TSCP Releases Specification for Identity Federation

VIENNA, Va., June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Transglobal Secure Collaboration Participation, Inc. (TSCP) has released its "Identity Federation Common Operating Rules," a specification that establishes operational policy for improving interoperability among disparate collaborating organizations. TSCP's global members, which include leading defense and technology companies and European and U.S. government departments and agencies, have experienced firsthand the need to secure and improve collaboration among its members. They are frequently partners on major projects that span international borders, and therefore set out to frame a compliance infrastructure for identity federation that makes the sharing of mission-critical and sensitive information safer and more efficient. Several TSCP members have been active participants in the development of the Federal Identity and Access Management (FICAM) Roadmap; FICAM processes were incorporated in the Common Operating Rules. TSCP members have collectively invested over $400 million developing an identity federation infrastructure that utilizes the TSCP Common Operating Rules.

"We are very excited to be able to share TSCP's Common Operating Rules with technology leaders outside of TSCP," said Keith Ward, President and CEO of TSCP. "The interest in our Common Operating Rules for improving interoperability through an identity federation infrastructure will help TSCP members and their suppliers execute on its programs with enhanced security and greater efficiency."

TSCP's "Identity Federation Common Operating Rules" is available for download at http://www.tscp.org.

About TSCP: TSCP Inc. is a nonprofit 501(C)(6) technical association comprised of defense and technology companies in the U.S. and Europe, as well as U.S. government departments and agencies and European government ministries. TSCP is a government-industry partnership specifically focused on mitigating the risks related to compliance, complexity, cost and IT that are inherent in large-scale, collaborative programs that span national jurisdictions.

TSCP members include: BAE Systems, The Boeing Company, EADS, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, U.S. Dept. of Defense, Government Services Administration, U.S. Secret Service, UK Ministry of Defence, the Netherlands Ministry of Defence, the French government, Microsoft, CA Technologies, ActivIdentity, Boldon James, Deep-Secure, FuGen Solutions, Gemalto, Intercede, NextLabs, NLR, PwC, Quest Software, Titus and Wave Systems.

For more information, visit TSCP on the web at http://www.tscp.org.

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TSCP contact:
JP Calderon, CISSP
VP Strategic Partnership & Cyber Security
Phone:  (703) 793-7872
Email: [email protected]

SOURCE Transglobal Secure Collaboration Participation, Inc.