Education / Programming & Training
Mission - To develop educational priorities and strategies to provide actionable and prescriptive advise to members, business and industry through collaborative efforts and events with other OTA committees and OTA member organizations.

Chair: Jeff Wilbur, VP Marketing, Iconix (Board Member Emeritus)

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Email Authentication
Mission - To develop, maintain and promote the global adoption of OTA deployment guidelines for email authentication standards and best practices, including but not limited to the use of DKIM, SPF, MARF and ADSP.  

Chair: Tim Draegen, Agari
Co-Chair: Paul Midgen, Microsoft Corporation

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Ecosystem Security
Mission - To advance best practices to secure data and email infrastructure including service providers and interactive marketers systems from abuse and to promote data stewardship.  See Security by Design framework and guidelines,

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Infrastructure
Mission - To advance DNS best practices, including but not limited to DNSSEC, to help protect critical infrastructure from exploits and vulnerabilities and increase resiliency, supporting identity, authentication, brand protection, anti-fraud and trust mechanisms.  Scope includes tracking adoption, highlighting both current and emerging best practices, developing business and technical value propositions and providing tools, outreach and resources to advance adoption. OTA discussion list for OTA members who are service or cloud providers and concerned about the integrity and security of their services and supply chain. All information discussed is considered OTA member confidential.

Chair: Tim Rohrbaugh, CISO, Intersections Inc. (Board Member)

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International
Mission - To stimulate the international online trust discussion by creating partnerships and cooperating with stakeholders worldwide (e.g. governmental bodies, consumer and industry organizations, thought leaders and multiple disciplines within companies). Online trust is an international issue that transcends individual interests and geographical boundaries. OTA provides a worldwide perspective on best practices around online trust. Representatives from OTA are regularly invited to engage in policy discussions and to speak at international events. 

Co-Chair: Andreas Ohrbeck, Secunia (Denmark) (Steering Committee Member)
Co-Chair: Casper Schoute, Reputy, Netherlands, (Member)

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Public Policy & Legislation
Mission - As the advocacy arm of the OTA, the Public Policy Committee works with industry, government, and consumer groups to promote the global adoption of legislation, regulation, self-regulation, technologies and best practices designed to enhance online safety, privacy and trust.  Building on the OTA's founding mission and unique membership, the committee facilitates mutual respect, and effective communication and collaboration between all online stakeholders.

Chair: Don Blumenthal
Co-Chair: Tom Bartell, Return Path

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