Introduced at security software maker RSA’s ongoing conference in San Francisco, the group has been christened the Cyber Security Industry Alliance (CSIA) and will be headed by Paul Kurtz, a former special assistant to the president who has worked on technology issues for the White House’s Homeland Security Council.
Among the 12 companies represented in the organization are security specialists such as Check Point Software, Computer Associates International, Entrust, Internet Security Systems, Network Associates, Symantec and RSA. The overriding goal of CSIA would be to gather input from leading cybersecurity providers and create initiatives for proposals to fellow technology vendors and government regulators alike. The group will be broken up into four committees that address the association’s major areas of interest.
Although Microsoft and other information technology leaders were not asked to be directly involved with the organization, Kurtz said it would be critical to generate participation from such companies in order to gain support for CSIA measures.
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