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This table outlines the work plan for the SECURe project over its lifetime. The table will be updated appropriately as the project progresses. For details of reports and associated documents, please see the deliverables section.

Month Activities
Nov-2002 Project Plan; Audit of existing data/directory resources; Review of parallel projects and case-studies; Specification for key-carrier procurement; Public SECURe website.
Dec-2002 Key-carrier procurement; Assessment of alternative products for CA management, key-repository; Implement required directory attributes.
Jan-2003 Review of parallel projects; Key-carrier decision & purchase; Recruit key-carrier pilot group.
Feb-2003 Negotiate Shibboleth access with EBSCO, Elsevier, JSTOR, EDINA and other potential external resource suppliers.
Mar-2003 Implement CA, issuing, revocation services; Implement key-carrier interfaces.
Apr-2003 Develop institutional (resource license) profiling service.
May-2003  
Jun-2003 Preparation for full rollout of PKI/CA services.
Jul-2003  
Aug-2003 Evaluation of infrastructure; Reporting to JISC & LSE committees.
Sep-2003 Decision by LSE on sustaining PKI infrastructure.
Oct-2003 Full rollout of PKI/CA services.
Nov-2003 Design shared-services model.
Dec-2003   
Jan-2004 Security evaluation of cross-domain communications.
Feb-2004 Assessment of key-carrier product(s) and interfaces.
Mar-2004 Published JISC IE Shared-services model; Beta-release of IE shared services to other institutional users.
Apr-2004 Evaluation of long-term CA issues; Reporting to JISC & LSE committees.
May-2004 Software package release.
Jun-2004 Final evaluation report.
Jul-2004 Decision by LSE on full-cost adoption of PKI infrastructure.
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