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The Jericho Forum is an international group of organisations working together to define and promote the solutions surrounding the issue of de-perimeterisation
. It was officially founded at the offices of the Open Group in Reading, UK, on Friday 16 January 2004. It had existed as a loose affiliation of interested corporate CISOs (Chief Information Security Officers) discussing the topic since the summer of 2003.
It was created because the founding members claimed that no one else was appropriately discussing the problems surrounding de-perimeterisation. They felt the need to create a forum to define and solve consistently such issues. One of the earlier outputs of the group is position paper entitled the Jericho Forum Commandments which are a set of principles that describe how best to survive in a de-perimeterised world.
The Jericho Forum consists of "user members" and "vendor members"; originally only user members were allowed to stand for election, however since December 2008 this has been relaxed, allowing either vendor or user members to be eligible for election. The current board (January 2009) is (in alphabetical order); John Arnold (Capgemini
), Philippe Courtot (Qualys
), John Meakin (BP
), Adrian Seccombe (Seconded), Paul Simmonds (ex-AstraZeneca
), Shane Tully (Seconded), Bob West (Seconded - Echelon One), Steve Whitlock (Boeing
), Andrew Yeomans (Commerzbank
). There is no "chair" or president: the board votes by majority, and the day-to-day management is provided by the Open Group.
While the Jericho Forum had its foundations in the UK, nearly all the initial members worked for corporates and had global responsibilities. Today there is user organisation involvement from Europe, North America and Asia Pacific, vendor involvement from Europe & North America and academic involvement from Europe & Asia Pacific.
After the initial focus on defining the problem, de-perimeterisation
, the Forum then moved onto focussing on defining the solution, which it delivered in the publication of the Collaboration Oriented Architecture
(COA) paper and COA Framework paper.
The current focus of the Jericho Forum is "Securely Collaborating in Clouds", which involves applying the COA concepts to the emerging Cloud Computing paradigm. The basic premise is that a collaborative approach is essential to gain most value from "The Clouds".
De-perimeterisation
In information security, de-perimeterisation is a concept/strategy used to describe protecting an organization's systems and data on multiple levels by using a mixture of encryption, inherently-secure computer protocols, inherently-secure computer systems and data-level authentication rather than...
. It was officially founded at the offices of the Open Group in Reading, UK, on Friday 16 January 2004. It had existed as a loose affiliation of interested corporate CISOs (Chief Information Security Officers) discussing the topic since the summer of 2003.
It was created because the founding members claimed that no one else was appropriately discussing the problems surrounding de-perimeterisation. They felt the need to create a forum to define and solve consistently such issues. One of the earlier outputs of the group is position paper entitled the Jericho Forum Commandments which are a set of principles that describe how best to survive in a de-perimeterised world.
The Jericho Forum consists of "user members" and "vendor members"; originally only user members were allowed to stand for election, however since December 2008 this has been relaxed, allowing either vendor or user members to be eligible for election. The current board (January 2009) is (in alphabetical order); John Arnold (Capgemini
Capgemini
Capgemini is a French global IT services company, one of the world's largest management consulting, outsourcing and professional services companies with a staff of 114,274 operating in 40 countries. It is headquartered in Paris and was founded in 1967 by Serge Kampf, the current chairman, in...
), Philippe Courtot (Qualys
Qualys
Qualys, Inc. is the leading provider of software-as-a-service IT security risk and compliance management solutions. Qualys' on demand security risk and compliance management solutions make it possible for organizations to strengthen the security of their networks and conduct automated security...
), John Meakin (BP
BP
BP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"...
), Adrian Seccombe (Seconded), Paul Simmonds (ex-AstraZeneca
AstraZeneca
AstraZeneca plc is a global pharmaceutical and biologics company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's seventh-largest pharmaceutical company measured by revenues and has operations in over 100 countries...
), Shane Tully (Seconded), Bob West (Seconded - Echelon One), Steve Whitlock (Boeing
Boeing
The Boeing Company is an American multinational aerospace and defense corporation, founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Boeing Corporate headquarters has been in Chicago, Illinois since 2001...
), Andrew Yeomans (Commerzbank
Commerzbank
Commerzbank AG is the second-largest bank in Germany, after Deutsche Bank, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main.-Activities:Commerzbank is mainly active in commercial bank, retail banking and mortgaging. It suffered reversals in investment banking in early 2000s and scaled back its Securities unit...
). There is no "chair" or president: the board votes by majority, and the day-to-day management is provided by the Open Group.
While the Jericho Forum had its foundations in the UK, nearly all the initial members worked for corporates and had global responsibilities. Today there is user organisation involvement from Europe, North America and Asia Pacific, vendor involvement from Europe & North America and academic involvement from Europe & Asia Pacific.
After the initial focus on defining the problem, de-perimeterisation
De-perimeterisation
In information security, de-perimeterisation is a concept/strategy used to describe protecting an organization's systems and data on multiple levels by using a mixture of encryption, inherently-secure computer protocols, inherently-secure computer systems and data-level authentication rather than...
, the Forum then moved onto focussing on defining the solution, which it delivered in the publication of the Collaboration Oriented Architecture
Collaboration Oriented Architecture
Collaboration Oriented Architecture is a concept used to describe the design of a computer system that is designed to collaborate, or use services, from systems that are outside of your locus of control....
(COA) paper and COA Framework paper.
The current focus of the Jericho Forum is "Securely Collaborating in Clouds", which involves applying the COA concepts to the emerging Cloud Computing paradigm. The basic premise is that a collaborative approach is essential to gain most value from "The Clouds".
See also
- Jericho Forum CommandmentsJericho Forum CommandmentsThe Jericho Forum® Commandments define both the areas and the principles that must beobserved when planning for a de-perimeterised future.Whilst building on “good security”, the commandments specifically address those areas of...
- Jericho Forum Identity Commandments
- Collaboration Oriented ArchitectureCollaboration Oriented ArchitectureCollaboration Oriented Architecture is a concept used to describe the design of a computer system that is designed to collaborate, or use services, from systems that are outside of your locus of control....
External links
- http://www.jerichoforum.org
- Commandments: the areas and principles of the Jericho forum
- The Jericho Forum Identity Commandments