Craig Spiezle from the Online Trust Alliance is presenting at the Business Track at [Interact](http://www.messagesystems.com/interact "#MSInteract2011") right now, and he’s providing an overview of his organization’s Security By Design initiative.

### Security by Design Objectives

1.  _Provide an assessment framework for businesses to review their internal systems, processes and data management practices – for their own systems as well as their service providers._
2.  _Accelerate the development of a comprehensive security strategy, including security and privacy best practices for the capture, storage, transmission and use of customer, with the goal of enhancing consumer trust and confidence._

Read the entire document [right here (PDF)](https://otalliance.org/resources/security/OTA_Email_Security_Guidelines.pdf "OTA - Security By Design").