The Gaming Standards Association has established and adopted a five-year strategic plan.
The plan upholds GSA’s mission to continue to be the leading voice of gaming industry standards, its commitment to the universal adoption of the ground-breaking G2S, GDS and S2S protocols and clearly outlines the organisation’s global goals in standards development and adoption up until 2017.
GSA president Peter DeRaedt said: “Since 1998, GSA has been internationally recognised as the standards-setting organisation by and for the industry. Now in this five-year plan we set specific goals, acknowledge key industry trends and lay out a clear path to ensure that we have the right standards in place.”
The 2013-2017 strategic plan reaffirms GSA’s commitment to the continued development, implementation and certification of existing standards and includes the creation of an improved lifecycle roadmap for standards development and increased collaboration with stakeholders to drive adoption.
In addition, the organisation will continue to build its recognised brand in the industry and examine collaboration with both US regulators and European regulators related to online gaming messaging standards. The organisation will further address the potential development of standards for the Player User Interface and the creation of a central repository for software authentication information. GSA will launch a new online gaming committee to provide leadership driving standards in the online space.
“This is a crucial time in the history of the industry,” DeRaedt said. “Technology is converging across platforms and disciplines and this creates new opportunities for operators and suppliers, as well as challenges for regulators and testing labs. GSA membership has never been more important for all of these groups and we firmly believe that our five-year strategic plan clearly illustrates why participation in GSA is vital to future success.”
