Augmented Reality for Enterprise Alliance

Security Committee

Charter

The AREA Security Committee focuses on defining, evaluating, and improving security best practices for enterprise augmented reality (AR) and extended reality (XR) applications. Our goal is to ensure that AR/XR technologies are secure, resilient, and compliant with industry standards and regulatory frameworks.

The committee’s mission includes:

  • Developing security frameworks for AR/XR deployment, covering data privacy, authentication, device management, and compliance.
  • Providing guidance on security threats and vulnerabilities, including network risks, unauthorized access, and AI-driven security challenges.
  • Collaborating with industry experts, researchers, and regulatory bodies to align AR security with broader IT security strategies.
  • Providing actionable security recommendations for hardware and software vendors, enterprises, and government organizations.

Reasons to participate

  1. Attend informative security committee meetings, webinars and projects
  2. Contribute to understanding and advancement of security for enterprise AR technologies
  3. Gain early access to best practices and approaches to addressing AR security
  4. Connect with peers leading efforts and addressing AR security in the enterprise
  5. Learn how other AREA members are addressing AR security AR in enterprise environments
  6. Demonstrate thought leadership with other AREA members and the enterprise AR ecosystem

Current Activities

The AREA Security Committee is actively addressing key security challenges in enterprise AR and XR deployments, with ongoing initiatives focusing on device security, mobile device management, vulnerability research, and enterprise compliance.

  1. Mobile Device Management (MDM)
    • Evaluating MDM solutions for enterprise AR/XR devices to ensure security, data protection, and compliance with IT policies.
    • Developing best practices for secure MDM implementation
    • Gathering industry feedback through an ongoing MDM survey, with analysis of adoption trends, challenges, and enterprise needs.
  2. Security Maturity Model (SMM)
    • Finalizing the AR Security Maturity Model (SMM), a framework to help enterprises measure and enhance their security capabilities.
    • Creating a self-assessment tool that allows organizations to evaluate their current and target security maturity levels.
    • Aligning AR security best practices with global standards
  3. Industry Engagement, Webinars & Thought Leadership
    • Hosting security-focused webinars covering enterprise AR security, best practices, and real-world case studies.
    • Collaborating with Object Management Group (OMG) on security research and innovation.
    • Organizing discussions at AREA events (Reston, UK Summit, AWE Vienna) to advance AR security frameworks.
    • Publishing security white papers on secure deployment strategies, MDM best practices, and security maturity modeling.

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