ATIS Launches Security Committee

WASHINGTON -- ATIS announces the formation of the ATIS Information and Data Security (IDS) Committee, a new standards committee that will identify and address information and data security topics specific to the communications industry.

The ATIS Board of Directors voted unanimously to establish the new committee, which will provide a forum for the sharing and development of best practices and security approaches and, when appropriate, the creation of IT data and security standards.

“The increasing amounts of customer and business data that must be secured and maintained is placing a growing importance on the need for privacy and protection protocols in information technology organizations across the telecommunications industry,” said Susan Miller, president and CEO of ATIS. “The ATIS CIO Council identified data security and compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley as two of its top priorities for 2006. The IDS is the ideal venue to ensure best practices are identified and standards are developed to organize and secure key customer and business databases.”

The IDS will initially focus on requirements just released by the ATIS CIO Council’s working groups on security issues and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance. Initial IT security activities include:

With respect to SOX issues, the initial IDS focus includes:

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