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Homeland Open Security Technology (HOST) program

The Homeland Open Security Technology (HOST) program is designed to help federal, state and local government agencies realize technical, security and economic benefits made available through open source and open technology solutions. To facilitate the adoption of Open Technology Solutions, the HOST program addresses issues of IT governance, acquisition and deployment policy, Information Assurance (IA) evaluation and security, collaborative development and availability of OTS resources.



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During Phase 1, the HOST program will focus on five (5) specific tasks:

* 1) Establish a government-member Advisory Council;
* 2) Establish an OTS resource and information portal (GovernmentForge);
* 3) Facilitate development and adoption of resource information and standardized documentation formats for Open Technology Solutions important to national technology systems;
* 4) Establish an Information Assurance/Security and Vetting [IA/SV] Program for OTS; and,
* 5) Conduct NSS/OTS Development Community relations.

Collaborative partners include:

The University of Southern Mississippi
The Open Source Software Institute
Open Information Security Foundation

More Information:

HOST Announcement (June 1, 2009)
HOST Program Overview: 2009 - 2010 ..
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