Security Symposium, Aug 4-8, Washington DC

12th Annual Usenix Security Symposium, August 4-8, 2003, Washington DC

Register now for the 12th Usenix Security Symposium.  As with previous=20=

security symposiums, the breadth and quality of this year=92s tutorials,=20=

refereed papers, invited talks, and participants is excellent.

WHAT:     Usenix=92s 12th Annual Security Symposium
WHEN:     August 4-8, 2003
WHERE:  Washington, D.C., Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
WHO:        Researchers, System Administrators, Policy Wonks, etc.
WHY:        To get to and stay on the cutting edge of computer security
HOW:        http://www.usenix.org/events/sec03

TUTORIALS: experts such as Marcus Ranum, Radia Perlman, and David=20
Rhoades will give you the information, techniques, tools, and=20
strategies you need to practice effective security today and tomorrow.

PAPERS and INVITED TALKS: luminaries such as Steve Bellovin, Bill=20
Cheswick, Niels Provos, Kevin Fu, Peter Gutmann, Dan Boneh, David=20
Farber and Mark Seiden will present cutting-edge issues in topics such=20=

as:

o electronic voting
o physical security realities
o defending Akamai's 13,000 servers
o the Internet as the ultimate surveillance network
o system hardening
o QA in security products
o sandboxing malicious applications
o emerging security issues with 802.11 and SSL
o new directions in Trusted Computing
o the realities of site responsiveness to new security

Birds-of-a-Feather sessions and Work-in-Progress reports give you a=20
preview of next year's news, or present fledgling work of your own and=20=

get feedback from the audience.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: "Black Unicorn" will talk about the central role=20
played in security by notions of identity, reputation, and trust, =20
drawing on his cypherpunk background and studies of the dynamics of=20
money-laundering, black markets, and narcotics smuggling.

For more information and to register for the 12th Usenix Security=20
Symposium visit:

http://www.usenix.org/events/sec03