Third IEEE Information Survivability Workshop (ISW-2000) -------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Third Information Survivability Workshop (ISW-2000) --------------------------------------------------- "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 -------------------------------------------- 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 --------------- Deadline for submissions: August 15, 2000 Notification of acceptance: September 1, 2000 Final version of position papers due: September 19, 2000 Organizing Committee -------------------- 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 ----------------- 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 ----------------------- 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