I'm Joshua L. Davis @ Georgia Tech Research Institute (<a href="http://www.gtri.gatech.edu">http://www.gtri.gatech.edu</a>). My organization is gearing up/expanding to prepare itself for this space. We are pseudo-academics - we do applied research. Always looking for partners in this space and plenty campus resources available. Ping me if you are interested in connecting (<a href="mailto:joshua.davis@gtri.gatech.edu">joshua.davis@gtri.gatech.edu</a>). Additionally, along with John Scott, we founded the Military Open Source Software (<a href="http://mil-oss.org">http://mil-oss.org</a>) community. Our next event will include this topic. Please submit any speaker requests that you might have. <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 11:21 PM, Roger Yee <<a href="mailto:rogeryee@gmail.com">rogeryee@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div>Welcome to the Cybersecurity Working Group in support of Open Source for America. I’ll be your working group chair for cybersecurity. A quick background on me: most recently I was a VP with BAE Systems responsible for global defense and security IT programs for US customers. A portion of this business area formed the basis of what is now the Cybersecurity business unit within BAE Systems. Additionally, I have successfully championed the use of open technology and standards within our cybersecurity products and associated programs. With the increasing focus of cybersecurity by the government and industry, it has become even more important for those of us engaged in the open source community to help shape and voice the role of open source and cybersecurity. I am sure there are more than plenty of topics and issues for this group to put forth and openly discuss. Opening topic: Securing the software supply chain has received notable attention in recent months over concerns of software “timebombs”, backdoors and embedded malware. What challenges does the open source development model face in the context of secure code and cybersecurity? Should developers be subject to background checks (aka security clearances)? What role should industry play in securing the software supply chain? I invite you to introduce yourself to the working group and join the conversation! Roger </div> </div> _______________________________________________ cybersecurity-wg mailing list <a href="mailto:cybersecurity-wg@opensourceforamerica.org">cybersecurity-wg@opensourceforamerica.org</a> <a href="http://opensourceforamerica.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cybersecurity-wg" target="_blank">http://opensourceforamerica.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cybersecurity-wg</a> </blockquote></div> -- Joshua L. Davis 678.831.0182