JERICHO FORUM

The Jericho Forum is a group of organisations working together to define and promote the solutions surrounding the issue of De-perimeterisation.
The Jericho Forum was officially founded at the offices of the Open Group in Reading, UK, on Friday 16th January 2004. It had existed as a loose affiliation of interested corporate CISOs discussing the topic since summer 2003.

Contents
Why was the Jericho Forum founded?
How is the Jericho Forum managed?
How global is the Jericho Forum?
De-Perimeterization is the Problem, so what is the Solution?
References
External links

Why was the Jericho Forum founded?


Because the founding members claimed that no one else was discussing the problems surrounding De-perimeterisation. The founding members were trying to devise solutions whereby their individual business could move faster and more securely without borders. The founding members felt that this dichotomy was best addressed with those interested parties properly defining the problem once and consistently.

How is the Jericho Forum managed?


The day to day affairs are managed by the Open Group, but all decisions are made by the elected management board. The Jericho Forum consists of "user members" and "vendor members", however only user members are allowed to stand for election. The current board (May 2007) is (in alphabetical order); Nick Bleech (Rolls Royce), David McCaskill (Procter & Gamble), John Meakin (Standard Charterd Bank), Adrian Seccombe (Eli Lilly), Paul Simmonds (ICI), Shane Tully (Co-opted), Steve Whitlock (Boeing), Andrew Yeomans (Dresdner Kleinwort). Note: there is no chairperson and the board votes by simple majority.

How global is the Jericho Forum?


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 the Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. There is vendor involvement from the Europe & North America and academic involvement from the Europe & Asia Pacific.

De-Perimeterization is the Problem, so what is the Solution?


Given that De-Perimeterization represents the issue created by the increased drive for Collaboration between Enterprises, and indeed with their Customers.
The Jericho Forum have been working on the development of a future state view.
The Commandments represent the principles that direct their view of the future state of a Deperimterized world.
Collaboration Oriented Architecture represents the framework that holds our solution sets.

References


# Alan Lawson “A World without Boundaries” ''Butler Review Journal Article'' April 2005 http://www.butlergroup.com/research/DocView.asp?ID={BD1E4C70-F644-42F1-903E-CDBC09A38B8D} [Membership required to access document] “Deperimeterisation has become more than an interesting idea it is now a requirement for many organisations. Vendors have shown an increasing willingness to listen to the user community, but in the absence of a coherent voice from the end-users themselves, may have been uncertain about to whom they should be listening. As long as Jericho [Forum] can continue to build upon its foundations and successfully integrate vendor input into its ongoing strategies, then we see no reason why this community should not become a strong and valuable voice in the years ahead.”
# Paul Stamp, & Robert Whiteley with Laura Koetzle & Michael Rasmussen “Jericho Forum Looks To Bring Network Walls Tumbling Down” ''Forrester'' http://www.forrester.com/Research/Document/Excerpt/0,7211,37317,00.html [Chargeable document] “The Jericho Forum is turning current security models on their heads, and it’s likely to affect much more than the way companies look at orthodox IT security. Jericho’s approach touches on domains like digital rights management, network quality of service, and business partner risk management.”

External links



http://www.jerichoforum.org

http://www.opengroup.org

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