Cyber Security ''Best Practices'' Identified by VSIA.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers WAKEFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 19, 2004 In response to the growing threat of cyber crime, the VSI VSI Vinyl Siding Institute VSI Voltage Source Inverter VSI Virtual Switch Interface VSI Vertical Speed Indicator VSI Voluntary Separation Incentive VSI Virtual Socket Interface VSI Vision Systems International VSI Vertical Shaft Impactor Alliance (VSIA VSIA Virtual Socket Interface Alliance ) today announced the "Technical Measures and Best Practices for Securing Proprietary Information" white paper. This document was created by the VSIA Intellectual Property Protection (IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) A protocol for printing and managing print jobs over the Internet using HTTP. Initially conceived by Novell, Xerox and others, the IETF made it a standard in 2000 that includes authentication and encryption. See printing protocol and LPD. ) Development Working Group (DWG (filename extension) dwg - The filename extension for Autodesk drawing files. http://faqs.org/faqs/graphics/fileformats-faq/part3/. ) and defines standards and best practices to protect intellectual property from external attacks and internal compromise. "VSIA identified early on that digital security would be a growing issue. We pulled together some of the best minds in digital security to create this document so that all companies could benefit," said Ian Mackintosh Ian Mackintosh, MBE, (born July 26, 1940; disappeared and presumed dead July 1979) was a Scottish naval officer, a writer of thriller novels, and a screenwriter for British television. His first novel, A Slaying in September, was published in 1967. , VSIA board member and IPP DWG chairman. "This white paper describes what companies need to do to protect themselves for the access, storage and transmission of digital information." As cyber crime is on the rise, small and large companies have their proprietary information at risk. The IPP white paper helps companies find the right level of security for the company. The document outlines a digital security framework as: -- Access: Internal and External -- Storage: File System Encryption, Data Set Encryption, Database Encryption and Email Encryption -- Transport: Link Level Security, Email Encryption and Levels of Transport Security Availability The White Paper: Technical Measures and Best Practices for Securing Proprietary Information Version 1.0 (IPPWP 3.1.0) is currently available for download on the VSIA website at www.vsi.org. Members can download the specification at no cost. Non-members can download the specification for $750. About VSIA The VSI Alliance (VSIA) is an open, international organization that includes representatives from all segments of the SoC industry: System houses, Semiconductor vendors, Electronic Design Automation (EDA (1) (Electronic Design Automation) Using the computer to design, lay out, verify and simulate the performance of electronic circuits on a chip or printed circuit board. ) companies, and Intellectual Property (IP) providers. VSIA's vision is to dramatically improve the productivity of SoC development by specifying open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced and specifications that facilitate the integration of software and hardware Virtual Components from multiple sources. Many companies have adopted the use of VSIA specifications, standards and documents. VSIA has wide industry participation with more than 100 member companies from around the world. Membership is open to any company with an interest in the development and promotion of open standards used in the design of System-on-Chip. For more information, visit the VSIA web site at www.vsi.org, or e-mail to info@vsi.org. Adoption of VSIA Specifications and Standards Adoption and use of VSIA's documents, specifications, and standards is growing at many System-on-Chip companies. Some of the companies that have adopted VSIA specifications and standards include Alcatel; ARM; Cadence Design Systems (company) Cadence Design Systems - A company that sells electronic design automation software and services. http://cadence.com/. See also Verilog. , Inc.; Fujitsu Limited; Hewlett-Packard Company; Infineon Technologies Corp.; Intel Corp.; LogicVision, Inc.; LSI LSI: see integrated circuit. (Large Scale Integration) Between 3,000 and 100,000 transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, VLSI and ULSI. Logic Corp.; Mentor Graphics Corp.; Motorola SPS (Standby Power System) A UPS system that switches to battery backup upon detection of power failure. See UPS. SPS - Symbolic Programming System. Assembly language for IBM 1620. ; Nokia Mobile Phones; Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.; Philips Semiconductor; sci-worx; STMicroelectronics Ltd.; Synopsys, Inc.; and Virtual Component Exchange. The VSI Alliance is a trademark of the Virtual Socket Interface Alliance. All other brands or trademarks are the property of their respective holders and should be treated as such. |
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