Press Release

TeleTrusT to represent German IT Security Business at the RSA Conference in San Francisco

Berlin/San Francisco, February 22nd 2010 - 13 companies are heading to this year’s RSA conference, held in San Francisco from March 1st to 5th, to represent the German IT security industry. Contrary to broader economic trends, the IT security business expects strong growth in the coming years.

German IT security association TeleTrusT brings “IT security made in Germany” to the RSA conference, the world’s biggest IT security event. The association provides a 200 sqm joint booth for its members, hosts a German-American round table at the exhibition, a German session at the conference program and a reception at the German consulate general in San Francisco.
The round table on March 1th has German and American experts from enterprises such as Microsoft and amazon share their latest insights concerning “cloud security”. The German conference session will have users and solution providers discuss „Network Access Technology in Progress – how to manage, control and secure your complex IT Infrastructure“.
On Wednesday, March 3rd, TeleTrusT and the German consul general Peter Rothen invite experts from Germany, Europe and the United States as well as representatives of relevant user groups and public authorities to a “German evening” at the German general consulate in San Francisco.
Companies present at the joint German booth are art of defence GmbH, atsec information security GmbH, Federal Office for IT Security (BSI), CORISECIO GmbH, cv cryptovision Inc., FernUniversitaet Hagen, Fraunhofer Institut SIT, Infineon Technologies AG, KOBIL Systems GmbH, NCP engineering GmbH, Rohde & Schwarz SIT GmbH, secunet Security Networks AG, TUV Informationstechnik GmbH.
“IT Security made in Germany” RSA Conference 2010:
March 1st thru March 5th 2010, Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco (California), booth no. 1350, 1448, 1541.
Project coordination: Prof. Dr. Helmut Reimer

TeleTrusT Germany

TeleTrusT Deutschland e.V. was founded in 1989 as a non-profit association in Germany promoting the trustworthiness of information and communication technology in open systems environments. Today, TeleTrusT counts 100 members. Within the last 20 years TeleTrusT evolved to a well known and highly regarded competence network for applied cryptography and biometrics. In various TeleTrusT working groups ICT-security experts, users and interested parties meet each other in frequent workshops, round-tables and expert talks. The activities focus on reliable and trustworthy solutions complying with international standards, laws and statutory requirements. TeleTrusT is keen to promote the acceptance of solutions supporting identification, authentification and signature (IAS) schemes in the electronic business and its processes. TeleTrusT facilitates the information and knowledge exchange between vendors, users and authorities. Subsequently, innovative ICT-security solutions can enter the market more quickly and effectively. TeleTrusT aims on standard compliant solutions in an interoperable scheme. Keeping in mind the raising importance of the European security market, TeleTrusT seeks co-operation with European and international organisations and authorities with similar objectives.

Contact:

Dr. Holger Muehlbauer
TeleTrusT Germany
Chausseestraße 17
10115 Berlin
GERMANY
Tel.: + 49 30 / 40 05 43 10
holger.muehlbauer(at)teletrust.de
www.teletrust.de

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