Third IEEE Information Survivability Workshop (ISW-2000)
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                        Boston, Massachusetts USA
                           October 24-26, 2000


  Organized by the CERT* Coordination Center, Software Engineering Institute
                  Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society
                        and the US State Department

              http://www.cert.org/research/isw2000/cfp.html


   The Information Survivability Workshops provide a forum for researchers,
   practitioners, and sponsors to discuss problems associated with the
   survivability of mission-critical systems, and to identify solutions to
   these problems. A primary goal of the workshops is to identify and
   highlight new survivability research ideas that can contribute to the
   protection of critical infrastructures and critical applications.



ISW-2000 Deadline Extended to August 15
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      We've had a number of requests for additional time to submit
      position papers.  Rather than grant extensions on an individual
      basis, we've extended the deadline by two weeks.  The new deadline
      for submitting position papers is Tuesday, August 15, 2000.

      Note that position papers should be no more than 4 pages in length.


ISW-2000 Receives US State Department Sponsorship
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      We're delighted to announce that the US State Department is
      now a co-sponsor of ISW-2000.

      The additional funding will help us to work towards our goal of
      fostering international research collaborations in survivability
      and dependability, and establishing a close working relationship
      between the survivability and the dependability research communities.


For the Latest Information
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      I've enclosed the latest version of the ISW-2000 call for
      participation.  Please check the ISW home page periodically for
      updates about the workshop:

                   http://www.cert.org/research/isw.html


Regards,
Howard Lipson, Program Chair ISW-2000

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                           CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

             Third Information Survivability Workshop (ISW-2000)
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              "Research Directions and Research Collaborations
                  to Protect the Global Information Society"

                http://www.cert.org/research/isw2000/cfp.html

                  Doubletree Guest Suites Boston/Cambridge
                         Boston, Massachusetts USA
                            October 24-26, 2000

  Organized by the CERT* Coordination Center, Software Engineering Institute
      Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society and the US State Department



   The Information Survivability Workshops provide a forum for researchers,
   practitioners, and sponsors to discuss problems associated with the
   survivability of mission-critical systems, and to identify solutions to
   these problems. A primary goal of the workshops is to identify and
   highlight new survivability research ideas that can contribute to the
   protection of critical infrastructures and critical applications.
Another
   important goal is to foster research collaboration to improve the
   survivability of systems that support our global information society.

   An emerging discipline, information survivability (IS) extends the goals
   of traditional computer security to encompass concepts, methodologies,
and
   tools that support the ability of a system to continue to fulfill its
   mission in the presence of attacks, accidents, or failures.
Survivability
   embraces more than security, more than safety, and more than reliability
   or availability. It is a combination of quality attributes that assures
   that even if significant portions of a system are compromised, the
mission
   of the network, software, or service will continue.

   One of the special focus areas of ISW-2000 will be on contributions from
   related disciplines not traditionally associated with computer security,
   in particular, dependable computing and fault tolerance, and how their
   approaches can be used to build systems that can survive attacks by
   intelligent adversaries.

   ISW-2000 will also provide a forum to discuss the "Transatlantic Cluster
   of Research Projects", a European Union (EU) proposal to fund research
   collaborations between the EU dependability community and the US IA&S
   (information assurance & survivability) community.

   Participation in the workshop is BY INVITATION ONLY, based on the
   submission of a short position paper (of up to 4 pages in length). The
   position paper should clearly indicate how the background or interests of
   the author(s) would contribute to the goals of the workshop.

   Interest areas include, but are not limited to, the following list
   (where we use the term "system" in the broadest possible sense, including
   networks and large-scale systems of systems):

        Survivability Foundational Concepts and Philosophy
        Critical Infrastructure Protection
        Information Assurance of Mission-Critical Systems
        Survivability Architectures
        Survivability Risk-Assessment
        Managing Business Risk for Survivable Systems
        Survivable Systems Analysis and Design
        Survivable Systems Engineering Methodologies and Tools
        Survivable Systems Modeling and Simulation
        Survivable Systems Evaluation and Testing
        New Threats to Survivability
        Survivability Threat Taxonomies
        Automated Recovery to Support Survivability
        Cross-Disciplinary Research Collaborations
        Survivability Solution Approaches and New Paradigms
        Survivability Metrics
        Using Formal Methods to Analyze Survivability
        Survivability Requirements and Tradeoffs
        Dependability in the Presence of Malicious Faults
        Dependability Measurement and Assessment
        Fault Tolerance of Open and Interlinked Networks
        Attack Tolerance
        Mobile Code and Intrusion Tolerance
        Open and Complex Networks' Assurance
        Large-Scale Vulnerabilities
        Human Factors to Enhance Survivability
        Public Policy Planning, Legal Aspects, and Insurance Issues
        Costs to Society of Non-survivable Systems
        Internet Standards and Survivability
        Hardware Solutions to Survivability Issues

   We encourage participation from professionals with diverse backgrounds
   who can contribute to advancing the technology, understanding, and
   applicability of IS.  We are especially interested in submissions that
   either: (a) summarize new research results, (b) describe dependability
   and fault-tolerance approaches for enhancing survivability, (c) summarize
   case studies or experience with critical applications, or (d) document
   relevant policy or other approaches (such as insurance) that contribute
   to the survivability of critical applications.

   Instructions for submitting a position paper
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      Position papers must be submitted by electronic mail as plain text
      or PDF documents.  Position papers should be no more than 4 pages in
      length.  Mail your submission to "isw-2000@cert.org" no later
      than August 15, 2000. All accepted papers will be published in the
      workshop proceedings, but only a limited number of papers will be
      presented. An IEEE Copyright form must be completed and returned with
      the final version of all accepted position papers.

   Important dates
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      Deadline for submissions: August 15, 2000
      Notification of acceptance: September 1, 2000
      Final version of position papers due: September 19, 2000

   Organizing Committee
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      Tom Longstaff, CERT*/CC (General Chair)
      Howard Lipson, CERT*/CC (Program Chair)
      Mario Barbacci, SEI (Finance Chair)
      Jean Camp, Harvard University (Local Arrangements Chair)
      Chuck Weinstock, SEI (Publicity Chair)

   Program Committee
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      Bob Anderson, RAND
      Mario Barbacci, SEI
      Marc Dacier, IBM Research Labs (Zurich)
      Chuck Howell, MITRE
      John Knight, University of Virginia
      Mark LeBlanc, U.S. State Department
      Roy Maxion, Carnegie Mellon University
      Gary McGraw, Reliable Software Technologies
      Cathy Meadows, Naval Research Laboratory
      Deep Medhi, University of Missouri-Kansas City
      Peter Neumann, SRI International
      Rick Schlichting, AT&T Research
      Fred Schneider, Cornell University
      Andrea Servida, European Commission

   For further information
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      Please send any questions or comments about the workshop to
      "isw-2000@cert.org".  Additional information and updates to the
      call for participation will be posted on the workshop home page:
      http://www.cert.org/research/isw.html