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OVAL Board

Overview

The OVAL Board is an advisory body, which provides valuable input on OVAL to the Moderator (currently MITRE). While it is important to have organizational support for OVAL, it is the individuals who sit on the OVAL Board and their input and activity that truly make a difference. The Board’s primary responsibilities are to work with the Moderator and the Community to define OVAL, to provide input into OVAL’s strategic direction, and to advocate OVAL in the Community.

Each OVAL Board member is expected to meet the following requirements:

  • attend the quarterly board meetings (telephone calls)
  • provide input into OVAL’s strategic direction
  • actively follow both the discussion and developer email lists
  • provide expert advice about OVAL to the Community
  • look for opportunities to advocate OVAL in the Community

In addition to the above requirements, an OVAL Board member is expected to look for opportunities to include OVAL in his or her organization’s products.

In an effort to guard against organizational bias, a single organization may be represented by a maximum of two individuals with the expectation that one individual would be focused on strategic direction and the other individual would be focused more on technical decisions.

If you are interested in becoming an OVAL Board member email oval@mitre.org. Potential members should be participants in the Community before looking to join the OVAL Board. The OVAL Moderator has the final say regarding membership.

OVAL Board Members

Tool Vendors
AlterPoint, Inc.
Roger Castillo
ArcSight, Inc.
Raffael Marty
Assuria Limited
Nick Connor
BigFix, Inc.
Gregory Toto
Configuresoft, Inc.
Dennis Moreau
eEye Digital Security
Morey Haber
Harris Corporation
Bill Wall
Hewlett-Packard
Alex Quilter
Pai Peng
Lumension Security
Jon Lane
McAfee
Carl Banzhof
Kent Landfield
nCircle Network Security, Inc.
Jay Graver
Tim Keanini
NetClarity
Gary Miliefsky
NetIQ Corporation
Chan Yoon
Qualys, Inc.
Anton Chuvakin
Amol Sarwate
Secure Elements, Inc.
Andrew Bove
Scott Carpenter
ThreatGuard, Inc.
Robert Hollis
Randy Taylor
Operating System Vendors
Cisco Systems
William McVey
Debian
Javier Fernandez-Sanguino
Microsoft
Mark West
Red Hat
Mark Cox
Other Security Experts
Bastille Linux
Jay Beale
Booz Allen Hamilton
David Waltermire
Center for Internet Security
Nancy Whitney
Episteme
Michael Murray
National Security Agency (NSA)
Individual
Nils Puhlmann
Moderator
The MITRE Corporation


Upcoming OVAL Board Meetings

  • January 12, 2009
  • April 13, 2009
  • July 13, 2009
  • October 19, 2009


OVAL Board Meeting Minutes

Archives of Board meetings are available here for review and comment.

October 20, 2008 Teleconference PDF, 140k
July 14, 2008 Teleconference PDF, 90k
January 14, 2008 Teleconference
October 15, 2007 Teleconference
July 16, 2007 Teleconference
May 5, 2006 Teleconference
August 31, 2006 Teleconference
December 15, 2005 Teleconference
September 15, 2005 Teleconference
June 16, 2005 Teleconference
March 17, 2005 Teleconference
December 13, 2004 Teleconference
August 19, 2004 Teleconference
May 13, 2004 Teleconference
May 20, 2003 Teleconference

Page Last Updated: November 04, 2008

As the OVAL Moderator, The MITRE Corporation, created the OVAL Board, moderates Board discussions, and provides guidance throughout the process to ensure that OVAL serves the public interest.