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Upcoming 2011-2012 NIST Computer Security Division Events
(Webmaster's Note: All Computer Security Division's sponsored events that have already taken place have been moved to the Archived Events page for your convenience.)
January 23, 2012 Deadline to submit abstracts for 2-day workshop for Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs)
On April 23 and 24, 2012, the NIST ITL Computer Security Division will host a two-day workshop to explore cybersecurity needed for cyber-physical systems (CPSs), with a focus on research results and real-world deployment experiences. On the first day, speakers will address CPSs across multiple sectors of industry (e.g., automotive, aviation, healthcare). The second day will focus on cyber security needs of CPSs in the electric Smart Grid. A call for extended abstracts is attached. The extended abstracts will be used to invite potential speakers for the workshop. Click this link to view or download the call for abstracts that contains all details for submissions.
2012 NIST/NSTIC IDtrust Workshop
March 13-14, 2012
NIST Gaithersburg, Maryland
Third SHA-3 Candidate Conference
March 22-23, 2012
Washington Marriott Hotel, Washington DC
To learn more about the SHA-3 Conference, please click link above.
Federal Information Systems Security Educators’ Association (FISSEA) "A New Era in Cybersecurity Awareness, Training, and Education"
March 27-29, 2012
NIST Gaithersburg, Maryland
For more information, go to the FISSEA Conference website.
Cybersecurity for Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs) Workshop
April 23-24, 2012
NIST Gaithersburg, Maryland
he NIST ITL Computer Security Division will host a two-day workshop to explore cybersecurity needed for cyber-physical systems (CPSs), with a focus on research results and real-world deployment experiences. On the first day, speakers will address CPSs across multiple sectors of industry (e.g., automotive, aviation, healthcare). The second day will focus on cyber security needs of CPSs in the electric Smart Grid. A call for extended abstracts is attached. The extended abstracts will be used to invite potential speakers for the workshop. Click this link to view or download the call for abstracts that contains all details for submissions.
More workshop details will be provided as soon as they become available.
ICT Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) Workshop
July 11-12, 2012
NIST Gaithersburg, Maryland
Click link above to go to learn more about this workshop.
2011-2012 Non-NIST Computer Security Events
RSA Conference 2012
February 26-March 2, 2012
The Moscone Center 747 Howard Street San Francisco, California
At the RSA® Conference, SANS is offering for the Pre-Conference a 2-Day Tutorial. On February 26-27, SANS instructors will be presenting a hands-on, 2-day, skill-building training. For more information regarding the pre-conference tutorial, please visit website, link provided above.
SANS 2012
March 23-30, 2012
Orlando World Center Marriott Resort 8701 World Center Drive Orlando, Florida
SANS will be hosting information security training in Orlando, Florida during SANS 2012. Topics covered will be audit, IT legal, security management, software and web app developer, forensics, and computer security training. For more information regarding this event, please visit website, link provided above.
SANS AppSec 2012
April 24 - May 2, 2012
Paris Las Vegas 3655 Las Vegas Blvd So. Las Vegas, Nevada
The theme for this year's conference is "Application Security at Scale". Billions of records in the cloud. Millions of smart mobile devices. Millions of developers writing new code. Hundreds of apps in your enterprise. Untold numbers of existing bugs. Unknown numbers of "sophisticated" attackers exploiting your software. What cutting edge techniques are attackers using? How do large enterprises handle these problems at scale? And how do small companies manage it all with fewer resources? For more information regarding this event, please visit website - link provided above.
SANS Forensics and Incident Response Summit 2012
June 21-27, 2012
Omni Hotel Downtown Austin 700 San Jacinto @ 8th Street Austin, Texas
The Summit will focus on high quality and extremely relevant content as well as panel discussions in Digital Forensics and Incident Response. For more information regarding this event, please visit website, link provided above.