[PLUG] USENIX Security Symposium, Baltimore, July 31 - August 5

["Michael C. Toren" <mct@toren.net>]

Peter Mui <pmui@usenix.org> asked me to forward the following.
Note that early-bird registration ends next Monday, July 11.

Thanks,
-mct

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Register for the 14th USENIX Security Symposium July 31 - August 5, 2005,
Baltimore, MD

It happens here first: join us for the latest advances in computer system
security. As with previous security symposiums, the breadth and quality of
this year's tutorials, refereed papers, invited talks, and participants is
excellent.  For the entire program and to register, visit
http://www.usenix.org/sec05/progm

Highlights of this year's program include:

Expanded TRAINING: working experts give you the information, techniques,
tools, and strategies you need to practice effective security tomorrow:

o  NEW! - Tina Bird: VPN Changes and Secure Remote Access
o  NEW! - Richard Bejtlich: Responding to Network Incidents
o  NEW! - Rik Farrow: Thinking Like a Hacker
o  NEW! - Gary McGraw: Building Security Into Software
o  NEW! - Tina Bird: Endpoint Enforcement & Network Access Control
o  NEW! - Sven Dietrich and David Dittrich: DDoS for Fun and Profit
o  NEW! - Ron Dodge and Dan Ragsdale: Organizing a Cybersecurity Exercise
o  NEW! - Peter Baer Galvin: Solaris 10 Security
o  NEW! - Brad C. Johnson and Richard E. Mackey, Jr.: Understanding
          Security Standards
o  Richard Bejtlich: Network Security Monitoring with Open Source Tools
o  Marcus Ranum: System Log Aggregation, Statistics, and Analysis

PAPERS and INVITED TALKS: luminaries such as Avi Rubin, Ben Schneiderman,
Vern Paxson, and Neils Provos will present cutting-edge issues in topics
such as:

o  Homeland Security: networking, security, and policy
o  the current state of electronic voting
o  detecting targeted attacks using shadow honeypots
o  finding serious bugs in real code
o  finding security vulnerabilities in java applications
o  cryptographically-enabled RFID

Birds-of-a-Feather sessions and Work-in-Progress reports give you a
preview of next year's news, or present fledgling work of your own and
get feedback from the audience.

WHAT:   14th USENIX Security Symposium
WHEN:   July 31-August 5, 2005
WHERE:  Baltimore, MD, Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel
WHO:    Researchers, System Administrators, Policy Wonks, etc.
WHY:    To get to and stay on the cutting edge of computer security
HOW:    Register NOW at http://www.usenix.org/sec05/progm

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