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

Varant MeguerditchianGeneral Manager Stakeholder Engagement

varant.meguerditchian@standards.org.au www.standards.org.au