[ANN] Linux Security Summit 2012 - Announcement and CFP

[James Morris]

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                 ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

                       LINUX SECURITY SUMMIT 2012
                           SAN DIEGO, CA, USA
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DESCRIPTION

  The Linux Security Summit (LSS) is a technical forum for collaboration
  between Linux developers, researchers, and end users.  Its primary aim
  is to foster community efforts in analyzing and solving Linux security
  challenges.

  The format of the summit will be:
  
    * Refereed presentations
    * Short talks
    * Roundtable discussions
    * Breakout development sessions 


WEB SITE

  http://kernsec.org/wiki/index.php/Linux_Security_Summit_2012


DATES / LOCATION

  The Linux Security Summit for 2012 will be held across 30 and 31 August
  in San Diego, CA, USA.  It will be co-located with LinuxCon[1], as well
  as Linux Plumbers and the Kernel Summit.
 
  Note that Linux Security Summit attendees and speakers must be registered
  to attend LinuxCon.  See the LinuxCon site for details on registration,
  travel, and accommodation:
  
    https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon

  The Linux Security Summit CFP is now open, and will close on 23rd of May.
  
  Accepted speakers will be notified by 1st of June.


WHO SHOULD ATTEND

  The event is open to all registered LinuxCon attendees.
  
  You do not have to be a "security person" to attend -- we're seeking a
  diverse range of attendees, and welcome the participation of general
  developers, researchers, operations, and end-users.


CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

  The program committee currently seeks proposals for:

  * Refereed Presentations:
      45 minutes in length, including at least 10 minutes of discussion.
      Papers are encouraged.
  
  * Short Talks:
      30 minutes in length, discussion-oriented.  Slides should be minimal.

  * Roundtable Discussion Topics

   
  Topic areas include, but are not limited to:
  
    * System hardening
    * Access control
    * Cryptography
    * Integrity control
    * Hardware security
    * Networking
    * Storage
    * Virtualization
    * Desktop
    * Tools
    * Management
    * Case studies
    * Emerging technologies, threats & techniques 
    
  Proposals should be submitted in plain text via email to the program
  committee at:  lss-pc (_at_) ext.namei.org

  Abstracts should be approximately 150 words in total.


PROGRAM COMMITTEE

  The Linux Security Summit for 2012 is organized by:

    * James Morris, Oracle
    * Serge Hallyn, Canonical
    * Paul Moore, Red Hat
    * Stephen Smalley, NSA
    * Joshua Brindle, Tresys
    * Tetsuo Handa, NTT Data
    * Herbert Xu, Red Hat
    * John Johansen, Canonical
    * Kees Cook, Google
    * Casey Schaufler, Intel

  The program committee may be contacted as a group via email:

     lss-pc (_at_) ext.namei.org
   

REFERENCES  

  [1] https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon

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