Summer in the Capitol – Looking Back at The Open Group Conference in Washington, D.C.

Jim Hietala, VP of security at The Open Group, provides a summary of The Open Group conference in Washington, D.C. (July 16-18). Continue reading →

The Open Group Trusted Technology Forum is Leading the Way to Securing Global IT Supply Chains

An Open Group podcast examining the advancement of The Open Group Trusted Technology Forum (OTTF) to gain an update on the effort’s achievements, and to learn more about how technology suppliers and buyers can expect to benefit in advance of The Open G…

Cybersecurity Threats Key Theme at Washington, D.C. Conference – July 16-20, 2012

A preview of the upcoming Open Group Conference in Washington, D.C. – July 16-20, 2012. More information can be found here: http://www3.opengroup.org/dc2012 Continue reading →

Corporate Data, Supply Chains Remain Vulnerable to Cyber Crime Attacks, Says Open Group Conference Speaker

Joel Brenner, the author of “America the Vulnerable: Inside the New Threat Matrix of Digital Espionage, Crime, and Warfare,” discusses how corporate data and supply chains remain vulnerable to cyber crime attacks in a podcast with Dana Gardner. Mr. B…

OTTF – Providing a Level of “Surety”

Joshua Brickman from CA Technologies gives context to a recent testimony by The Open Group’s Dave Lounsbury in front of the House of Representatives Sub-Committee on Energy and Commerce. With security concerns around the global supply chain on the rise…

PODCAST: Industry moves to fill gap for building trusted supply chain technology accreditation

Listen to our recorded podcast on how the OTTF is developing an accreditation process for trusted technology, or read the transcript. This podcast was recorded by Dana Gardner of Interarbor Solutions in conjunction with The Open Group Conference, Austi…

Government Outreach for Global Supply Chain Integrity (OTTF)

The beauty of the O-TTPF, a set of best practices for engineering and secure development methods and supply chain integrity, is that the Framework and guidelines are being developed by industry — architects, developers, manufacturers and supply chain…

A First Step in Securing the Global Technology Supply Chain: Introducing The Open Group Trusted Technology Provider Framework Whitepaper

The OTTF’s purpose is to shape global procurement strategies and best practices to help reduce threats and vulnerabilities in the global supply chain. I’m proud to say that we have just completed our first deliverable towards achieving our goal: The Open Group Trusted Technology Framework (O-TTPF) whitepaper. Continue reading

The Trusted Technology Forum: Best practices for securing the global technology supply chain

Supply chain risk needs focus to be able to address the concern. If everything is “a supply chain risk,” then we can’t focus our efforts and hone in on a reasonable, achievable, practical and implementable set of practices that can lead to better supply chain practices for all, and a higher degree of confidence among purchasers. Continue reading