Holleran@DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL (Jack Holleran) (12/09/90)
CALL FOR PAPERS
14th NATIONAL COMPUTER SECURITY CONFERENCE
Sponsors:
National Computer Security Center and
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Theme: Information Systems Security: Requirements & Practices
OCTOBER 1-4, 1991
OMNI SHOREHAM HOTEL
WASHINGTON, D.C.
The focus of the 14th NCS Conference will be on the "Experiences in our
Applications". These applications include, but are not limited to, efforts to
meet the policy requirements required by law or corporate policy. We would
like you to share your learning curve with the Computer Security Community.
We also encourage submission of papers on the following topics of high
interest:
Systems Application
* Access Control Strategies
* Achieving Network Security
* Application of Trusted Technology
* Integrating INFOSEC into Systems
* User Experience with Trusted Systems
* Secure Architectures
* Securing Heterogeneous Networks
* Small Systems Security
Criteria, Evaluation and Certification
* Assurance and Analytic Techniques
* Conducting Security Evaluations
* Federal Computer Security Criteria
* Experiences in Applying Verification
* Integrity and Availability
* Formal Policy Models
Management and Administration
* Accrediting Information Systems and Networks
* Specifying Computer Security Requirements
* Life Cycle Management
* Managing Risk
* Role of Standards
* Preparing Security Plans
International Computer Security Activities
* Conformance Test Development and Evaluation
* Harmonized Criteria
* International Evaluation Infrastructure
* Prototype Development
* Research Activities
Innovations and New Products
* Approved/Endorsed Products
* Audit Reduction Tools and Techniques
* Biometric Authentication
* Data Base Security
* Personal Identification and Authentication
* Smart Card Applications
* Tools and Technology
Awareness, Training and Education
* Building Security Awareness
* COMPUSEC Training: Curricula, Effectiveness, Media
* Curriculum for Differing Levels of Users
* Keeping Security In Step With Technology
* Policies, Standards, and Guidelines
* Understanding the Threat
Disaster Prevention and Recovery
* Assurance of Service
* Computer Viruses
* Contingency Planning
* Disaster Recovery
* Malicious Code
* Survivability
Privacy and Ethical Issues
* Computer Abuse/Misuse
* Ethics in the Workplace
* Laws
* Privacy and Individual Rights
* Relationship of Ethics to Technology
* Standards of Ethics in Information Technology
We are pleased to invite academic Professors to recommend Student papers
in the application of Computer Security methodology. Three student
submissions will be selected by the Technical Committee for publication in the
14th NCS Conference Proceedings. To be considered, the submission must be
solely authored by an individual student and be recommended by an Academic
Professor. Only one copy for student submission is required.
BY FEBRUARY 15, 1991: Send eight copies of your draft paper* or panel
suggestions to one of the following addresses. Include the topical category
of your submission, author name(s), address, and telephone number on the cover
sheet only.
* Government employees or those under Government sponsorship must so identify
their papers.
BY MAY 11, 1991: Speakers selected to participate in the conference will be
notified when their camera-ready paper is due to the Conference Committee.
All referee comments will be forwarded to the primary author at this time.
For additional information on submissions, please call (301) 850-0272.
Mailing Information:
1. FOR PAPERS SENT VIA U.S. or Foreign Government MAIL ONLY:
National Computer Security Conference
ATTN: NCS Conference Secretary
National Computer Security Center
9800 Savage Road
Fort George G. Meade, MD 20755-6000
2. FOR PAPERS SENT VIA COMMERCIAL COURIER SERVICES (e.g.- UPS, FEDERAL
EXPRESS, EMERY, etc.)
National Computer Security Conference
c/o NCS Conference Secretary
National Computer Security Center
911 Elkridge Landing Road
Linthicum, MD 21090
Please note that the US Government Postal System does not deliver to
Elkridge Landing Road.
3. FOR Electronic Mail:
NCS_Conference@DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL
(1 copy only; no figures or diagrams)
Preparation Instructions for the Authors
To assist the Technical Review Committee, the following is required
for all submissions:
Page 1: Title of paper, submission, or panel suggestion
Focus & keywords (e.g. - Innovations and New Products - Biometric
Authentication, Tools and Technology)
Author(s)
Organization(s)
Phone number(s)
Net address(es), if available
Point of Contact
Additionally, submissions sponsored by the U.S. Government must provide the
following information:
U.S. Government Program Sponsor or Procuring Element
Contract number (if applicable)
U.S. Government Publication Release Authority
Note: Responsibility for U.S. Government pre-publication review lies with
the author(s).
Page 2:
Title of paper or submission - do not include author(s) or organization(s)
Abstract (with keywords)
The paper (Suggested Length: 8 pages, double columns, including figures
and diagrams; pitch: no smaller than 8 point.)
A Technical Review Committee, composed of Government and Industry
Computer Security experts, will referee submissions only for technical merit
for publication and presentation at the National Computer Security (NCS)
Conference. No classified submissions will be accepted for review.
The Conference Committee provides for a double "blind" refereeing.
Please place your names and organizations on page 1 of your submission, as
defined above. Failure to COMPLY with the instructions above may result in
non-selection BEFORE the referee process.
Papers drafted as part of the author's official U.S. Government duties
may not be subject to copyright. Papers submitted that are subject to
copyright must be accompanied by a written assignment to the NCS Conference
Committee or written authorization to publish and release the paper at the
Committee's discretion. Papers selected for presentation at the NCS
Conference requiring U.S. Government pre-publication review must include,
with the submission of the final paper to the committee, a written release
from the U.S. Government Department or Agency responsible for pre-publication
review. Failure to comply may result in rescinding selection for publication
and for presentation at the 14th NCS Conference.
Technical questions can be addressed to the NCS Conference Committee by
mail (see Mailing Information) or by phone, (301) 850-0CSC [0272].