OMG Cloud Standards Summit

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By G C Network | March 17, 2015

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By G C Network | March 14, 2015

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The Emerging Science of Digital Forensics

By G C Network | February 24, 2015

By Melvin Greer Managing Director, Greer Institute for Leadership and Innovation Without question, the rise in cyberleaks, nation-state cyber terrorism and the beach of consumer data across multiple industry domains…

African-Americans and STEM careers: Getting a foot in the door

By G C Network | February 16, 2015

By Sandra K. Johnson Technology leadership is driven by the innovation and creativity of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) professionals. STEM careers offer some of the highest-paying jobs and the…

U.S. Department of Defense sets its cloud security guidelines

By G C Network | February 12, 2015

By Jodi Kohut Those watching federal cloud security in the defense space were pleased to learn the Defense DOD Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide (v1) (SRG) last month. This 152-page document outlines…

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By G C Network | February 9, 2015

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2015 National Chief Information Security Officer Survey

By G C Network | February 4, 2015

Cybersecurity breaches are seemingly making headline news every day. Recent cases have highlighted identity theft, the loss of personal financial data, and the disclosure of sensitive national security information.  The…

July 13-15, 2009, in Arlington, VA, the Object Management Group, is holding a Standards in Government & NGO’s Workshop. During the first day, the Cloud Computing Standards Summit will focus on cloud computing standards for government clouds. Participants include:

  • Peter Mell and Tim Grance – National Institutes of Standards and Technology
  • Reuven Cohen – Cloud Computing Interoperability Forum)
  • Kevin Jackson – Dataline, LLC
  • Mark Carlson – Storage Network Industry Association
  • Winston Bumpus – Distributed Management Task Force
  • Robert Grossman – Open Cloud Consortium
  • Craig Lee – Open Grid Forum
  • Nils Puhlmann – Cloud Security Alliance
  • Douglas Johnson – Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS)
  • Jim Warner – TM Forum
  • James Odell – OMG SOA SIG Co-Chair, CSC,
  • Ralph Thrash – CSC

Recommendations from this summit will be made available to the July 15th, NDU IRM Cloud Computing Symposium attendees.

The establishment of compatible industry and government standards are crucial to the broad adoption of cloud computing. Just as standards allowed the global spread and enhanced the utility of the Internet, standards will drive the utility of the cloud computing paradigm.

Registration for this seminal event is available at https://www.omg.org/registration/GOV-WS/css/index.htm

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