From andy.ozment at ieee.org Tue Jun 2 18:24:18 2009 From: andy.ozment at ieee.org (Andy Ozment) Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:24:18 -0400 Subject: [EIS] MetriSec 2009 - Deadline extended to June 11 Message-ID: <4A25A692.8030409@ieee.org> The deadline for paper submission to MetriSec has been extended until June 11. No further extensions will be granted. If you would like to submit a paper and have not previously submitted an abstract, please contact us. Kind Regards, Andy Ozment and Riccardo Scandariato ------------------------------------------------------------------ Call for Papers MetriSec 2009 5th International Workshop on SECURITY MEASUREMENTS AND METRICS (Formerly the Workshop on Quality of Protection - QoP) http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/conference/MetriSec2009/ Affiliated with the International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM) October 14, 2009 Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------ WORKSHOP OVERVIEW Quantitative assessment is a major stumbling block for software and system security. Although some security metrics exist, they are rarely adequate. The engineering importance of metrics is intuitive: you cannot consistently improve what you cannot measure. Economics is an additional driver for security metrics: customers are unlikely to pay a premium for security if they are unable to quantify what they receive. The goal of the workshop is to foster research into security measurements and metrics and to continue building the community of individuals interested in this field. MetriSec continues the tradition started by the Quality of Protection (QoP) workshop series; this year, the new co-location with ESEM is an opportunity for the security metrics folks to meet the metrics community at large. The organizers solicit original submissions from industry and academic experts on the development and application of repeatable, meaningful measurements in the fields of software and system security. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Security metrics * Security measurement and monitoring * Development of predictive models * Experimental validation of models * Formal theories of security metrics * Security quality assurance * Empirical assessment of security architectures and solutions * Mining data from attack and vulnerability repositories: e.g. CVE, CVSS * Static analysis metrics * Simulation and statistical analysis * Stochastic modeling * Security risk analysis * Industrial experience IMPORTANT DATES Abstract submission: May 28 Submission of paper: June 4 **Extended to June 11. Acceptance notification: July 10 Submission of camera-ready: August 15 PUBLICATION Authors of accepted papers must present their work at the workshop. The proceedings of the workshop will be electronically published by the IEEE. PAPER SUBMISSION Submissions are sought in any of the following three categories: (a) Research papers describing original results, both theoretical and experimental, are solicited in any of the above mentioned topics. Theoretical papers should clearly state the contribution and include some initial validation. This year, experimental papers are particularly welcome. In this case authors are required to explicitly state their hypothesis, to detail the methodology used, and to describe the experiment set-up. (b) Preliminary research results or new ideas can be submitted in the form of short papers. (c) Industry experience reports are also welcome. Industry papers should have at least one author from industry or government, and will be considered for their industrial relevance. The page limit for the final proceedings version is 8 pages in double-column format; short papers are limited to 4 pages. Authors should use the ACM SIG Proceedings Template when preparing their submission. Only PDF files are accepted. PROGRAM CHAIRS Andy Ozment (US) Riccardo Scandariato (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BE) WEB CHAIR Thomas Heyman (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BE) From david.pym at hp.com Thu Jun 11 13:02:22 2009 From: david.pym at hp.com (David Pym) Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:02:22 +0100 Subject: [EIS] Trust Economics Workshop, 23 June 2009, UCL, London Message-ID: <4A31389E.9070001@hp.com> Call for Participation The First Trust Economics Workshop University College London, UK 23 June 2009 (preceding the Workshop on the Economics of Information Security (WEIS 2009)) http://www.trust-economics.org/teworkshop.html REGISTRATION: please email Philip Inglesant at p.inglesant at cs.ucl.ac.uk. Registration is free, but attendance will be limited to 40 to maintain the informal nature of the workshop. Registrants will receive proceedings with extended abstracts and a copy of Invited Speaker Dr. Ann Cavoukian's recent book 'Privacy by Design... Take the Challenge'. PROGRAMME The First Trust Economics Workshop 10:30 Registration and coffee 11:00 Welcome and opening 11:15 Invited Presentation Ann Cavoukian, Information & Privacy Commissioner of Ontario "Privacy by Design Overcomes Negative Externalities Arising from Poor Management of Personal Information" 12:00 Lunch 1:00 Keynote Cliff Jones, Newcastle University "Formal Methods in Interdisciplinary Research" 2:00 Technical Session A. Baldwin, M. Casassa Mont, D. Pym and S. Shiu "Systems Modelling for Economic Analysis of Security Investments: A Case Study in Identity and Access Management" R. Thomas "Total Cost of Security--A Method for Managing Risks and Incentives Across the Extended Enterprise" B. Grawemeyer and H. Johnson "How Secure is your Password? Towards Modelling Human Password Creation" 3:30 Coffee 4:00 Panel "Future Directions for the Economics of Information Security" 5:00 Close -- Prof. David J. 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