BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Management, Inc. (DMI), a leading IT solutions and business strategy consulting firm, today announced that the company has been elected to join the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) Board of Directors as a Contributor Advisor for a one-year term. DMI will provide perspectives as an expert leader in the development of hardware-based security solutions and will advise the group on strategies to enhance trusted computing technologies and advocate for their broad adoption in products and solutions throughout the technology world.

Government and industry are increasingly in agreement that hardware-based cyber-defense techniques, central to Trusted Computing, are essential to safeguarding enterprise systems and intellectual property. The TCG is an international open industry standards organization that creates specifications based on a hardware root of trust for a variety of devices, applications and services. To date, more than a billion endpoints are protected with Trusted Computing technologies. As a TCG Board member, DMI joins industry leaders in advancing the state-of-the-art in cyber-defense, including: Advanced Micro Devices, Cisco, Dell, Fujitsu Ltd., Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Infineon Technologies AG, Intel Corporation, Juniper Networks, Lenovo Holdings Ltd., Microsoft and Wave Systems.

With a broad enterprise customer base in both government and industry and mobile service provider and technology partnerships across the industry, DMI brings a unique perspective to the TCG Board. DMI staff have more than thirty years of experience with the TCG and Trusted Computing. DMI is in a strong position to solicit requirements and feedback from customers that will be meaningful to the TCG. DMI is also able to use its position to drive TC adoption in the single most important market for Trusted Computing: the Federal Government.

DMI Contributions to TCG:
DMI is one of the most active TCG members. In addition to its new role on the TCG Board of Directors, DMI participates in or leads the definition of many of the key trusted computing standards in use today. DMI is actively involved in the following TCG Work Groups (WG): 

• Co-chair of the TPM WG
• Co-chair of the Trusted Mobility Solutions WG
• Co-founder of the Embedded Systems WG
• Co-founder and Chair of the Embedded Systems Hardcopy WG
• Contributor in the Mobile WG
• Contributor in the Security Evaluation WG
• Contributor in the PC Client WG
• Contributor in the TNC Operations WG
• Contributor in the TNC Adoption WG

"We are honored to have been selected to participate in the TCG at the Board level," said Sunny Bajaj, DMI's President and CEO. "We are firm believers in the need for cybersecurity rooted in hardware, and are encouraged to see increasing market demand for practical commercial Trusted Computing solutions. As a TCG Board member, DMI will be in an ideal position to influence the creation of real world solutions that address the world's most pressing cybersecurity problems."

About DMI

DMI is a leading provider of mobile solutions and services for smart devices. The company's commitment to superior services and solutions, including Strategic Consulting, Managed Services, Application Development, Mobility Solutions, and Cybersecurity Solutions, has resulted in dramatic growth and an expanding client base that includes all fifteen U.S. Federal Departments and scores of commercial clients. DMI is headquartered in Bethesda MD, with satellite and project offices around the world, and has been named one of the 50 Best Places to Work in the Washington DC area by the Washington Business Journal.

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