Usenix Security Symposium: San Diego, August 9-13

Register now for the 13th USENIX Security Symposium August 9=9613, 2004,=20=

San Diego, CA

It happens here first: join us for the latest advances in computer=20
system security. As with previous security symposiums, the breadth and=20=

quality of this year=92s tutorials, refereed papers, invited talks, and=20=

participants is excellent.  For the entire program and to register,=20
visit http://www.usenix.org/sec04/progm

Highlights of this year's program include:

TUTORIALS: working experts give you the information, techniques, tools,=20=

and strategies you need to practice effective security tomorrow:

o  NEW! - Richard Bejtlich: Network Security Monitoring with Open=20
Source Tools
o  Marcus Ranum: Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems
o  NEW! - Brad Johnson: Network Security Profiles: Protocol Threats,=20
Intrusion Classes, and How Hackers Find Exploits
o  NEW! - Marcus Ranum: System Log Aggregation, Statistics, and Analysis
o  NEW! - Gary McGraw: Building a Software Security Capability: How to=20=

Foster Best Practices in Software Security
o  Radia Perlman: Network Security Protocols: Theory and Current=20
Standards
o  NEW! - David Rhoades: Network Security Assessments Workshop
o  NEW! - Moti Young: Malicious Cryptography

PAPERS and INVITED TALKS: luminaries such as Steve Bellovin, Niels=20
Provos, Kevin Fu, Peter Szor, Ari Juels, Cindy Cohn and Gary McGraw=20
will present cutting-edge issues in topics such as:

o  RFID security and privacy
o  how Symantec fights virus attacks
o  independent security research and the law
o  exploiting software to break code
o  military strategy in cyberspace
o  what biology can (and can't) teach us about 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: William "Earl" Boebert of Sandia National Lab will=20
review his 30-year association with research into "predictable=20
systems," that is, those that can be reasoned about a priori.

=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
WHAT:       13th USENIX Security Symposium
WHEN:      August 9=9613, 2004
WHERE:   San Diego, CA, Town & Country Resort 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/sec04/progm
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D