Collaboration-oriented architecture

Collaboration Oriented Architecture (COA) is a computer system that is designed to collaborate, or use services, from systems that are outside of the operators control. Collaboration Oriented Architecture will often use Service Oriented Architecture to deliver the technical framework.

Collaboration Oriented Architecture is the ability to collaborate between systems that are based on the Jericho Forum principles or "Commandments".[1]

Bill Gates and Craig Mundie (Microsoft) [2][3] clearly articulated the need for people to work outside of their organizations in a secure and collaborative manner in their opening keynote to the RSA Security Conference in February 2007.

Successful implementation of a Collaboration Oriented Architecture implies the ability to successfully inter-work securely over the Internet and will typically mean the resolution of the problems that come with de-perimeterisation.

Origin of the term

The term Collaboration Oriented Architectures [4] was defined and developed in a meeting of the Jericho Forum at a meeting held at HSBC on 6 July 2007.

Definition of a Collaboration Oriented Architecture

The key elements that qualify a security architecture as a Collaboration Oriented Architecture are as follows;

Authentication in a Collaboration Oriented Architecture

Working in a collaborative multi-sourced environment implies the need for authentication, authorization and accountability which must interoperate / exchange outside of your locus / area of control.[5]

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