Implementing sensitive but unclassified security, today-a workshop proposal

The status of unclassified systems security in the US and how that status can be changed are discussed. The problem is outlined from the manufacturer's and the user's points of view. The problems of an overwhelmingly large base of installed telecommunications and computer products, of the lack of cost-effective, secure platforms, and of the lack of a systematic security market are addressed. Particular attention is given to the work of the Corporation for Systemic Security Today (CSST), a nonprofit corporation with a charter to improve today's computer systems security. The objectives of CSST are a cooperative work style, a focus on today's expansion of markets in order to lower prices, and fast response. The basic CSST charter is summarized.<>