Road show update

The 2011 road show has finished. All participant organisations are now using the AusCERT Certificate Services Manager (CSM). Thanks to everyone who attended a road show session!

Key dates

The rollout of the Certificate Service Manager, commencing from 24 October 2011, will provide full access to the AusCERT certificate service subscription options, including for SSL, personal and code signing certificates.

However, before POs can access the CSM, and gain full access to the certificate services, there are a number of dates by which POs must take action in order to participate in the CSM workshops in October and November 2011.

The following dates are important and require action:

AusCERT stops issuing certificates on behalf of POs using centralised process commencing 24 October 2011

In accordance with a staggered schedule (outlined below) ** AusCERT stops issuing certificates on behalf of POs through the current centralised process from 24 October 2011. Instead, all POs with signed AusCERTCS Agreements will use the CSM to manage certificate life cycle and issue certificates through the self-provisioning web interface.

AusCERT will continue to provide a role as the sub-CA to independently verify the identity of organisations, authorisation of account administrators, and domain control or ownership, and provide other support for the CS.

POs must sign the AusCERT CS Participant Organisation Agreement by 31 October 2011

At present (3 October 2011), 27 POs that have signed the AusCERT CS Participant Organisation Agreement agreement and are eligible for full access to the Certificate Service. There are currently 12 POs, that have not signed the agreement.

If your organisation has not signed an agreement and wishes to:

• ensure continuity of service to manage existing AusCERT CS certificates
• obtain full access to the Certificate Service benefits
• attend the CSM workshop in your region

please sign the agreement no later than 31 October 2011. The Participant Organisation Areement and Schedule 1 can be downloaded from http://cs.auscert.org.au/repository

POs must ensure that Schedule 1 of the Subscriber Agreement is up to date and signed before attending the workshop

Only authorised RAOs and DRAOs are allowed to attend the CSM workshop. Authorised RAOs and DRAOs will be given administrator access to the CSM and hence must be previously authorised by the organisations to do so, and aware of their roles and responsibilities.

Hence, if there are changes to staff roles in your organisation, please send a signed and updated and Schedule 1 to AusCERT CS, no later than the dates below. *

POs must make a decision about SMIME key escrow before enrolment to use the CSM occurs

For guidance about whether your organisation should enable key escrow, please read the guide prepared by AusCERT. Please note this decision is permanent and cannot be changed once an organisation has been enrolled in the CSM. After the cut-off dates for notification (listed below) AusCERT will configure organisations with the recommended NO escrow option if an explicit notification has not been received. Escrow functionality, with some limitations, will still be available to organisations adopting this configuration.

See the following schedule of dates by which decisions must be made. You will note that the decision must be made before the CSM workshop occurs to enable AusCERT time to create accounts based on the requested organisational settings.

Participant Organisations from	Notify AusCERT of escrow decision and register by *	**Date when AusCERT will cease issuing SSL certificates on behalf of POs	CSM workshop dates (Roadshow)	CSM workshop venue
Queensland and Northern Territory	Tuesday, 18 October 2011	Monday, 24 October 2011	Monday, 24 October 2011	Brisbane
NSW and ACT	Thursday, 20 October 2011	Tuesday, 25 October 2011	Thursday, 27 October 2011	Sydney
Victoria and Tasmania	Thursday, 27 October 2011	Monday, 31 October 2011	Thursday, 3 November 2011	Melbourne
South Australia	Tuesday, 8 November 2011	Friday, 11 November 2011	Tuesday, 15 November 2011	Adelaide
New Zealand	Wednesday, 16 November 2011	Friday, 18 November 2011	Tuesday, 22 November 2011	Auckland
Western Australia	Wednesday, 23 November 2011	Friday, 25 November 2011	Tuesday, 29 November 2011	Perth

Roadshow schedule - Certificate Service Manager (CSM) workshop

POs interested in participating in the roadshow workshop should check the dates below for the dates best suited to their geographical location.

City	Date	Venue	Attendance eligible for
Brisbane	Monday, 24 October 2011	Cliftons, 288 Edward Street, Brisbane	POs from Queensland and Northern Territory
Sydney	Thursday, 27 October 2011	Cliftons, 190-200 George Street, Sydney	POs from NSW and ACT
Melbourne	Thursday, 3 November 2011	Cliftons, Level 1, 440 Collins Street, Melbourne	POs from Victoria and Tasmania
Adelaide	Tuesday, 15 November 2011	Cliftons, Level 1, 80 King William Street, Adelaide	POs from South Australia
Auckland	Tuesday, 22 November 2011	Room 406 (street level), Engineering School, Auckland University, Symonds Street, Auckland	POs from New Zealand
Perth	Tuesday, 29 November 2011	Cliftons, Australia Place, Cnr St Georges Tce & William St, Enter at 15-17 William St, Perth	POs from Western Australia

Workshops are free and will run from 10 am to 4 pm. Lunch, morning and afternoon tea is included.

Registration process

Each workshop has capacity for a maximum of 30 attendees. The spots for each PO will vary from region to region. As such we may need to vary the numbers each PO can have based on their subscription model and number of POs within that state/geographical region. We will update this page with further details of limits. However, where possible we will accommodate requests for places.

Attendance at the workshop is restricted to authorised RAOs and DRAOs where AusCERT has received a completed and signed schedule naming the authorised RAOs and DRAOs. To register your interest in attending your nearest/local workshop, please send an email to auscertcs@uq.edu.au with details of the names of the authorised RAOs or DRAOs you wish to attend. Register by the dates above. * As a guide AusCERT will allocate spaces according to the following guide:

Enterprise plus	3 - 4 places, depending on availability
Enterprise	2 - 3 places, depending on availability
Economy SSL	1 place
Economy personal	1 place

If certain workshops have less demand than others for places, there may be the opportunity to modify, the places that some POs are allocated.

Based on overall demand for attendance at each workshop, and where a PO has a AusCERT CS Participant Organisation Agreement in place, AusCERT will notify POs that their registration is confirmed the day after registration closing dates. *