According to Raj Samani, CAMM's founder, the move follows the publication of the report on ‘Business Assurance for the 21st Century’ by a consortium of leading information security organisations and forms part of a plan to develop a security design and implementation strategy for businesses.
The project will, he says, result in the development of a global repository that allows organisations to advertise their information assurance maturity for the services they provide.
This approach, he claims, will make it easier for potential customers of these services to select suppliers and partners based on the maturity of their information assurance practices.
“Any organisations with an interest in information assurance, and the provision of a transparent service to end customers can contribute to this effort”, he said, adding that the deadline for registrations for the initial stage of the project is the end of September.
CAMM says that the business assurance project has received support from the Shared Assessments Program; the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA); the Information Security Forum (ISF); the Payment Card Industry (PCI); the Shared Cloud Industry Forum; and ISACA.
Participant organisations that join the project group, says Samani, will have a direct input on the development of a document to describe the governance over the global repository – and a project plan for the implementation of the repository.
There is, he adds, no charge for participation in the project, and participation in the group is entirely voluntary.
Organisations that are interested in participating should email their organisations name, a summary of their organisation and their contact details to enquiries@third-party-assurance.com by the end of the month.