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Activities & Programs

Open Security Exchange Activities & Programs

Industry Leading Convergence Council:

The OSE has become a liaison between practitioner and industry in order to communicate to industry vendor organizations the convergence challenges and needs as perceived and experienced by practitioners;
The Convergence Council is comprised of executive security practitioners from both IT and physical security in multiple markets;
The Convergence Council provides thought leadership articulated in white papers, case studies, and the Convergence Roadmap™; helping the industry better understand the end-users needs.

Convergence Summit

Industry wide initiative to define convergence opportunities for all stakeholders;
Opportunity to understand end-user needs and future directions;
Only major event to tie-in all key associations in a neutral learning environment.

The state of Convergence Summit is planned during the GOVSEC CONFERENCE: April 2-4, 2012 Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC

Convergence Roadmap™

The Convergence Roadmap™ is an interactive web-based tool that helps all industry stakeholders define convergence opportunities;
Delivers value through the ability to connect the roadmap to currently available solutions;
Includes future initiatives to build out the roadmap for various markets and stakeholder perspectives.

	Convergence Roadmap ™ Brochure
	Physical Security Bridge to IT Security PHYSBITS Framework and Data Model

The Open Security Exchange and the Critical Infrastructures and Cyber Protection Center offer three short courses tailored for executives, managers and practitioners. These courses are designed to provide an understanding of the ICAM management framework so that organizations and federal agencies can implement and manage processes and technologies that enable both the physical and logical access control.

ICAM EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – One Hour – FREE – Available by request
Key discussion areas include: ICAM Overview, Requirements Determination, and Program Implementation.

ICAM INTRODUCTION – PART A - Four Hours - $395
Key discussion areas include: ICAM Roadmap Overview; ICAM Segment Architecture; Initiative Summary; Budget and Strategic Planning

ICAM INTRODUCTION – PART B – Four Hours - $395 ($695 for both Part A & B)
Key discussion areas include: Summary Review of Part A; Program Management; Convergence; Federation: Maturity Model; Modernization of the Logical and Physical Access Control System

For further information and Registration contact: Capitol College, Laurel Maryland