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State of Georgia and PKI. Art Vandenberg Director, Advanced Campus Services Information Systems & Technology Georgia State University Avandenberg@gsu.edu. GTA Mission. Georgia Technology Authority (GTA) www.gagta.org Estab. July 2002 by Georgia General Assembly
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State of Georgia and PKI Art Vandenberg Director, Advanced Campus Services Information Systems & Technology Georgia State University Avandenberg@gsu.edu HE PKI Summit 2002
GTA Mission • Georgia Technology Authority (GTA) • www.gagta.org • Estab. July 2002 by Georgia General Assembly • Set direction for the state’s use of technology • Statewide policies and standards • Oversees technology purchasing • Reviews new technology projects • Manages large projects HE PKI Summit 2002
Governor’s vision for eGovernment • Customer Focus • Online Convenience • New Infrastructure • IT Reliability • Privacy & Security HE PKI Summit 2002
Strategic Plan • Initiative 1: State Government Portal • DMV, Health & Human Services… • Initiative 2: World-Class Telecommunications Infrastructure • Local and long distance phone service • Local area networks, desktop and portable computing • Two-way video transmission • Point-to-point video signal “narrowcasts” • High-speed data transmissions, Internet access • Mobile short messaging, including alphanumeric paging • Distribution of television and radio broadcasts • Two-way interoperable radio service • Mobile data communications, wireless PC comm HE PKI Summit 2002
Strategic Plan • Initiative 3: IT Reliable Utility • New Data Center, Simplify Computing Platforms (standards) • Leadership & Management • Disaster Recovery • Standards for Interoperability • Initiative 4: Assure Privacy & Security: Government as Trusted Partner • HOPE Scholarship Case • Centralizing Security • Concerted Approach (SSN examples) • Human Factors (awareness training not just hardware solutions) • Security & Common Sense HE PKI Summit 2002
E-Strategy Group(Standards) April 2002 • Operating System (O/S) - Desktop, Laptop/Notebook • 32-bit operating system, GUI, Intel compatible • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional • Office Suite • Microsoft Office XP Professional • Electronic Mail – Messaging • Client: Microsoft Outlook 2000 • Server: Microsoft Exchange • NOTE: S/MIME should be integrated as soon as a security infrastructure is in place to handle public keys HE PKI Summit 2002
E-Strategy Group(Standards) April 2002 • Operating System – File and Print Server • Kerberos V5 • RFC 2131: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol • X.509v3 Digital Certificates • RFC 2136 Dynamic DNS • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Family HE PKI Summit 2002
E-Strategy Group(Standards) April 2002 • Network Services - Network Directory Services • Protocol - X.500 • Support of LDAP version 3. • IP based Domain Naming System • Support for Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) certificates (X.509) • Microsoft Active Directory • Justification • Active Directory is the native directory for Windows 2000 network. A metadirectory will be used to tie Active Directory with other directories in the State. HE PKI Summit 2002
E-Strategy Group(Standards) April 2002 • Application Development Platforms • Approved Standard(s): • Java 2 Enterprise Edition • Microsoft .NET • Justification • State of Georgia Enterprise Architecture is a service-based architecture dependent upon the web services protocol. • At present only Java 2 Enterprise Edition and Microsoft .NET development platforms support web services for communication. HE PKI Summit 2002
Bumps in the Road • July 12, 2002 - GTA seeks new Proposals • Due to prospects of MCI WorldCom, Inc., one of two bidders on the project known as the Converged Communications Outsourcing Project (CCOP) • So… PKI still down the road… HE PKI Summit 2002
Research & Education’sRole • University System loosely associated with GTA • Not an administrative agency per se • University System Office “looks to research universities…” • Cf. Georgia State University & PKI • NMI Integration testbed • Shibboleth & Statewide Libraries (EBSCO etc..) • GRIDS and certificates… • PKI Lite • S/MIME…? • Cf. Georgia Tech & PKI • CREN & VPN… HE PKI Summit 2002
E-Strategy Group(Standards) April 2002 • Application Development Platforms • Approved Standard(s): • Java 2 Enterprise Edition • Microsoft .NET • Justification • State of Georgia Enterprise Architecture is a service-based architecture dependent upon the web services protocol. • At present only Java 2 Enterprise Edition and Microsoft .NET development platforms support web services for communication. HE PKI Summit 2002