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ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
LINUX SECURITY SUMMIT 2011 - SANTA ROSA
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DESCRIPTION
The Linux Security Summit 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:
* Selected brief presentations
* Lightning talks
* Q&A panel sessions
WEB SITE
https://security.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/LinuxSecuritySummit2011
DATES / LOCATION
The Linux Security Summit for 2011 will be held on the 8th of September in
Santa Rosa, CA, USA. It will be co-located with Linux Plumbers Conference
(LPC) [1].
Note that Linux Security Summit attendees and speakers must be registered to attend
LPC. See the LPC site for details on registration, travel, and accommodation:
http://www.linuxplumbersconf.org/2011/
The Linux Security Summit CFP is now open, and will close on 27th of May.
Accepted speakers will be notified by 1st of June.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
The event is open to all registered LPC 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.
There will be several panel sessions in addition to brief, selected
presentations, with a strong focus on discussion.
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
The program committee currently seeks proposals for:
Presentations:
Brief technical talks in 30 minute slots, including at least 10
minutes of discussion (i.e. the maximum length of the presentation
alone is 20 minutes). Papers are encouraged, and slides should be
minimal.
Presentation abstracts should be approximately 150 words in length.
Panel discussion topics:
If you'd like to see an issue discussed in a Q&A style panel, send it
in. Note that this may result in you volunteering to participate in
a panel.
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
MAILING LIST
Everyone planning to attend should join the event mailing list:
https://ext.namei.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-security-summit
Updates and announcements about the event will also be sent to the list.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
The Linux Security Summit for 2011 is organized by:
* James Morris, Red Hat
* Serge Hallyn, Canonical
* Paul Moore, HP
* Stephen Smalley, NSA
* Joshua Brindle, Tresys
* Tetsuo Handa, NTT Data
* Herbert Xu, Red Hat
* John Johansen, Canonical
* Kees Cook, Canonical
* Casey Schaufler, Smack Project
The program committee may be contacted as a group via email:
lss-pc (_at_) ext.namei.org
REFERENCES
[1] Linux Plumbers Conference http://www.linuxplumbersconf.org/2011/
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