Telecommunications and Electric Power Interdependency Task Force

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Telecommunications and Electric Power
Interdependency Task Force (TEPITF)
2008 Research and Development Exchange Workshop
The Presidents National Security
Telecommunications Advisory Committee
Evolving National Security and Emergency
Preparedness (NS/EP) Communications in a Global
Environment www.ncs.gov/NSTAC

September 24-26, 2008Motorola, Schaumburg,
Illinois
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Telecommunications and Electric Power
Interdependency Task Force (TEPITF)
Presidents National Security Telecommunications
Advisory Committee (NSTAC)
The Presidents National Security
Telecommunications Advisory Committee
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Telecommunications and Electric Power
Interdependency Task Force (TEPITF)
Presidents National Security Telecommunications
Advisory Committee (NSTAC)
The Presidents National Security
Telecommunications Advisory Committee
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RDX Workshop Overview
Telecommunications and Electric Power
Interdependency Task Force (TEPITF)
The Presidents National Security
Telecommunications Advisory Committee

• The 2008 Research and Development Exchange (RDX)
  Workshop will broaden the scope of past
  discussions to address several key communications
  and cyber security research and development (RD)
  issues that
• Enable national and international collaboration,
• Advance the security of free nations, and
• Enhance preparedness and response activities
  across sectors.
• The goal of the RDX Workshop is to gather
  valuable information and constructive feedback,
  which will inform the Research and Development
  Task Force (RDTF) as it develops proposed
  Presidential recommendations for the Presidents
  National Security Telecommunications Advisory
  Committee (NSTAC).
• Participants have the opportunity to provide
  specific, clear, realistic input to key U.S. and
  Canadian stakeholders as they formulate research
  agendas and budget submissions.
• Participants are strongly encouraged to develop
  actionable recommendations.

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RDX Workshop Format
The Presidents National Security
Telecommunications Advisory Committee

• DAY 0 Wednesday, September 24, 2008
• 600 p.m. Registration Reception
• DAY 1 Thursday, September 25, 2008
• 700 a.m. Registration Continental Breakfast
• 800 a.m. Opening Plenary Session
• 1200 p.m. Lunch
• 100 p.m. Breakout Sessions
• 500 p.m. Breakout Sessions Adjourn
• DAY 2 Friday, September 26, 2008
• 730 a.m. Registration Continental Breakfast
• 830 a.m. Morning Plenary Address
• 900 a.m. Continuation of Breakout Sessions
• 1145 a.m. Lunch
• 100 p.m. Closing Plenary Session
• 330 p.m. Workshop Adjourns

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Telecommunications and Electric Power
Interdependency Task Force (TEPITF)
2006 Research and Development Exchange Workshop
The Presidents National Security
Telecommunications Advisory Committee
International Collaboration on Cyber Security
Research and Development Leveraging Global
Partnerships for the Security of Free Nations
and All Sector Preparedness and Response

September 21-22, 2006Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Telecommunications and Electric Power
Interdependency Task Force (TEPITF)
2008 Research and Development Exchange Workshop
The Presidents National Security
Telecommunications Advisory Committee
Evolving National Security and Emergency
Preparedness (NS/EP) Communications in a Global
Environment (T) Breakout Session Topics

• Emergency Communications Response Networks
• Convergent Technologies
• Defending Cyberspace
• Identity Management
• Emerging Technologies

September 24-26, 2008Motorola, Schaumburg,
Illinois
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Telecommunications and Electric Power
Interdependency Task Force (TEPITF)
2008 Research and Development Exchange Workshop
The Presidents National Security
Telecommunications Advisory Committee
Evolving National Security and Emergency
Preparedness (NS/EP) Communications in a Global
Environment

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September 24-26, 2008Motorola, Schaumburg,
Illinois
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RDTF History
Telecommunications and Electric Power
Interdependency Task Force (TEPITF)
The Presidents National Security
Telecommunications Advisory Committee

• Several task forces of the Presidents NSTAC have
  examined network security research and
  development (RD) issues over the past fifteen
  years
• The roots of the RDX Workshop date back to 1990
  when the growing prevalence of hacker incidents
  led to the formation of the NSTAC's Network
  Security Task Force (NSTF).
• The RD Exchange Meeting concept first surfaced
  in 1991, when the NSTF asked the Government to
  share information about its RD efforts related
  to commercially applicable security tools.
• Over the next decade, the NSTAC conducted
  periodic workshops to stimulate and facilitate a
  dialogue among industry, Government, and academia
  on emerging security technology RD activities
  that affect NS/EP telecommunications.
• In July 2000, the RD Exchange Task Force
  officially undertook responsibility for
  coordinating workshops and examining network
  security RD issues. Its name was shortened to
  the RDTF in 2003.

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Previous RDX Workshops
Telecommunications and Electric Power
Interdependency Task Force (TEPITF)
The Presidents National Security
Telecommunications Advisory Committee

• To date, there have been six RDX Workshops to
  explore security technology RD issues in greater
  depth
• RDX Workshop 1 (1991) the NSTAC sponsored two
  separate events intended to provide a forum for
  industry and Government officials to share their
  unique perspectives on RD issues.
• RDX Workshop 2 (1996) the second meeting
  facilitated a discussion of four broad security
  topics affecting NS/EP telecommunications
  authentication, intrusion detection, integrity,
  and access control.      
• RDX Workshop 3 (1998) held at Purdue
  University's Center for Education and Research in
  Information Assurance and Security, the third
  meeting examined collaborative approaches to
  security technology RD.  
• RDX Workshop 4 (2000) the fourth meeting, held
  at the University of Tulsa, examined issues of
  transparent security in a converged and
  distributed network environment.
• RDX Workshop 5 (2003) held at Georgia Tech,
  the fifth meeting focused on Research and
  Development Issues to Ensure Trustworthiness in
  Telecommunications and Information Systems that
  Directly or Indirectly Impact National Security
  and Emergency Preparedness.
• RDX Workshop 6 (2004) the most recent
  workshop, held in Monterey, California,
  reconsidered the RD issues associated with
  trustworthy NS/EP telecommunications addressed at
  the 2003 RDX Workshop.