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