Subject: [sacm] The Open Group - Security Automation Vendor Workshop - Call for participation

From: "Cheikes, Brant A." <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 17:31:26 +0000

The Open Group (TOG) has formed a "Security Automation" working group to evaluate what TOG might do in the area of security automation standards. A vendor workshop has been announced for 31 March, to be hosted by HP in Palo Alto; details are below. It would seem like a good idea to have some members of the SACM community attend this workshop, to help shape the Open Group's efforts and deconflict it from IETF efforts. Also note they've posted a SurveyMonkey survey (link below) to collect additional inputs in advance of the workshop.

/Brant

Brant A. Cheikes
The MITRE Corporation
202 Burlington Road, M/S M300
Bedford, MA 01730-1420
Tel. 781-271-7505; Cell. 617-694-8180; Fax. 781-271-2352

Vendor Workshop: Security Automation

The attack/response dynamic facing IT security organizations is a significant challenge. With attacks from various threat actors escalating, there is pressure to respond to attacks faster, with greater effectiveness, and with more automation.

The Open Group conducted a series of workshops (held in London, Mexico City, and Minneapolis, and virtually via WebEx) on the topic of security automation in October, November, and December, 2014. We used a business scenario approach to determine end user pain points, business objectives, and solution requirements. The output of these events is a Security Automation Business Scenario, capturing input from large IT security organizations in North America and Europe.

To engage the security vendor community on this topic, we are bringing a workshop to Silicon Valley (location below).  In preparation for the vendor workshop, we are asking IT security vendors to complete a short survey regarding your plans for development of automated security capabilities. All individual results will be kept confidential to Open Group staff, and anonymized before discussion. The survey may be accessed here:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LH7QMFH

Security Automation vendor workshop:

If you are an IT security vendor product manager, product architect, or development manager, please consider attending. There is no cost for this workshop, and we need your input. Participants will have an opportunity to hear customer pain points, objectives, and product requirements regarding security automation solutions. You will also have the opportunity to weigh in on needed standards activity, and help shape work that The Open Group Security Forum is or should be doing to help move the industry forward.

If you have questions about the workshop, or to reserve a spot, please contact Jim Hietala, VP, Security, at: [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>, or Steve Borchert at: [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>.

Agenda

Vendor Security Automation Workshop

8:00-8:30              Check in and breakfast

8:30-9:00              Introductions, agenda review, and topic overview

9:00-9:45              Overview of Security Automation End User Workshops & Results

9:45-10:30           Standards landscape in security automation (survey of what standards exist                                       and are being worked on in other standards organizations, how they relate,                                                and their current status)

10:30-10:45         Break

10:45-11:30         Vendor security automation status (based upon survey)

11:30-12:15         Discussion of work needed going forward

-          Developing the ROI/business case for vendors security automation development

-          Developing the ROI/business case for customer use of automated security

-          Creating an overarching framework that leverages disparate lower level standards

-          Other?

12:15                     Adjourn

Location

Address:
Hewlett-Packard Co.
3000 Hanover St.
Building 20
Palo Alto CA 94304

Take Interstate 101 to the Embarcadero-Oregon Expressway exit.
Be careful to stay on Oregon Expressway, which becomes Page Mill Road after about two miles.
Drive three traffic lights past El Camino and turn left onto Hanover Street.
Turn right into the first driveway.
Follow the signs for Visitor Parking / Lobby
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