Date:         Sat, 18 Mar 2000 17:30:46 -0700
From: mea culpa <jericho@DIMENSIONAL.COM>
Subject:      [ISN] 16TH ACSAC - CALL FOR PAPERS
To: ISN@SECURITYFOCUS.COM

Forwarded From: Jay Kahn <jkahn@mitre.org>

                               Call for Papers
                                www.acsac.org

16th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC)
December 11 - 15, 2000,
Sheraton Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana


ACSAC is an internationally recognized conference for experts in
information system security to exchange practical ideas about solving
critical security problems. The following topic areas are of
potential interest to ACSAC.

   *  Internet technologies
   *  Electronic commerce
   *  Intrusion detection and response / audit and audit reduction
   *  Network management and smart card applications
   *  Mobile computing
   *  Legal and ethical concerns over protecting intellectual property
   *  Incident response planning - governmental and other perspectives
   *  New paradigms for protecting electronic intellectual capital
   *  Securing very high-speed telecommunications (e.g., ATM)
   *  Defensive information warfare
   *  Software safety and program correctness
   *  Security in health care and law enforcement
   *  Crypto, key management, and digital signature applications

TECHNICAL PAPERS We encourage technical papers that relate to any of
the above topics or other applications of computer security. Papers
will be refereed prior to selection and one author will be expected
to present at the conference. Format of submission is explained on
our web site: www.acsac.org/sub/PaperSubmission.html.

STUDENT PAPERS Student papers can compete for best paper prizes and
student conference scholarships are also provided.

PANEL SESSIONS  Panel discussions are always an important part of the
conference since they promote a lively dialogue with all attendees
and the panel members. Be sure to see our discussion page at
http://members.boardhost.com/ACSACPanels/ If you have an idea for a
panel or forum, see our web site for details:
http://ww.acsac.org/sub/panels/PanelsFora.html

CASE STUDIES  Again this year we will have a track devoted to
actual applications where real world problems have been solved.
Vendors, systems integrators, and users can share knowledge and we
will also have a display area to complement this portion of the
conference. For details, see our web site:
www.acsac.org/sub/casestudies.html

An ACSAC tutorial is short course whose goal is to teach about some
aspect of Computer Security.  Tutorials are either full day (6
instruction hours) or half day (3 instruction hours). For details,
see our web page at http://www.acsac.org/sub/tutorials/tutsub.html

The deadline for submitting papers and panels, and tutorials is MAY
12, 2000, and the DEADLINE for Case Study proposals is MAY 30, 2000.

We expect about 250 attendees, with about 70% industry, 20%
government, and 10% academia. Last year approximately half the papers
submitted were from outside the US and we have growing mix of
attendees from outside the US. It's a mixture of practitioners,
researchers, engineers, etc.

Got a question?  See the FAQ on our web page at http://www.acsac.org,
or email Publicity_Chair@acsac.org

Make your plans now to join us in New Orleans!  Never been there
before?  Check out http:// www.neworleans.com

See us at              www.acsac.org

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Jay Kahn                       ACSAC Publicity Chairman
telephone   703-883-6622       c/o The MITRE Corporation,
secretary   703-883-6876       1820 Dolley Madison Blvd, MS W424
facsimile   703-883-1397       McLean, VA 22102-3481

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