LONDON, March 31 /PRNewswire/ --

- Join Panel of Experts to Discuss 'Information Services and Infrastructure'

Wayne Grundy, Transglobal Secure Collaboration Program (TSCP) director, and Philippe Laflandre, TSCP vice chairman and head of secure information management programme at EADS, will discuss the progress made towards effective and secure information sharing at the 2nd annual Defence IT conference in London.

As cyber security threats continue to rise, the imperative to secure information shared between government and commercial organisations in the course of doing business grows. Defence IT offers a first-hand view of the challenges and provides a forum where all parties can discuss solutions.

Grundy and Laflandre will join representatives from the Air Force, Navy, Marines, Army, and UK MoD -- as well as various intelligence and cyber warfare agencies in attendance -- to discuss solutions that address the challenge of secure information sharing and share industry best practices.

WHAT: Panel Five: Information Services and Infrastructure WHO: Wayne Grundy, TSCP director and Philippe Laflandre, TSCP VP and head of program, secure information management, EADS WHEN: Thurs., April 2, 2009 11:30 - 13:00 GMT WHERE: Sixty One Whitehall, London

About TSCP

TSCP is the only government-industry partnership specifically focused on designing solutions to address the most critical issues facing the AD industry: mitigating the compliance, complexity, cost and IT security risks inherent in large-scale, multi-national collaborative programs. The TSCP was founded in 2002, and has delivered several specifications and guidance documents on securing AD supply chain data. The group today focuses on identity federation policies and governance. The TSCP is open to government organizations, prime contractors, integrators, suppliers and member trade groups. For more information, please visit www.tscp.org.

Rachel Round of Corporate Ink Public Relations for TSCP, +1-617-969-9192, rround@corporateink.com