USENIX Security '10 Program Now Available |
- USENIX Security '10 Program Now Available
- NASA's new FISMA approach and what it means for you
- Half of wireless networks unsecured in Queensland
- U.S. CyberCom launches with first commander
- [Dataloss Weekly Summary] Week of Sunday, May 16, 2010
| USENIX Security '10 Program Now Available Posted: InfoSec News: USENIX Security '10 Program Now Available: Forwarded from: Lionel Garth Jones <lgj (at) usenix.org> I am writing to invite you to attend the 19th USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security '10), taking place August 11-13, 2010, in Washington, DC. http://www.usenix.org/sec10/proga USENIX Security '10 brings together researchers, practitioners, system administrators, system programmers, and others interested in the latest advances in the security of computer systems and networks. The 3-day program includes: * Keynote address by Roger G. Johnston, Vulnerability Assessment Team, Argonne National Laboratory * Invited talks covering a number of timely topics, including: -- "Toward an Open and Secure Platform for Using the Web," by Will Drewry, Software Security Engineer, Google -- "Windows 7 Security from a UNIX Perspective," by Crispin Cowan, Senior Program Manager, Windows Core Security * 30 refereed papers that present new research in a variety of subject areas, including detection of network attacks, privacy, Internet security, and web security. * Thought-provoking discussions at the evening Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) sessions * A poster session full of provocative opinions, interesting preliminary work, and cool ideas that will spark discussion; to submit a poster, please send a 1-5 page proposal, in PDF or PostScript, to sec10posters (at) usenix.org by Friday, June 11, 2010 Whether you're a researcher, a system administrator, or a policy wonk, come to the 19th USENIX Security Symposium to find out how changes in computer security are going to affect you. * Discounts are available!* Help us promote!We look forward to seeing you in Washington, DC, August 11-13, 2010. For the USENIX Security '10 Program Committee, Ian Goldberg, University of Waterloo USENIX Security '10 Program Chair sec10chair (at) usenix.org P.S. Workshops will be held in conjunction with the main conference. EVT/WOTE '10 will take place August 9-10. CSET '10 and WOOT '10 will take place on August 9. CollSec '10, HotSec '10, HealthSec '10, and MetriCon 5.0 will take place on August 10. For more information, see: http://www.usenix.org/events/sec10/workshops.html |
| NASA's new FISMA approach and what it means for you Posted: InfoSec News: NASA's new FISMA approach and what it means for you: http://fcw.com/articles/2010/05/24/web-nasa-fisma-memo.aspx By Ben Bain FCW.com May 24, 2010 This year, NASA officials won't have to go through a traditional paper-based process for recertifying existing systems as compliant with security requirements, according to a notice from the agency's [...] |
| Half of wireless networks unsecured in Queensland Posted: InfoSec News: Half of wireless networks unsecured in Queensland: http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/technology/half-of-wireless-networks-unsecured-in-queensland/story-e6frep1o-1225870268562 By Robyn Ironside and Paul Donoughue The Courier-Mail May 24, 2010 THOUSANDS of Queensland homes and businesses are vulnerable to computer [...] |
| U.S. CyberCom launches with first commander Posted: InfoSec News: U.S. CyberCom launches with first commander: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13639_3-20005749-42.html By Lance Whitney Military Tech CNet News May 24, 2010 With Army Gen. Keith Alexander named as its first commander, U.S. Cyber Command has a challenging mission and Alexander a demanding job. Receiving a promotion to four-star general, Alexander on Friday was officially given the reins of U.S. Cyber Command by Defense Secretary Robert Gates during a ceremony in Fort Meade, Md. That signaled the initial launch of the division, which won't be up to full capability until October 1. The mission of U.S. Cyber Command, or CyberCom, is to synchronize the Defense Department's various networks and cyberspace operations to better defend them against the onslaught of cyberattacks. "Given our increasing dependency on cyberspace, this new command will bring together the resources of the department to address vulnerabilities and meet the ever-growing array of cyberthreats to our military systems," Gates said in a statement. Last June, Gates approved the birth of Cyber Command as a unified, subdivision of U.S. Strategic Command to manage the Defense Department's resources of 15,000 computer networks across 4,000 military bases in 88 countries. The launching of U.S. CyberCom had been stalled, awaiting Senate confirmation of Alexander. But with Senate approval having been cleared on May 7, CyberCom is now free to open for business. [...] |
| [Dataloss Weekly Summary] Week of Sunday, May 16, 2010 Posted: InfoSec News: [Dataloss Weekly Summary] Week of Sunday, May 16, 2010: ======================================================================== Open Security Foundation - DataLossDB Weekly Summary Week of Sunday, May 16, 2010 32 Incidents Added. ======================================================================== [...] |
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