Isode will work with several leading companies to create a common XML security policy information file (SPIF) format.
With the help of Cadmidium, Clearswift, CommPower, eB2Bcom, JSC, Nexor and SMHS, Isode hopes to encourage vendors to use a new system of security labels to exchange information.
The use of a single SPIF allows security labels to be displayed and handled consistently, and makes the management of security policy easier.
There are currently two standardised SPIF formats: SDN.801c, which was created by the US National Security Agency in 1999, and X.841, an ITU-T format de…