Securitybyte Conference | Information Security Conference | Securitybyte 2011

And we have got one more security conference – Securitybyte 2011. This 4-day event features two days of conferences and two days of post-conference hands-on  Trainings & Certifications covering every aspect of Information Security. The Securitybyte conference features some of the most respected names in the Security space and is focused around new research and innovation. The Securitybyte Conference 2011 is planned for Sept 6th through 9th, 2011 at The Sheraton Hotel in Bangalore, India.
The two-day conference (Sept 6th & 7th) will have the following three
tracks:

1. Basic
2. Deep Technical
3. Manager

Submission Deadline: The first round of submission of papers for conference talks and trainings should be done no later than June 15th, 2011. Please send all your submissions to cfp@securitybyte.org <mailto:mailto:cfp@securitybyte.org> , keeping subject line as "SB 2011 CFP Submission".

TOPICS

Got a new attack against any technology or device? We want to see it.Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

Technology-Focused

• Application & Web Security
• SOA & Cloud Security
• Electronic Device Security (Cell Phones / PDA's)
• Defeating Biometrics
• 3G/4G Cellular Network Security
• WLAN, RFID and Bluetooth Security
• Data Recovery and Incident Response
• Virtualization Security
• Satellite Hacking
• Hacking Electronic Voting systems
• Next-gen BOTNets
• Worms & Malware
• Protocol exploits
• Database Security
• Forensic & Cyber security
• Social Engineering
• Hacker media/film presentations
• Firmware & Hardware hacking
• Physical Security
• Embedded systems hacking
• Smartcard technologies
• Credit card and financial instrument technologies

Regulatory & Law

• Copyright infringement and anti-copyright infringement enforcement technologies
• Critical infrastructure issues
• Data security and privacy issues
• Identity theft, identity creation & identity fraud
• Corporate Espionage

Management

• Enterprise Risk management framework
• SOA Governance
• Understanding the true value of GRC
• Information Security Governance
• Cloud Computing
• Unified Compliance Framework
• Security Metrics

National Security

• Cyber forensics
• Cyber warfare
• Cyber Espionage
• Next hyphenGen Cyber threats
• Critical Infrastructure protection
• Surveillance & counter-surveillance

Speaker Submission:

Please use the following submission form template to respond:

• Name, title, address, email, and phone/contact number
• Short biography, qualifications, occupation, achievements, and affiliations (limit 250 words.)
• Summary or abstract of your presentation (limit 1250 words.)
• Technical requirements (video, internet, wireless, audio, etc.)
• References (Contact name, title, and email address of two
• conferences you have spoken at or comparable references.)

Training Submission: (Sept 8th & 9th, 2011)

Please include the following information for your training proposal:

• Name, title, address, email, and phone/contact number
• Short biography, qualifications, occupation, achievements, and affiliations (limit 250 words)
• Training Overview
• Who should attend
• Course Syllabus
• Length
• Proposed Pricing
• Technical Requirements (Videos, internet, wireless, audio, laptop,etc.)
• Hands-on/ Demo-based/ labs
• References (Contact name, title, and email address of two conferences you have taught at or comparable references)

Please note, product or vendor pitches are not accepted. If your talk involves an advertisement for a new product or service your company is offering, please do not submit a proposal.

Ruxcon Call For Papers | Ruxcon 2011

The Ruxcon team is pleased to announce the call for papers for the seventh annual Ruxcon conference. This year the conference will take place over the weekend of 19th and 20th of November at the CQ Function Centre, Melbourne, Australia. The deadline for submissions is the 30th of July. 

What is Ruxcon?

Ruxcon is the premier technical computer security conference in the Australia-Pacific region. The conference aims to bring together the individual talents of the best and brightest security folk in the region, through live presentations, activities and demonstrations.

The conference is held over two days in a relaxed atmosphere, allowing attendees to enjoy themselves whilst networking within the community and expanding their knowledge of security.

Live presentations and activities will cover a full range of defensive and offensive security topics, varying from previously unpublished research to required reading for the security community.

For more information, please visit

http://www.ruxcon.org.au

Presentation Information

Presentations are set to run for 50 minutes, and will be of a formal nature, with slides and a speech.

Presentation Submissions

Ruxcon would like to invite people who are interested in security to submit a presentation.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Mobile Device Security
• Virtualization, Hypervisor, and Cloud Security
• Malware Analysis
• Reverse Engineering
• Exploitation Techniques
• Rootkit Development
• Code Analysis
• Forensics and Anti-Forensics
• Embedded Device Security
• Web Application Security
• Network Traffic Analysis
• Wireless Network Security
• Cryptography and Cryptanalysis
• Social Engineering
• Law Enforcement Activities
• Telecommunications Security (SS7, 3G/4G, GSM, VOIP, etc)

Submissions should thoroughly outline your desired presentation subject.

If you have any enquiries about submissions, or would like to make a submission, please send an e-mail to

presentations (at) ruxcon (dot)org(dot)au

The deadline for submissions is the 30th of July. If approved we will additionally require:

• A brief personal biography (between 2-5 paragraphs in length).
• A description on your presentation (between 2-5 paragraphs in length).

Contact Details

Presentation Submissions:  presentations (at) ruxcon (dot)org(dot)au

TakeDownCon Dallas – EC Council Information Security Conference

Announcing TakeDownCon Dallas - May 14-19 - Dallas, TX & It’s right around the corner. TakeDownCon Dallas - the inaugural event in EC-Council’s new technical IT security conference series - will be taking place from May 14-19, at the InterContinental Dallas, in Dallas, TX. 

Pre-event training, from the EC-Council and their new Center for Advanced Security Training (CAST), will run from May 14-17, and cover their renowned, recently DoD Directive 8570-accepted Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) version 7, the Certified Security Analyst (ECSA), as well as the Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI) program.

Following the pre-event training is a two-day conference featuring three tracks -- "No Holds Barred," on day one (May 18), and two parallel tracks, "Attack Zone" and "Defense Sector," on day two (May 19).

The "No Holds Barred" track will kick things off, and include:

• Keynote by Barnaby Jack, who most recently gained media attention for his ATM hacking demonstration at Black Hat USA 2010
• Release of hardware pen-testing device, PlugBot, by security researcher Jeremiah Talamantes
• Other advanced talks on everything from automated malware analysis to hacking SCADA

The "Attack Zone" and "Defense Sector" tracks, preceded by a keynote on the anatomy of database attacks, from Josh Shaul and Alex Rothacker, will wrap things up, and include presentations such as:

• Analyzing and hacking smart phone security models
• Taking down government system security
• Attacking and defending the Smart Grid

Also launching will be "Nite Locks et al," an event that gives attendees a hands-on opportunity to test their lock-picking skills under the tutelage of experts.

Delegates of TakeDownCon will enjoy the special rate of $109/night, at the InterContinental Dallas.

For more information on the dozens of other technical presentations and training courses, along with a full program, presentation synopses, and registration details, click here.

Recon 2011 Call for papers (CFP) security conference

RECON is a computer security conference with a focus on reverse engineering and advanced exploitation techniques. It is held annually in Montreal, Canada. 

The conference offers a single track of presentations over the span of three days along with technical training sessions held before and after the presentation dates. Technical training varies in length between one and three days.

 

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REC0N 2011
JULY 8-10
HYATT REGENCY (New venue)
M0NTREAL

+ REC0N 2011
- Conference and training
- No censorship, no sales pitches
- CFP closes May 15, 2011
- Registration is open, only 170 tickets left

+ Accepted Talks
- Sticky Fingers & KBC Custom Shop by Alexandre Gazet of Sogeti/ESEC & Metasm
- Designing a minimal operating system to emulate 32/64bits x86 code snippets, shellcode or malware in Bochs by Elias Bachaalany of Hex-Ray
- Practical C++ decompilation by Igor Skochinsky of Hex-Ray
- RFID Hacking by Milosch Meriac of Bitmanufaktur & OpenPCD
- AndBug -- A Scriptable Debugger for Android's Dalvik Virtual Machine by Scott Dunlop of IOActive
- Memory Eye by Yoann Guillot of Sogeti/ESEC & Metasm

+ Training
- Binary Literacy: Static Reverse Engineering by Rolf Rolles
- Windows Internals for Reverse Engineers by Alex Ionescu
- Bug Hunting and Analysis 0x65 by Aaron Portnoy and Zef Cekaj
- Reverse engineering software protections by Tomislav Pericin and Nicolas Brulez
- The exploit laboratory Advanced Edition by Saumil Shah and Josh Ryder
- Introduction to Penetration Testing Web Applications by David Mirza
- Holistic RFID Hacking by Milosch Meriac

+ Still accepting submissions
- Single track
- 60 & 30 minute time slots
- Lightning talks at the party

+ Primary topics
- Reverse engineering and/or exploitation:
  + Software
    - Malware
    - Protection/DRM
    - Anti-reversing
    - Static/runtime analysis
  + Hardware
    - Embedded devices, consoles, femtocell
    - Cellphones
    - RFID, SDR (software defined radio)
    - Side channel attacks
    - Physical security (cameras, access control)
  + Protocol
    - GSM / CDMA

+ Also of interest to us
- Privacy
  + Anti-censorship
  + Anti-surveillance
  + Anonymity
  + Counter-forensics

+ Anything else elite

+ Please include
- Short summary
- Name or alias
- Contact information
- Bio

+ Send submissions to
- cfp2011 @ recon.cx

+ Speaker / attendee privacy
- Recon does not require speakers to use their real names
- Recon does not provide attendee or speaker information to third-parties (except where necessary for registration/payment)