Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 11:36:35 -0500 From: Chet Uber <eidetic@MINDSPRING.COM> Subject: Call for Presentations To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM --=====================_54415126==_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed --=====================_54415126==_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" SECOND NOTICE - EXTENSION OF DATES CALL FOR PAPERS OVERVIEW NEbraskaCERT presents CERT Conference 2000, in Omaha, Nebraska. The conference will provide an opportunity to participate in the leading international conference addressing data integrity and computer system survivability issues. The goal of this vital conference will be to explore technologies that will take us into the future such as information assurance, infrastructure protection, and asset protection in open environments. Share lessons learned, explore innovative solutions, experience hands-on workshops, and take away knowledge to apply to your unique circumstances. This conference will provide essential information to all those involved with or those who have an interest in data integrity and computer system security issues. This conference brings together experienced practitioners and managers that are willing to share their experience and what they have learned. You will have the opportunity to benefit from proven techniques, methods, and technologies from both a technical and management viewpoint. Exhibits will be featured from companies leading the way in new technology as well as educational sessions and leading authorities as keynote speakers in system security. You will leave this conference ready to take on the information security challenges of the future. Attendees will include CEOs, CIOs, Chief Security Officers, Security Administrators, IT Auditors, Network Administrators, E-Commerce Project Managers, IT Educators, IT Managers, System Administrators, IT Professionals, and anyone who uses the internet at home or work. The conference is a three day event, two days of tutorials and three days of technical sessions including refereed paper presentations, invited talks, and panel discussions. Technical sessions The focus of the conference is on the most recent practical advances in computer security in all its aspects. The Program Committee is soliciting original papers analyzing, among other topics, methodologies for drafting security policies, recent intrusion techniques, describing experiences in building incident response capabilities, working security architectures, pros and cons of both commercial and experimental pro-active security tools. The presentation of new security tools and methodologies, when their actual effectiveness and applicability are shown, is also welcome. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: * security policy writing * risk analysis * international legal issues * computer forensics * liability issues * legal and administrative issues in incident handling * competition, espionage, information warfare * vulnerability analysis and advisory process * coordinating international incidents * intrusion detection, response, and analysis * building perimeter defenses * secure network administration * building security infrastructures against internal attacks * securing operating systems * experiences with virus/antivirus * experiences with commercial security tools * Java/ActiveX security * proactive security tools * Internet service providers and security * programming securely * collecting evidences * experience with PKI's Tutorial Submission Two tutorial tracks are planned. One oriented to IT managers will deal with topics such as drafting a security policy, computer forensics, setting up a PKI. The second track is oriented to technical staff and will provide information on security tools, designing security architectures, monitoring tools and web security, etc. Proposals are solicited from individuals interested in giving a tutorial. Tutorials may be half or full day in length and cover topics at an introductory or advanced level. Proposals for tutorials should be submitted to the following address: proposals@nebraskacert.org and should include an extended abstract describing the topic and objectives, a detailed outline of the content, a description of the intended audience, a biography of the speaker(s), and an indication of length (full or half day). Individuals interested in submitting tutorial proposals are encouraged to contact the Program Chair before the deadline to discuss the proposed content. Panel Submission Panels are solicited that examine innovative, controversial, or otherwise provocative issues of interest. Panel proposals should not exceed 3 pages, including biographical sketches of the panelists. Potential panel organizers should contact the Program Chair. Paper Submission Authors are invited to submit papers, preferably in Post Script or PDF format, RTF and HTML are also accepted, whose length does not exceed 15 double spaced typeset pages. All paper submissions will be handled electronically. Authors should e-mail a version of their full paper to proposals@nebraskacert.org. In addition, authors should separately send via e-mail title, author names and full address, specifying the corresponding author, and abstract of their paper to the Program Chair. Authors will receive an immediate notification of the successful receipt of the file containing their paper. Subsequently, a formal notification will be sent after verifying that the paper can be printed successfully. Papers will be evaluated by the program committee based on their quality and relevance. Each paper will be reviewed by three independent reviewers, whose reviews will be relayed to the corresponding author. All submissions are held in the highest confidentiality prior to publication in the proceedings. Papers submitted after the deadline will not be accepted unless an extension has been granted. Authors must obtain employer, client, or government releases prior to submitting the final manuscript. Accepted papers will be presented during the conference and will be published in the conference proceedings. The proceedings are provided free of charge to conference attendees. Additional copies will be available for purchase at the conference. Chair: Leah Pietron, PhD. Associate Professor College of IS&T, University of Nebraska, Omaha Tracks, Tutorials & Papers Committee: chet.uber@NEbraskaCERT.org IMPORTANT DATES Abstract Submission Deadline: June 30, 2000 Notification of Acceptance: July 30, 2000 Final Version Due: August 15, 2000 --=====================_54415126==_--