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WITAT 96
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marvin V. Zelkowitz)
Mon Jul 15 11:49:31 1996
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 17:04:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: mvz@cs.UMD.EDU (Marvin V. Zelkowitz)
To: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
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(My apologies if you received several of these.)
WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT - WITAT '96
Third Annual Workshop on Information Technology - Assurance and Trustworthiness
September 3-5, 1996
Columbia Hilton, Columbia, MD
Co-sponsored by Aerospace Computer Security Associates,
National Institute of Standards and Technology, and
University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies
-- Are you sure your information is adequately protected?
-- How do you know that your privacy is being guarded?
-- Can your customers trust you?
The Workshop on Information Technology Assurance and Trustworthiness (WITAT)
investigates and promotes promising methods of gaining assurance in
information technology.
WITAT '96 is the third in a series of annual workshops addressing the
assurance and trustworthiness. The first workshop identified and analyzed
crucial issues on assurance in IT systems and provided input to the
development of policy guidance for determining the type and level of
assurance appropriate in a given environment. The participants came to the
consensus that no one technique can provide comprehensively adequate
assurance. The second workshop built upon the first by making recommendations
based on the issues and problems identified.
Building upon the results of the previous two workshops, WITAT '96 recognizes
the existence and emergence of numerous methods to obtain assurance. However,
the relative value, promise, and applicability of each is unclear for
specific systems. These will be discussed through the presentation of
alternative assurance approaches to assurance stakeholders and producers,
receiving immediate feedback from a diverse audience, reviewing reaction to
presented approaches and creating a strategy for moving ahead.
Information on WITAT '96, costs, and registration information can be found at
WWW address: http://aaron.cs.umd.edu/witat/witat96.html.
Send mail to witat-info@cs.umd.edu for a copy of the complete call for
participation, including fees, and registration form.
WORKSHOP COMMITTEE
Marshall Abrams The MITRE Corp. Diana Akers The MITRE Corp.
Maryam Alavi Univ. of Maryland Lynn Ambuel Natl. Security Agency
Karen Ferraiolo Arca Systems, Inc. Jay Kahn The MITRE Corp.
*Douglas Landoll Arca Systems, Inc. Carolyn Wichers BDM
Jeff Williams Arca Systems, Inc. Marvin Zelkowitz Univ. of Maryland
* - Workshop Chair
REGISTRATION
Costs: Tutorial (Sept. 3) $110.00 (includes lunch)
Workshop (Sept. 4-5) $120.00 (includes lunches)
Location: Columbia Hilton, 5485 Twin Knolls Road, Columbia, MD. 410-997-1060.
