OMG's Seventh Annual Workshop On Distributed Objects and Components Security; April 7-10, 2003.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

NEEDHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2003

The Object Management Group(TM) (OMG(TM)) announces the program for its seventh annual Workshop on Distributed Objects and Components Security (DOCSec 2003). Co-Sponsored by Promia, Inc., the program will include the following topics and sessions.

Half-day tutorials will cover:

-- A survey of Security of Threats and Countermeasures in Distributed Object, Component, and Service Architectures

-- Web Services Security Overview and Implementation

-- .Net Security

-- CORBA Security

-- J2EE Security

Case Studies will focus on:

-- Solutions for Telecom systems users, service providers,

network providers, and regulators who all have differing

security requirements

-- Results from the deployment of a secure, distributed system

within the medical field

Other sessions will include:

-- Proactive Secure Application Design

-- Authentication and System Level Identity

-- Model Driven Security

-- CORBASec Technologies for Internet and Real-time Environments

-- Testing

-- Emerging Security Technology

Exhibitors will be announced soon. For complete details on the program, as well as registration and hotel information, see http://www.omg.org/news/meetings/docsec2003/index.htm

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