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