Ken Hake, Laboratory Manager for atsec U.S., commented: “Providing several speakers at an event like the ICCC clearly shows our ongoing commitment to the further development of the Common Criteria and our ambition to contribute to the community of IT security professionals who use the standard in their daily work.“

The atsec presenters and their topics are:

• Helmut Kurth (atsec Chief Scientist), with Dr. Susanne Pingel of the German Information Security Agency (BSI)
  Integration of Architectural Requirements into the CC Structure
• David Ochel (atsec Principal Consultant), with Brian Vetter of BlueSpace Software:
  Designing the Trusted Service Bus for EAL5
• Yi Mao (atsec Principal Consultant):
  Introducing Assurance Measures for Security Target
• Helmut Kurth (atsec Chief Scientist), with Michael Grimm of Microsoft:
  Measuring the Effectiveness of a Security Development Process

For more information, please visit www.atsec.com.

About atsec information security
atsec information security is an independent, standards-based information technology security services company that combines a business-oriented approach to information security with in-depth technical knowledge and global experience. atsec was founded in Munich (Germany) in 2000 and has extensive international operations with offices in the U.S., Germany, Sweden and China.
atsec offers evaluation and testing services leading to formal certification for IT security including evaluation under Common Criteria schemes in the U.S., Germany, and Sweden; cryptographic module and algorithm testing under the Cryptographic Module Validation Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the U.S. and Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC) in Canada; and compliance validation to the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard.
atsec also offers secure code review, ISO/IEC 27001 ISMS consulting, and penetration testing and scanning services.
atsec works with leading global companies such as IBM, Apple, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, Cray, BMW, SGI, Vodafone, Swisscom, RWE, and Wincor-Nixdorf.