Conference Architect Insight 2007, Introduction

150 delegates

Intro by Matt Deacon, Chief Architect Advisor, Microsoft UK

- OpenXML is an ECMA standard and MS wants it to be an ISO standard
- Signatures will be  submitted to the british council for approval

Ed Gibson, Chief Security Advisor, Microsoft UK
- X-Files, he is part of the conspiracy...
- Please keep out of my world
- It's all about the money, who would think in using an XBox to target children?
- The internet is not like the television: one-way street

Lord Errol
- We must take security seriously, Ed Gibson is right
- Walk on his work and some photos and jokes
- Some talk about working groups and legislative process
- He is concerned about: over-regulation and increasing power of the executive
- The citizen and the state: we must help citizens for their own good - light touch regulation
- Regulations are for your enemies
- Laws often fail to prevent what they probid
- Rules cannot control a complex system
- A complex system is not deterministic
- Rules only affect a few nodes and links: the law of unintended consequences
- IT Architects have a serious responsability
- We must protect the individual
 - DPA
 - Chinese Walls
 - Abnormal access

 - Unauthorized access
 - Social engineering
- Transformation Government:
 - Data sharing
 - Identity Management
 - Shared Services (procurement)
 - Prevention Of Crime
- Other Issues:
 - Personal Safety
 - Critical National Infrastructure
 - CMA - Hacker Tools
- Compliance
 - Osborne Haxley
- Political priorities
 - Identity is on the political agenda
 - e-Crime is climbing steadily
- What is the purpose of I.D
 - To help you and keep you safe
 - To facilitate business
- Central Government - Control - Unique ID
- Local Authorities - Delivery - Federated ID
- Internet - Assurance -
- Globalization
 - Web 2.0 and SaaS
 - Location of Data Store (Patriot Act, RIPA pt3 keys)
 - Mobile working and de-perimeterisation
 - Flexibility will give competitive advantage
- Professional Standards: who decides who should be qualified? It's hard to define the qualifications. People get obsessed with qualifications.
- The Architect: your insight will determine the acceptability and success of the interface between:
 - The Citizen
 - The SME
 - The Corporate
 - Governments
 - Globally
- Merlin Hay, Merlin Errol, www.lorderrol.com, www.secretsommelier.org, e@hay.org
- Works, works, what do you mean, governments do not work!

Matt Deacon
Architectural Role Capabilities:
- Call yourself and architect?
 - Strategic Architect
 - Enterprise ARchitect
 - Infrastructure Architect
 - Solution Architect
- In several areas:
 - Generic
 - Consultancy
 - Corporate
 - Vendor
- There are capabilities that we share in common, we will discuss it



Published Monday, March 05, 2007 1:06 PM by António Cruz
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March 5, 2007 7:59 PM
 

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