AV Trust has launched as a non-profit organisation designed to advance cybersecurity across the commercial AV and unified communications industry through education, research, and the communication of vulnerabilities and security standards frameworks.
Founded in Westfield, Indiana, the organisation is designed to serve as an independent resource for identifying, cataloguing, and communicating security vulnerabilities and best practices in AV and unified communications systems.
AV Trust was established by three founding members: Douglas Schaefer, who serves as president; Colin Birney, vice president and treasurer; and Frank Padikkala, secretary.
The organisation is currently seeking council members from both the cybersecurity and AV communities to serve across three areas: a Secretariat Council to coordinate vulnerability disclosure and communication; a Standards Council to evaluate and create cybersecurity standards; and an Education & Events Council to develop educational resources and events. AV Trust is also seeking financial support from AV industry companies to fund ongoing operations, security-related events, standards development, and security research.
Doug Schaefer, president of AV Trust, said: “The AV industry has evolved over time to embrace a more connected architecture, but our security practices haven’t kept pace. We created AV Trust to change that by bringing the same vulnerability disclosure and security standards frameworks to AV that have protected traditional IT for decades.”
Further information is available at avtrust.org.
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