three full-day EKMI Workshops in Hyderabad
      (India), Singapore and San Francisco.  They were well
      attended: the India workshop had 40+ attendees; the
      Singapore workshop had 12 and the San Francisco: 11.
      Reviews were positive across all workshops;

    - Presented EKMI at the Burton Group Catalyst conference
      in Barcelona, Spain;

    - Presented EKMI at the ISACA Chapter in Barcelona, Spain;

    - Completed first DRAFT of the SKMS part of the EKMI
      Implementation Guide; Tomas Gustaavson completed the
      PKI part of the EKMI Implementation Guide in Q3-2007;

    - Submitted the TC's feedback to the IEEE 1619.3 Working
      Group on how they will integrate SKSML into their KM
      protocol for storage devices;

    - Completed the second DRAFT of SKSML, based on feedback
      received from TC members, the IEEE WG and others;

b) Planned major activities for Q1-Q2 (2008)

    - Present EKMI at the IDtrust Symposium in Gaithersburg, MD;

    - Work SKSML through the OASIS standards process to a vote
      for the standard;

    - Complete the EKMI Implementation and Operations Guide;

    - Begin work on the EKMI Audit Guidelines;

    - Create a Flash demo of SKSML and the importance of EKMI;

    - Conduct more EKMI workshops and seminars;

Arshad Noor
StrongAuth, Inc.


Dee Schur wrote:
> One more thing that we need for the IDtrust MS Quarterly Report that is
> reported to the OASIS Board is a review of the activities of your TC in Q4
> of 2007 and planned activities for 2008:
> 
> a) Accomplishments by Affiliated TCs in Q4-2007.
> 
> b) Planned major activities of Affiliated TCs in Q1-Q2 2008.
> 
> Let me know if you need my assistance.
> Regards,
> Dee
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dee Schur [mailto:dee.schur@oasis-open.org] 
> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 7:15 AM
> To: 'June Leung'; 'Drummond Reed'; 'Arshad Noor'; 'Stephen Wilson'; 'Juan
> Carlos Cruellas'
> Cc: idtrust-sc@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: RE: [idtrust-sc] 2008 Initiaitves
> 
> Hi IDtrust MS TC chairs,
> 
> The MS SC will be reviewing the 2008 budget soon, please review this email
> and submit your requests by 11 January.
> Best,
> Dee
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: June Leung [mailto:June.Leung@FundSERV.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 11:55 AM
> To: Drummond Reed; Arshad Noor; Stephen Wilson; Juan Carlos Cruellas
> Cc: Dee Schur; idtrust-sc@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: [idtrust-sc] 2008 Initiaitves
> 
> Dear TC Chairs,
> 
> The IDTrust Member Section Steering Committee is planning our 2008
> Member Section budget, and would like to provide as much support as we
> can to Member Section TC's in addition to the broader charter of the
> Member Section.  Although we realize that TC's operate independently,
> there may be projects or initiatives where some Member Section budget
> support can be useful to your work.  
> 
> If there are any projects / work efforts you would like to accomplish
> next year where Member Section resources can help, please provide us
> with the initiative and some high level budget estimates by January 11,
> so we can consider the request at the January 16 steering committee
> meeting.  Please note that there are limited funds available for our
> budget, so we might not be able to approve all proposed work efforts.
> 
> Here is the information we need to help with our review:
> 
> Name  of Initiative :
> Background / Idea:
> Start/Completion Date:
> Objective and Goals:
> Benefit statement: 
> Estimated Resource Need: 
> 
> The Steering Committee will meet on Jan 16/08 to discuss the proposals
> 
> Please send your requests as well as any questions to Dee Schur, who has
> been supporting the Member Section.  Dee's email address is
> dee.schur@oasis-open.org.
> 
> We look forward in working with you in 2008!
> 
> June
> 
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