Attention:
To Members and Friends of DC SIGAda
Please forward to friends/colleagues in the Baltimore/DC Area.
Next Meeting:
Our Next Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, 9 October 2003, as a
Joint Meeting of the Baltimore and DC SIGAda Chapters. Mr.
Steve Grimaldi and Mr. Victor Giddings will be speaking on
"Real-time Multiple Independent Levels of Security (MILS) CORBA:
High Assurance Security for Real-time, Distributed Systems".
The presentation will start at 7:30 P.M. (Refreshments and Social at
7:00 P.M.) at the new MITRE2 Building in McLean, Virginia.
Title: Real-time MILS CORBA: High Assurance Security
for Real-time, Distributed Systems
Abstract:
A frequent requirement in mission-critical systems is the need for
high-assurance security. MILS security represents an evolutionary
approach to building secure systems with many concepts that depart
from, and some concepts derived from, the older Bell-LaPadula
theories on secure systems (which form the foundation of the DoD
Orange Book). The interaction of CORBA and MILS security is not
addressed by the existing CORBA Security specification, since the
CORBA specification does not address multilevel security and
provides a overly wide trust model. This presentation will describe
an initiative to integrate and standardize Realtime CORBA with
MILS.
Presenters:
1. Steve Grimaldi
Steve Grimaldi, Chief Operating Officer and Director of Engineering
of Objective Interface Systems, Inc., spearheads the initiatives of
the company's cross-functional teams of sales, marketing,
engineering, customer service and business development. Steve
joined Objective Interface in 1998 as the Director of Engineering.
As Director of Engineering, Steve guided the development of the
ORBexpress™ product line while playing a major role in business
development and marketing. Steve has spent the last twenty years
involved in the research and development of real-time and
distributed systems. Steve earned a Bachelor's of Science in
Computer Science from the University of Maryland and has over 20
years experience in both engineering and business development for
companies such as Booz-Allen & Hamilton and Arinc Research. His
coordinates are:
Steve Grimaldi
Chief Operating Officer and Director of Engineering
Objective Interface Systems
13873 Park Center Road, Suite 360
Herndon, VA, 20171-3247
Phone: +1 (703) 295-6522
FAX: +1 (703) 295-6501
Email: [log in to unmask]
2. Victor Giddings
Victor Giddings is a Senior Product Engineer with Objective
Interface Systems, Inc. in Reston, VA. After joining Objective
Interface in 1994, he has been responsible for architecting,
designing, and implementing the products in the ORBexpress line of
high-performance, real-time CORBA Object Request Brokers.
While contributing to all aspects of the product development, Mr.
Giddings brings expertise in hard-realtime systems and scheduling
techniques.
Victor received a Master of Science with Honors from Johns
Hopkins University in 1984 and an A.B. from Cornell University in
1977. He is a member of the ACM and the IEEE Computer
Society. He has also participated in several IEEE POSIX ballot
groups. His coordinates are:
Victor Giddings
Senior Product Engineer
Objective Interface Systems
13873 Park Center Road, Suite 360
Herndon, VA, 20171-3247
Phone: +1 (703) 295-6500
FAX: +1 (703) 295-6501
Email: [log in to unmask]
Venue/Directions
MITRE2
Room 1N100 A/B
The MITRE Corporation
7515 Colshire Drive
McLean, Virginia 22102-7508
Directions:
MITRE2 is on Colshire Drive just inside the beltway south of Route
123. Colshire Road is known as "Scotts Xing" on the North side of
Route 123.
Colshire Road is located on Route 123, East of I-495 and West of
the Dulles Access Highway.
Going Northbound on 123 from I-495, Colshire Road is
located 2 stoplights on the right.
Going Southbound on 123 from the Dulles Access Highway,
Colshire Road is located at the first stoplight on the left.
Once on Colshire Road, MITRE2 is the building immediately in
front of you. A tiny traffic circle is designed to take you to the front
of MITRE2 and to MITRE1 (the Hayes Building). The directions
below route you to the parking garage behind the MITRE2 Building.
This is a logical left-hand turn at the traffic circle. After the turn,
MITRE2 will be on your right.
From I-495 south of Route 123 (Dolley Madison Boulevard):
1. Take Exit 46B (McLean, Route 123);
2. Go North onto Route 123;
3. Turn right onto Colshire Drive (at second light);
4. Take third right off of the small traffic circle;
(a logical left hand turn);
5. Proceed ~ 50 meters; Turn right into parking garage.
6. Visitor Parking is located on Levels 2 and 3
(the walkway to the lobby is on Parking Level 2)
7. If door is locked, contact Security using phone by door
(at entrance to MITRE2 from the Parking Garage)
8. Check in with Security at Security desk in lobby
(You will need a photo ID)
From Dulles Access Toll Road or I-495 north of the Dulles
Access Toll Road:
1. Take the Dulles Airport Access and Toll Road to Exit 19;
(From I-495, this is labeled "To East I-66");
2. Take Exit 19A;
(following signs to Route 123 South, Tysons Corner);
3. Bear right onto Route 123 (towards Tysons Corner)
4. Turn left onto Colshire Drive (at first light);
5. Take third right off of the small traffic circle;
(a logical left hand turn);
6. Proceed ~ 50 meters; Turn right into parking garage.
7. Visitor Parking is located on Levels 2 and 3
(the walkway to the lobby is on Parking Level 2)
8. If door is locked, contact Security using phone by door
(at entrance to MITRE2 from the Parking Garage)
9. Check in with Security at Security desk in lobby
(You will need a photo ID)
To obtain a map of MITRE2 Building and the MITRE Campus,
visit =>
http://www.acm.org/sigada/locals/dc/Directions_MITRE2.html.
Slides From Recent Presentations Available
At the last DC SIGAda meeting on 8 May 2003, Karl Nyberg of the
Grebyn Corporation gave an excellent presentation titled: Optical
Character Recognition (OCR) of Cryptographic Source Code.
Slides from his presentation are available online as a Powerpoint
Presentation at
http://www.acm.org/sigada/locals/dc/200305_OCR_of_Cryptographic_Source_Code.ppt
(ppt, 118KB).
At the last Baltimore SIGAda meeting on 9 September 2003, Currie
Colket and Bill Bail of The MITRE Corporation gave an excellent
presentation titled: Highlights of the 8th International Conference
on Reliable Software Technologies (Ada-Europe 2003) Slides from
their presentation are available online as a
http://www.acm.org/sigada/locals/dc/Ada_Europe_2003_20030909.ppt
(ppt, 21,347KB).
Please put on your calendar:
o 11 November 2003 (Tuesday) - The next meeting of the ACM
Baltimore SIGAda Chapter Meeting - Lester Sussman will be
speaking on Writing and Filing US Patents - From a Software
Perspective.
o 7-11 December 2003 - SIGAda 2003 will be held in San Diego,
California. Details at http://www.acm.org/sigada/conf/sigada2003
o 8 January 2004 (Thursday) - The next meeting of the ACM DC
SIGAda Chapter Meeting - TBD will be speaking on TBD.
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Business:
We will have light foods and refreshment at 7:00. The meeting
begins at 7:30 pm.
Many thanks to all earlier participants, contributors, speakers,
advisors, and friends, who are involved in helping to produce and
attend the meetings.
Please forward this message to people who might be interested in
attending. We welcome all new members as our attendance and
interests grow.
Consider registering for inclusion on our e-mail list. Registration
instructions are provided on the DC SIGAda Web site.
Jeff Castellow, Chair, DC SIGAda
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