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Mr Varant MeguerditchianGeneral Manager, Stakeholder EngagementStandards Australia
Thursday 6 April 2017
The Blockchain Standards Initiative
Independent, not-for-profit, non-government
Represents Australia at the ISO and IEC
Driven by adding Net Benefit to Australia
A trusted partner of government, industry & community
Agenda and priorities driven by stakeholders
What we doFacilitate the development of internationally aligned Standards and other solutions that make a positive contribution to Australia
What we don’t doMake laws or regulations
Test or certify products or systems
About us
Recognised as Australia’s national standards body by the Australian Government
Australia’s representative at both:
International Blockchain Conference
6 April 2017ICC, Darling Harbour, Sydney
BlockchainWhat is it?
Blockchain, at the broadest level, is a digital platform that records and verifies transactions in a public and secure manner.
It is a decentralised, cryptography based solution with the potential to redefine transactions and the back-office of a multitude of different industries. It will remove the need for third-party ‘middlemen’ in many transactions.
Applications
Financial services; Consumer products
and services; Health; Government; Minerals and precious
stones; Real estate; Internet of things; and Business and SMEs.
Stakeholder interest
Supporting market confidence
Address blockchaintechnical challenges
Explore blockchainuse-cases
Why do we need standards?
SA submits proposal to ISO
ISO Members Vote
ISO TMB Approval
SA allocated the Secretariat
April September
2016June
SA = Standards Australia
Survey
Workshop & Recommendations Report
Australian Technical Committee Meeting IT-041 Blockchain
January March
2017February
SA = Standards Australia
Roadmap
Roadmap Report
1. Terminology2. Privacy and Identity3. Reference Architecture4. Interoperability5. Security6. Risk7. Governance
Priority List of Issues
Financial Services
Government Services
Supply Chain Management
Priority Use Cases
Observing Participating Secretariat
ISO/TC 307
Blockchain and electronic distributed ledger technologies
ISO/TC 307Standardisation of blockchains and distributed ledger technologies to support interoperability and data interchange among users, applications and systems.
ISO Blockchain Committee
The first meeting in Sydney 3 to 5 April 2017
Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies
Standardisation of blockchain technologies and distributed ledger technologies
ISO/TC 307 Title and Scope
1. Terminology Future WG
2. Taxonomy, Ontology and Reference Architecture AHG
3. Security AHG
4. Identity AHG
5. Smart Contracts AHG
6. Use Cases AHG
7. Governance (Future work stream)
8. Interoperability (Future work stream)
ISO/TC 307 work streams
ISO TC 292 Security and resilience
ISO TC 309 Governance
ISO/IEC JTC1 SC 27 IT Security techniques
ISO/IEC JTC1 SC 38 Cloud computing and distributed platforms
ISO/IEC JTC1 SC 40 IT Services management and IT governance
ISO/IEC JTC1 SC 41 Internet of Things and related technologies
ISO/TC 307 Liaisons
ISO/IEC JTC1 Information technology
ISO TC 46 Information and documentation
ISO TC 68 Financial Services
ISO/PC 308 Chain of Custody
ISO TC 262 Risk Management
ISO TC 295 Audit data collection
