http://www.sans.org/info/22049
If your organization has an Internet connection and one or two disgruntled employees (and whose doesn’t!), your computer systems will get attacked. From the five, ten, or even one hundred daily probes against your Internet infrastructure to the malicious insider slowly creeping through your most vital information assets, attackers are targeting your systems with increasing viciousness and stealth.

By helping you understand attackers’ tactics and strategies in detail, giving you hands-on experience in finding vulnerabilities and discovering intrusions, and equipping you with a comprehensive incident handling plan, the in-depth information in this course helps you turn the tables on computer attackers. This course addresses the latest cutting-edge insidious attack vectors and the “oldie-but-goodie” attacks that are still so prevalent, and everything in between. Instead of merely teaching a few hack attack tricks, this course includes a time-tested, step-by-step process for responding to computer incidents; a detailed description of how attackers undermine systems so you can prepare, detect, and respond to them; and a hands-on workshop for discovering holes before the bad guys do. Additionally, the course explores the legal issues associated with responding to computer attacks, including employee monitoring, working with law enforcement, and handling evidence.

This challenging course is particularly well suited to individuals who lead or are a part of an incident handling team. Furthermore, general security practitioners, system administrators, and security architects will benefit by understanding how to design, build, and operate their systems to prevent, detect, and respond to attacks.

Posted: March 19th, 2001 under Computers.
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CONFERENCE GOALS

New Web Opportunities to increase Digital Citizenship

EATIS 2008 aims, but are not limited to, the production of scientific work around e-Government, e-Health, e-Learning, e-Culture and e-Entertainment (local, regional, national and international), Web Semantic, and Web 2.0 communities, contents and technologies.

Submitted papers hopefully should deal with issues about transversal services and applications such as Convergence Digital, Electronic, Mobile and Ubiquitous Applications. They should be oriented towards community and cultural enhancement, to build knowledge and skills for work, to improve work quality, citizenship participation as well as consumer choice.

In particular, EATIS 2008 encourages the use of Information System (IS) and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), allowing citizens a better participation at various levels of government and public services, as well as the ethics component in the use of services and technologies related to IS and ICT.

PUBLICATIONS OF PAPERS

All accepted papers will be published in the EATIS’2008 ACM-DL Proceedings with ISBN # 978-1-59593-988-3 and will be published at ACM Digital Library (ACM-DL).

Authors of 30% best papers in English will be invited to submit extended papers, which will be further peer-reviewed for potential inclusion in special issues of international journals Journal of Mobile Multimedia (JMM), International Journal of Web Information Systems (IJWIS), and Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research (JTAER).

In the same way, authors of 30% best papers in Portuguese or Spanish will be invited to IEEE Latin America Transactions and IEEE RITA - Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnolog?as del Aprendizaje (Latin-American Learning Technologies Electronic Journal).

FACILITy TO AUTHORS FROM ECONOMICALLY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

EATIS.org - Euro American Association on Telematics and Information Systems offers 10 Invited Papers (free registration) for first authors that residing in economically developing countries. Selection of the Invited Papers will be done according to the score order obtained in the submission process.

ORGANIZATION

Organized by the Computing Department of the Universidade Federal de Sergipe, this conference is promoted by EATIS.org, and endorsed by the International Organization for Information Integration and Web-based Applications & Services (@WAS).

The conference will be done in technical cooperation with Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), ACM SIG - Special Interest Groups SIGWEB, SIGMOD, SIGAPP, SIGMM, SIGGRAPH, SIGSOFT, SIGMOBILE, and Brazilian Computer Society (SBC).

EATIS 2008 conference is also supported by Universitat de Val?ncia, Spain; Universidade do Algarve, Portugal; the Faculty of Systems Engineering, Universidad Aut?noma de Bucaramanga (UNAB), Colombia; and Universidad de Talca, Chile.

TOPICS

Topics include, but are not limited to, the following areas:

1. Relationship between the Web Architecture and other computational areas

1.1. Software Engineering and Web Information Systems
1.2. Frameworks and software architectures for Web-based systems
1.3. Web-based Artificial Intelligence
1.4. Intelligent Agents
1.5. Knowledge Acquisition and Representation
1.6. Information Retrieval and Filtering
1.7. Data and Text Mining
1.8. Automatic Control Web-based systems
1.9. Metrics Quality Assurance
1.10. Human Computer Interface and Modern User Interfaces
1.11. Usability
1.12. Authentication and/or repudiation Systems
1.13. Web Security

2. Web-based Systems

2.1. (Semantic) Web Services
2.2. Automatic discovery of Web services
2.3. Choreography of Web services technologies
2.4. Proof and Trust on the Semantic Web
2.5. Merging/Aligning/Combining Ontologies
2.6. Semantic Web applications
2.7. Semantic interoperability
2.8. XML
2.9. Domain mark-up languages (XBRL, HR7, etc.)
2.10. Relational Databases/XML bridges
2.11. Native XML Databases
2.12. Vertical-Domain Applications (ITS, Healthcare, Law, etc.)
2.13. Enterprise Applications Integration (EAI)

3. Distributed Systems

3.1. Middleware Systems for Grids and Cluster
3.2. Semantic Grid
3.3. Software tools for Cluster and Grids
3.4. Grid-based Problem Solving Environments
3.5. Computational and Information Grid Architectures and Systems
3.6. Scientific, Engineering, and Commercial Grid Applications
3.7. Programming Models, Tools, and Environments
3.8. Performance Evaluation and Modeling
3.9. Portal Computing / Science Portals
3.10. Distributed Artificial Intelligence
3.11. Multi-agent systems in information integration

4. Mobile Computing and Applications

4.1. Internet access and applications
4.2. Mobile Multimedia
4.3. Multi-modal architectures and applications
4.4. M-Commerce, M-Learning and M-Entertainment
4.5. Location Bases Services
4.6. Data mining concepts for location based services
4.7. Security and privacy in location based services
4.8. GPS applications
4.9. MMS frameworks and architectures
4.10. In-car and GIS based systems
4.11. Video-conferencing and Tele-presence
4.12. Context aware applications
4.13. Adaptative filters for navigation and tracking
4.14. Security and Quality of Mobile Internet Applications

5. Protocols for Wireless and Mobile Networks

5.1. Protocols for Wireless and Mobile Internet
5.2. Performance evaluation of wireless networks
5.3. Wireless systems simulation
5.4. IPv6
5.5. Design methodologies for wireless systems
5.6. Quality of Service (QoS)
5.7. Security in sensor networks
5.8. Mobility management in next generation networks

6. Web Technologies and Society

6.1. Intellectual Rights
6.2. Web accessibility
6.3. Web Information systems for Disabled
6.4. Web internationalization
6.5. Web information systems for citizens
6.6. E-Government, E-learning, E-Business, E-entertainment
6.7. Electronic Bank
6.8. Biometrics techniques and privacy
6.9. Internet strategies based on the Internet
6.10. Videoconferencing and Tele-presence
6.11. Preservation of Digital Culture
6.12. Medical Informatics
6.13. Business Intelligence Applications

IMPORTANT DATES

January 15, 2008. Tutorial and Seminars proposals submission deadline
February 15, 2008. Tutorial and Seminars acceptance notification

March 8, 2008. Short and Full Papers submission deadline
June 8, 2008. Short and Full Papers acceptance notification

July 8, 2008. Camera-Ready Papers and Early Registrations deadline
August 8, 2008. Late Registrations deadline
CONTACTS

For further inquiries please contact: secretariat2008@eatis.org

Conference Website: http://eatis.org/eatis2008
Av. Marechal Rondon s/n, Bairro Jardim Rosa Elze

Posted: March 16th, 2001 under Computers.
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http://www.sans.org/info/21223
Sharpen your management and security skills at SANS Rocky Mountain Bootcamp 2008, June 8-13, in Denver, Colorado! Senior members of the SANS faculty will be in Denver to teach a wide variety of SANS’ most popular courses including the following:
?Security 401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style. Instructor: Marc Sachs
?Security 504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling. Instructor: John Strand
?Security 508: System Forensics, Investigation & Response. Instructor: Michael Murr
?Security 502: Perimeter Protection In-Depth. Instructor: Chris Brenton
?Management 414: SANS? +S? Training Program for the CISSP? Certification Exam. Instructor: Eric Cole
?Management 411: SANS 17799/27001 Security & Audit Framework. Instructor: Dave Hoelzer
Register by May 1 and receive a $250 tuition fee discount! Also, the special SANS room rate at the Sheraton Denver West hotel will be available through May 16, so mark your calendar and get the most out of your training dollars.

When you attend SANS Rocky Mountain Bootcamp 2008, you will see the SANS promise in action - what you learn in the classroom you will able to use immediately upon returning to the office. Here’s what some of our students have to say:
The course is priceless. There’s no other place where you can pick at the brain of a seasoned security expert for a week! - Robert Sukhwani, SAIC.

?The best overall comprehensive course I have ever taken. The instructor was awesome. Great experience, great information.? - Susan Riedel, Wells Fargo Bank.

With a reputation for being the most trusted source for information security training and an eagerness to help you meet your training objectives, SANS is the best choice for IT security education. So let your colleagues and friends know about SANS Rocky Mountain Bootcamp 2008. We look forward to seeing you all in Denver!
?Register & pay by Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 to receive a $250.00 discount.

?Register & pay by Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 to receive a $150.00 discount.
8120 Woodmont Ave

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http://csr2008.ru/
*** Deadline for Applications and Technology Track is
*** further extended to December 24, 2007!
*** Yandex Best paper awards are announced!

CSR 2008: Very Last Call for Papers for the Applications and Technology Track
3rd International Computer Science Symposium in Russia
June 7-12, 2008, Moscow, Russia
http://csr2008.ru/

CSR 2008 is the third conference in a series of regular events started with CSR 2006 in St.Petersburg (see LNCS 3967) and CSR 2007 in Ekaterinburg (see LNCS 4649). It intends to reflect the broad scope of international cooperation in computer science. CSR 2008 consists of two tracks: Theory
Track and Applications and Technology Track.

Program committee of Applications and Technology Track:
Robert Bauer (IBM, USA)
Egon Borger (Univ. di Pisa, Italy)
Stephane Bressan (National Univ. of Singapore, Singapore)
Gabriel Ciobanu (Cuza University, Iasi, Romania)
Michael Kishinevsky (Intel, USA)
Gregory Kucherov (CNRS / LIFL / INRIA, France)
Masoud Mohammadian (Univ. of Canberra, Australia)
Alexandre Petrenko (CRIM, Canada)
Andreas Reuter (Univ. of Kaiserslautern / European Media Laboratory GmbH,
Heidelberg, Germany)
Anatol Slissenko (Univ. Paris 12, France) (chair)
Elena Troubitsyna (Abo Akademi, Finland)
Andrei Voronkov (Univ. of Manchester, UK)
Sergey Zhukov (Transas, Russia)

Application Track topics include
artificial intelligence;
bio-informatics;
computer architecture, hardware design, nanotechnology;
databases and knowledge bases, information retrieval and search, Web technologies;
numerical and symbolic computing;
programming for parallel computing;
software development and software validation methods and tools.

Opening lecture: Avi Wigderson (IAS, Princeton, USA).

Invited speakers include
Eric Allender (Rutgers University, USA)
Leonid Levin (Boston University, USA)
Pavel Pudlak (Math. Inst. AS CR, Czech Republic)
Florin Spanachi (SAP Research, Germany)
Yuri Zhuravlev - Konstantin Rudakov (DCC RAS, Moscow)
Uri Zwick (Tel Aviv University, Israel)

Symposium chair: Alexei Semenov.

Organizers: Dorodnicyn Computing Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute for System Programming of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow State University, Moscow Institute of Open Education, Institute of New Technologies.

Submissions: Authors are invited to submit an extended abstract or a full paper of at most 10 pages preferably in the LNCS format. Proofs and other material omitted due to space constraints are to be put into a clearly marked appendix to be read at discretion of the referees. Papers must present original (and not previously published) research. Simultaneous
submissions to journals or to other conferences with published proceedings are not allowed. The proceedings of the symposium will be published in Springer’s LNCS series.

The symposium will include also special sessions: “In memoriam Andrey Muchnik” and “Teaching Computer Science”.

Yandex Best paper awards are established: Best Theory Track Paper, Best Applications and Technology Track Paper, and Best Student Paper.

Important dates:
* Paper submission (via EasyChair),
Application/Technology Track only: December 24, 2007.
* Notification: February 8, 2008.
* Symposium: June 7-12, 2008.

Further information and contacts:
Web: http://csr2008.ru/
Email: info@csr2008.ru

Posted: March 16th, 2001 under Computers.
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http://www.sans.org/info/20671
Join us once again in the Magic Kingdom? Park for SANS 2008, April 18-25! SANS will be in Orlando, Florida, this spring bringing you the best in network and computer security training, so start making your travel plans now!

Only SANS top-rated instructors are invited to our largest and most prestigious annual event. Choose from 41 courses that are packed with immediately useful techniques and tools including:

Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling
Security Essentials Bootcamp Style
Intrusion Detection In-Depth
System Forensics, Investigation & Response
Security Leadership Essentials for Managers
Assessing and Securing Wireless Networks

And 35 other training programs in Security, Management, Auditing, and Legal taught by the nation?s highest rated instructors.

?Awesome instructors! Extremely knowledgeable in their respective fields. If you need to know what?s happening now in IT security, then SANS is where you need to be!? -Kelly Posillipo, UNC-Chapel Hill

Complete your training experience by signing up for a GIAC certification. There is simply no better way to ensure that you have fully mastered the course material than studying for and passing the GIAC certification.

Of course, no SANS national event would be complete without an extensive Vendor Tools Expo & Reception where you?ll see live demonstrations of cutting-edge technologies. There will also be numerous SANS Lunch & Learn presentations and Cocktail Briefs to help you find the right mix of tools and solutions for your company?s unique challenges.

SANS 2008 welcomes keynote speaker David Rice, author of Geekonomics: The Real Cost of Insecure Software. As always, our SANS@Night Series will feature presentations on the most current topics in information security by some of the best speakers in the industry.

At SANS 2008, you?ll learn more than you can imagine and have countless opportunities to expand your network of security experts and friends. There?s fun for the entire family, too, as this event takes place right on the Walt Disney World? Resort property, minutes from Epcot? and Disney-MGM studios.

Register today for SANS 2008. We look forward to sharing both the magic of Disney and SANS training with you in Orlando!
Group discounts available.
?Register & pay by Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 to receive a $250.00 discount.

?No Refunds after Wednesday, March 26th, 2008.

?Register & pay by Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 to receive a $150.00 discount.
8120 Woodmont Ave

Posted: March 15th, 2001 under Computers.
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http://www.iccsa.org
Mobile learning, Student modeling in Web based learning, Learning Management Systems, AI in web based learning; Web based learning standards; Web 2.0 technologies, High Performance Computing in Web Based Learning

Perugia, Italy

Posted: March 15th, 2001 under Computers.
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http://www.sqe.com/go?ADP08Calendar
The Agile Development Practices conference is for anyone investigating or implementing agile development practices, processes, technologies, and leadership principles.

330 Corporate Way, Ste. 300

Posted: March 15th, 2001 under Computers.
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http://www.sqe.com/go?SW08Calendar
Providing the largest and most advanced testing forum, STAR delivers the latest trends, technologies, and strategies in the industry today. Learn about new products, timely issues, and cutting-edge solutions from the best experts in the business. Now in its sixteenth year, STAR gives you the opportunity to network with colleagues, solution providers, and industry experts. Find answers to your questions about test management, automation, SOA testing, model-based testing, and many of the other hot-topics in the industry.

330 Corporate Way, Ste. 300

Posted: March 15th, 2001 under Computers.
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http://www.sqe.com/bettersoftwareconf/
Learn about the latest tools, trends, and issues related to agile development approaches, plan-driven development, process improvement, measurement, and much more. Discover new software management techniques to better manage your projects and teams. Find out what others are doing to build security and reliability into their software and ways to reduce risks and lower the lifecycle costs of software. Join your peers and some of the top experts in software engineering at the Better Software Conference & EXPO to take you and your team up to the next level.
For more information email us at info@sqe.com
330 Corporate Way, Ste. 300

Posted: March 15th, 2001 under Computers.
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http://www.sqe.com/go?SE08Calendar
Providing the largest and most advanced testing forum, STAR delivers the latest trends, technologies, and strategies in the industry today. Learn about new products, timely issues, and cutting-edge solutions from the best experts in the business. Now in its sixteenth year, STAR gives you the opportunity to network with colleagues, solution providers, and industry experts. Find answers to your questions about test management, automation, SOA testing, model-based testing, and many of the other hot-topics in the industry.
For more information e-mail Software Quality Engineering at info@sqe.com
330 Corporate Way, Ste. 300

Posted: March 14th, 2001 under Computers.
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