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2013 Online Trust Forum - Call For Papers & Sponsors

2013 Data Protection & Breach Readiness Guide Released

OTA Best Practices for Certificate Authorities
Leading Certificates Authorities Pledge Support
Raising the Bar on End-To-End Trust - A Guide for CA's & Their Customers

OTA Releases Multi-Stakeholder Botnet Notification White Paper
Remediation Workshop Planned for June 25/26 in Washington DC

2013 Honor Roll Methodology
Optimize Your Site Security & Privacy - Make the Grade!


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The Online Trust Alliance (OTA) is a non-profit with the mission to enhance online trust, while promoting innovation and the vitality of the internet. 

OTA’s goal is to help educate businesses, policy makers and stakeholders while developing and advancing best practices and tools to enhance the protection of users' security, privacy and identity. 

OTA supports collaborative public-private partnerships, benchmark reporting, meaningful self-regulation and data stewardship. More >


OTA Initiatives Working Committees

Anti-Malvertising - To develop and promote best practices, data sharing and solutions to help protect consumers and sites from malicious advertising.

Email Security & Authentication - To address deceptive email and spear phishing the committee works to promote adoption for email authentication standards and best practices for interactive marketers, ISPs, enterprise and government agencies.

Data Protection & Breach Readiness Planning - The development and advancement of best practices and prescriptive advice to enhance data protection practices and promote data loss and breach incident planning.

International - To stimulate the online trust by creating partnerships and cooperating with stakeholders worldwide. Online trust is an international issue that transcends individual interests, technology and geographical boundaries.

Privacy - To enhance consumer choice and control of the collection, use and sharing of their data, while promoting the value consumers received from data driven services.

Programming & Education - To develop educational priorities, strategies and curriculum including the OTA Academy, to provide actionable and prescriptive advice to help protect online brands, intellectual property and consumers.

Public Policy - As a 'voice of reason" the committee works across the ecosystem with industry, business, government and consumer groups to promote the adoption of balanced legislation, self-regulation and best practices.

SSL - To advance best practices in the SSL supply chain including CA best practices, Always On SSL and emerging solutions to help protect the integrity of SSL.

 
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