[PLUG] MetriCon 1.0 Call for Participation

[Lionel Garth Jones <lgj@usenix.org>]

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MetriCon 1.0 Call for Participation
First Workshop on Security Metrics (MetriCon 1.0)
August 1, 2006
Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Sponsored by USENIX, the Advanced Computing Systems Association
Submissions Deadline: May 15, 2006
http://www.usenix.org/metricon06/cfpa/
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Dear Colleague,

I'm writing to invite you to participate in the First Workshop on
Security Metrics (MetriCon 1.0), taking place August 1, 2006, in
Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

MetriCon 1.0 is intended as a forum for lively, practical discussion in
the area of security metrics. It is a forum for quantifiable approaches
and results to problems afflicting information security today, with a
bias towards practical, specific implementations. Topics and
presentations will be selected for their potential to stimulate
discussion in the workshop.

The goal of the workshop is to stimulate discussion of and thinking
about security metrics and to do so in ways that lead to realistic,
early results of lasting value. Potential attendees are invited to
submit position papers to be shared with all. Such position papers are
expected to address security metrics in one of the following categories:

* Benchmarking
* Empirical studies
* Metrics definitions
* Financial planning
* Security/risk modeling
* Visualization

Practical implementations, real-world case studies, and detailed models
will be preferred over broader models or general ideas.

Short postion paper submissions are due May 15, 2006. Full submissions
guidelines and more information can be found at
http://www.usenix.org/metricon06/cfpa/

MetriCon 1.0 will be a one-day event, Tuesday, August 1, 2006,
co-located with the 15th USENIX Security Symposium in Vancouver, B.C.,
Canada. It will begin first thing in the morning, with meals taken in
the meeting room, and will extend into the evening.

Attendance will be by invitation only and limited to 50 participants.
All participants will be expected to "come with opinions" and be willing
to address the group in some fashion, formally or not. Preference will
be given to the authors of position papers/presentations who have actual
work in progress.

We look forward to your submissions.

On behalf of the MetriCon 1.0 Program Committee,

Andrew Jaquith, Yankee Group
MetriCon 1.0 Program Chair

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MetriCon 1.0 Call for Participation
First Workshop on Security Metrics (MetriCon 1.0)
August 1, 2006
Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Sponsored by USENIX, the Advanced Computing Systems Association
Submissions Deadline: May 15, 2006
http://www.usenix.org/metricon06/cfpa/
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