Bill McCrum

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TSACC Since GSC 8

• Bill McCrum
• Executive Secretary

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TSACC

• Established in 1991
• Provides Strategic Advice on Information and
  Communications Technology standards development
• Provides two-way communications between Industry
  and Government on ICT Standards Policies and
  Priorities

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TSACC Executive

• Chairman Jim MacFie,
• Nortel Networks
• Vice Chairman Michael Binder,
• Assistant Deputy Minister, Spectrum, Information
  Technologies and Telecommunications
• Executive Secretary Bill McCrum,
• Deputy Director General, Spectrum Engineering,
  Industry Canada
• TSACC Secretariat Howard Chatterton

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TSACCs Membership

• The membership of TSACC includes
• Representatives from the Canadian ICT sector
  including Telecommunications, Cable, Wireless,
  Equipment Manufacturers, Software developers and
  SDOs
• Representatives from various levels of government
• 100 members representing over 40 companies and 6
  Public Sector organizations
• Sponsors
• Industry Canada
• Standards Council of Canada
• Information Technology Association of Canada

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Partnership is key to success
JTC1
IETF
International
National
Privacy
Working Groups
GII
Security
E-Comm.
Beyond Connectedness
Conf. Assess.
CNO/ITU
Canadian JTC 1 Commitees
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TSACC Program Review

• Program review in 2003 to assess TSACCs future
  strategic directions.
• Key recommendations
• Stay the course as regards focusing on the
  strategic dimension of ICT standards
• Address standards impacts on Regulatory, Policy,
  Legal and Access issues
• Establish Task Groups to develop TSACCs views on
  standards under development internationally
• Short term, specific focus
• International standards alignment

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Key Areas of Interest

• Cybersecurity
• Voice over IP
• Next Generation Networks
• Broadband

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Key Areas of Interest (cont.)

• Cyber Security
• Telecom infrastructure protection
• Security frameworks
• Attack test suites
• Lawful intercept
• Privacy
• Voice over IP
• Security and vulnerability aspects
• ENUM
• Interworking

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Key Areas of Interest (cont.)

• Next Generation Networks
• Policy and regulatory impacts
• Architecture and protocol stacks
• Future standards directions
• Broadband
• Standards requirements for remote communities
• Wireless access standards
• ICT standards for Health Care
• E-learning and E-commerce standards