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Today, almost 80% of economic value creation is based on intangible resources. However, most organizations still do not know how to reveal the value of these resources and how to give direction to future value creation. The concept of intellectual capital gives intangibles ‘a body’ and therefore makes it possible to measure, communicate and interpret them. This conference combines theory and practice and gives a state-of-the-art overview of intellectual capital measurement and management.



In June 1999 The Netherlands hosted the OECD international symposium on: ”Measuring and reporting intellectual capital; experiences, issues, and prospects”. This symposium turned out to be a milestone in the development of the intellectual capital movement. For the first time in history researchers and practitioners from all over the world joined together to discuss the progress made in the field of measurement and reporting of intellectual capital. Many of today’s IC initiatives are rooted in this OECD symposium (e.g. Danish Guideline, the MERITUM project and others). Now it is time to take stock of the developments over the last decade. What progress did we make in raising awareness, developing robust measurement and reporting methods, and helping organizations to better manage their IC?

ECIC provides a forum for researchers and practitioners to develop their understanding of both the theory and practice in all aspects of Intellectual Capital and share the latest thinking on research strategies, tactics and paradigms.

Merit Network is pleased to present two seminars by noted information architecture consultant Louis Rosenfeld. "Enterprise Information Architecture" and "Site Search Analytics for a Better User Experience" have been presented on three continents and have helped hundreds of web professionals to improve their sites and improve user experience. Please follow the links below for complete information about each seminar. You can register to attend either seminar or register for both and save substantially. Special early registration prices are available through January 6, 2010. Limited student seats are also available.

Enterprise Information Architecture
Tuesday, March 30, 2010

This seminar will help information professionals design websites that represent all aspects of an organization as a coherent whole, rather than a jumbled collection of disparate departmental pages. You'll learn how users want to access your information and the best ways to present it to them. This seminar is perfect for information architects, content managers, webmasters, managers and others who must meet the challenge of designing a unified information architecture for a complex organization.

Site Search Analytics for a Better User Experience
Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Search engine logs provide information professionals with an often-neglected pot of gold: query data that describes what your users really want from your site. In this seminar Lou Rosenfeld—co-author of the forthcoming "Search Analytics for your Site: Conversations With Your Customers"—will introduce the essentials of site search analytics and show you how spending even an hour a week analyzing your search queries can help tune and improve your site and expose new opportunities for improving your online strategy.

Are you ready to immerse yourself in the most intense computer training experience available anywhere?
SANS is pleased to bring you SANS Northern Virginia Bootcamp 2010, in Reston April 6-13! This event features comprehensive hands-on technical training from some of the best Instructors in the industry and includes several courses that will prepare managers and technical computer security personnel for DoD 8570 approved certification exams. Start making your plans now to attend SANS Northern Virginia Bootcamp 2010!

ICIW is a forum for researchers and practitioners to develop their understanding of both the theory and practice in all aspects of Information Warfare and Security and share the latest thinking on research strategies, tactics and paradigms.

For information communications technology professionals in higher education, this event offers high quality education, valuable information about technologies, and excellent professional netwokring opportunities. In our 39th year of serving those who technology services on campus.

Keynote speaker, general sessions and breakouts focused on issues of importance to those who provide voice, data and video services on campuses. Excellent opportunities for professional networking, high-quality educational content, and an exhibit hall populated by vendors who cater to the needs of the information communications technology professional.

Join us in beautiful Victoria, BC for the 37th annual SIGUCCS Management Symposium. Come share and learn as you interact with friends and colleagues from other higher education institutions. Build and renew long-lasting professional relationships. Enhance your management, leadership, and IT strategies in an energizing yet relaxing environment. Join with IT leaders from small to large institutions to focus on a broad range of ideas, viewpoints, challenges, and solutions.

MANAGEMENT 414
SANS® +S™ Training Program for the CISSP® Certification Exam
Monday, April 19, 2010 - Saturday, April 24, 2010
Jim Herbeck, SANS Certified Instructor
8 CPEs/Day 1; 9 CPEs/Day 2-5; 7 CPEs/Day 6
Over the past 18 months, 98% of all respondents, who studied our SANS® +S™ Training Program for the CISSP® Certification Exam and then took the exam passed; compared to a national average of around 70% for other prep courses.
SANS® +S™ Training Program for the CISSP® Certification Exam is designed to prepare you to pass the exam. This course is an accelerated review course that assumes the student has a basic understanding of networks and operating systems and focuses solely on the ten domains of knowledge as determined by ISC2.
Each domain of knowledge is dissected into its critical components. Every component is discussed showing its relationship to each other and other areas of network security. After completion of the course the student will have a good working knowledge of the ten domains of knowledge.
Note: The CISSP® exam is NOT provided as part of the training. The GISP exam offered by GIAC is NOT the same as the CISSP® exam offered by ISC2.

We invite you to submit a proposal for an interactive presentation at the 7th annual Sloan-C Blended Learning Conference and Workshop. The 2010 theme is: “The Promise and Practice of Blended Learning.” This teaching and learning modality is more than a combination of online and face-to-face instruction. It is, fundamentally, a re-thinking of how we teach, how our students learn and how we can harness myriad possibilities for academia that we have not yet realized. This unique model of instruction has the potential to impact all levels of education.

The Sloan Consortium Blended Learning Conference and Workshop provides the opportunity for administrative leaders, faculty members, instructional designers and researchers to discuss blended learning in higher education. Attendees will engage with one another throughout this conference by networking, considering effective practices and discussing assessment strategies. As an attendee, you and your institution will benefit from this highly interactive conference as well as gain the ability to continue discussion and interaction via Sloan-C's asynchronous online Moodle site and online workshops.

Join your colleagues at the 7th Annual Sloan Consortium Blended Learning Conference and Workshop as we explore effective strategies, listen to each other's ideas and problem-solve together.

Call For Proposals is Now Open! Deadline for submissions is December 10, 2009.

For complete details on online submission of proposals, visit our Website at http://www.sloanconsortium.org/blended

Once again, the Internet2 community will come together from April 26-28, 2010 in Arlington, Virginia for its annual Spring Member Meeting. Internet2 Member Meetings bring the advanced networking community together for interactive discussions about new and ongoing work and provide a venue for members to make connections and form new collaborations. Additionally, the side meetings held in conjunction with the Member Meeting provide forums for Working Groups, SIGs and BoFs to meet face-to-face.

The 2010 meeting program will include the following tracks: Cyberinfrastructure and Advanced Applications in Action; Federal Agency Perspectives; Middleware; Network Planning and Engineering; Security for Advanced Networks; Teaching and Learning/K20; and The Future: What's Next for the Net?

Register by March 5 to take advantage of the lowest rates!

Join us in San Jose, CA, on April 27, 2010, for the 2010 Internet Network Management Workshop/Workshop on Research on Enterprise Networking. The joint INM/WREN workshop seeks to bring together researchers in two closely related communities: network management and enterprise networks. There are several synergies between the two communities, and this workshop provides a common forum for researchers working in this space.

Join us in San Jose, CA, on April 27, 2010, for the 3rd USENIX Workshop on Large-Scale Exploits and Emergent Threats. Now in its third year, LEET continues to provide a unique forum for the discussion of threats to the confidentiality of our data, the integrity of digital transactions, and the dependability of the technologies we increasingly rely on. LEET aims to be a true workshop, with the twin goals of fostering the development of preliminary work and helping to unify the broad community of researchers and practitioners who focus on worms, bots, spam, spyware, phishing, DDoS, and the ever-increasing palette of large-scale Internet-based threats.

Join us in San Jose, CA, on April 27, 2010, for the 9th International Workshop on Peer-to-Peer Systems. IPTPS '10 provides a venue in which to present and discuss peer-to-peer technologies, applications, and systems and to identify key research issues and challenges that lie ahead. This year, the workshop's charter will be expanded to include topics relating to self-organizing and self-managing distributed systems. The program will include presentations of position papers along with plenty of time for lively discussion among the participants, as well as a demo session for working systems.

Join us in San Jose, CA, April 28–30, 2010, for NSDI '10, which will focus on the design principles of large-scale networked and distributed systems. Join researchers from across the networking and systems community—including computer networking, distributed systems, and operating systems—in fostering cross-disciplinary approaches and addressing shared research challenges.

The South Central Association for Language Learning Technology (http://www.socallt.org, representing Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, New Mexico, & Arkansas) will hold its annual conference April 29-May 1, 2010 (http://www.socallt.org/Conferences/2010/) in conjunction with the Arkansas Foreign Language Teachers Association (http://www.aflta.org) at the Arlington Resort Hotel (http://www.arlingtonhotel.com) in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Conference registration is now open at http://www.socallt.org/Conferences/2010/registration.php. We hope to see you there!

Join us for SANS Toronto 2010, May 5-10. SANS is bringing 4 courses to Toronto in security, network pen testing, and forensics along with a course for web application developers. The attacks continue, and the need has never been greater to be up to date and on top of your defense skills. Why not take advantage of this high-quality, hands-on, immersion training?

SANS will be back in San Diego May 7 - 15 for SANS Security West 2010 with the best security training money can buy! You'll find 21 outstanding course offerings brought to you by our top-rated instructors. In this business climate, things are changing rapidly. You must make a concentrated effort to stay ahead of the game. At SANS Security West, you have the opportunity to advance your information security skill set and enjoy the fun and sun of San Diego!

The Information Security Office (ISO) at Carnegie Mellon University is sponsoring a five-day course, entitled “Securing Windows”, conducted by Jason Fossen of the SANS Institute.

COURSE REGISTRATION:
The course, which is offered by the SANS (SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security) Institute, is offered at a special rate of $900 per student, discounted from the regular rate of $3,000. The discounted rate applies to Carnegie Mellon staff as well as employees of state and other educational institutions. Course registration is through the SANS web site at http://www.sans.org/onsite/details.php?nid=20869.

COURSE OVERVIEW:
“Securing Windows” is a comprehensive curriculum for securing Windows networks. This program brings the confusing complexity of Windows security into clear focus by starting with foundational security services, such as Active Directory and Group Policy, and advancing in a logical progression to particular products or features which rely on these foundations, such as Internet Information Services (IIS) and Internet Protocol Security. This course provides best practices for security, hands-on exercises, extensive documentation and screenshots, a CD-ROM of scripts, and an objective account of Windows security.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
The “Securing Windows” course is particularly well-suited to:

* Windows network security engineers and architects
* Windows administrators with security duties
* Anyone with Windows machines who wants to implement SANS 20 Critical Security Controls
* Active Directory designers and administrators
* Those who must enforce security policies for Windows hosts
* Those deploying or managing PKI or smart cards
* IIS administrators and webmasters with web servers at risk
* Administrators who use the command line or scripting to automate their duties and must learn PowerShell


ABOUT THE INSTUCTOR:
Instructor Jason Fossen is a principal security consultant at Enclave Consulting LLC as well as a published author and frequent public speaker on Microsoft security issues. He is the sole author of the SANS Institute's week-long Securing Windows course, maintains the Windows Day of Security Essentials, and has been involved in a number of other SANS projects since 1998. He graduated from the University of Virginia, received his master's degree from the University of Texas at Austin, and holds a number of professional certifications. He currently lives in Dallas, Texas.

Learning Impact 2010 and the Learning Impact Award Showcase is an executive level gathering of educational leaders, suppliers, and government organizations to encourage new ways to think and collaborative action via projects facilitated by the IMS Global Learning Consortium.

Learning Impact 2010 will focus on four major challenge areas and the technological transitions already underway that will provide leverage in addressing them:

* Facilitating the pipeline: Leveraging technology to support curriculum standards, competencies, dual enrollment, transfer of credit, and student preparation.
* Enabling teachers & engaging students: Leveraging digital learning applications and content to help teachers be more effective and to help students learn.
* From educational opportunity to assurance: Leveraging technology to get timely and better information to assess learning and manage retention.
* Effective collaborative models: Leveraging technology to support collaboration across institutions, states, and nations to share costs, spread innovation, and assess student achievement.

Since the 1980s, the use of classroom response systems, or "clickers," has proliferated on college campuses across the United States, and articles on the scholarship of teaching with classroom response technology have increased dramatically. This conference will bring together scholars from across the United States to begin the process of using that literature and our collective experience in teaching with clickers to develop innovations and models of best practice for the use of audience response systems in the classroom.

In November 2008, 177 attendees representing institutions from California to Maine learned from faculty representing 15 institutions large to small, including UMass, Michigan State University, Ohio State University, and Roanoke College. Share your expertise and gain recognition as a leader in the integration of classroom response technology! Submit your proposal to present during the 2010 conference before December 1, 2009. Conference registrations will be accepted beginning in mid-November.

If you like what the SANS Internet Storm Center (ISC) has to offer, then you will love SANSFIRE! Meet us again in Baltimore, MD, where SANSFIRE will run from June 6-14. SANSFIRE 2010 will get you ready to defend your network against the threats we battle at the SANS ISC every day.
Nothing fosters information sharing and trust building better than face-to-face meetings like SANSFIRE 2010. Get to know the Internet Storm Center experts and expand your cyber network!
Along with the Internet Storm Center handlers, you'll meet SANS world-class instructors teaching SANS top-rated courses. These top instructors will present over thirty courses covering penetration testing and hacker exploits, security management, wireless, forensics, secure coding, and more. See our Courses-at-a-Glance page for the whole list of courses and links to the course descriptions. We also have 11 one-and two-day courses to round out your training, which if taken with a five- or six-day course, will be available at 50 percent of the normal tuition fee.
All SANS courses directly address the kinds of incidents reported by the Internet Storm Center in their daily diaries. And, it's a SANS promise that what you learn you'll be able to apply immediately back at the office. Last year's SANSFIRE attendees told us:
I learned techniques and processes that I can use as soon as I walk back into work.
- Michael Marrion
I have no idea how I was doing my job without this information.
- Jonathon Turner, Paycom Payroll
Everything you need to know without the fluff.
- Kyle Hendrickson, Discovery Benefits
This is great info needed for everyday business. Course layout is excellent with initial overview and more details as the week goes on. I will be more marketable with this info & cert. Instructor has real-time, relative examples to drive the process home.
- Kimberly Carlee, DOD - IMD - Fort Benning
This is critical to any business to protect sensitive data.
- Melissa Black, Lockheed Martin
Our conference location, Hilton Baltimore, is in walking distance to Baltimore's Inner Harbor, Harborplace and the Gallery, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, and the National Aquarium. Also, nearby you will find shopping, fine dining, and theater. Make your travel and training plans early. Discounted room rates of $203 S/D are available for SANS students through June 5. Plus, register for SANSFIRE 2010 by April 28, and you can receive a $400 tuition fee discount.
You won't want to miss this important industry event.
Marcus Sachs
Director, SANS Internet Storm Center
Johannes Ullrich,
Chief Research Officer, SANS
P.S. If you are not part of the active defensive community, we appreciate your continued support by submitting your logs and helping us make a difference.

As governments seek to remodel and restyle their services, e-Government continues to arouse interest and attention. New dynamic issues such as e-democracy, e-citizenship, e-Identity and e-voting have become core elements in the development of public sector delivery. The multi-tier nature of e-Government, relevant at local government, central government but also at the supranational level such as the European Union, makes it of importance to academics and practitioners alike. Vital questions are posed which link technological development and a streamlining of government services to more social based values of inclusion, accessibility and power relationship ratios



e-Government encompasses more than just technology – it challenges the way in which public sector service providers and citizens interact. Democratic renewal, the transformation of service delivery, community leadership and citizenship integration are all key elements of this fascinating subject.



The advisory group for the conference invites submissions of papers on both the theory and advanced practice in respect of the conference themes outlined below, from academics, government departments and practitioners in the public and private sector. The conference to be held in Limerick in June 2010 is also seeking case studies and reports of work-in-progress.



Topics may include, but are not limited to:

§ Applications of e-Government: New ideas for improving the Public Service efficiency and effectiveness; The case for e-Government; Post-modern campaigning; Comparison case studies in developing versus developed nations; e-Government for young people; G2G applications; Back-office implementation; EU e-Government policy.

§ Challenges to e-Government: Cyberterrorism; Technological limitations of citizenry; Interoperability; Language issues, Identity Management – including Authentication, Trust and Privacy; How to increase take-up of e-Government services; The transition to e-Government for local governments; Semantics of transactions in e-Government, definitions and implementations.

§ The e-Voting issue: How can e-Voting be made to work; Risks and advantages from e-Voting; prototype m-Voting systems; Validation and verification issues; Benefits and Inhibitors to e-Voting.

§ e-Democracy: How technology can improve the democratic process; ICT and the case of deliberative democracy; Using Blogs and Wikis to enhance participation; e-Government as an enabler of public sector reform; Setting an e-Democracy agenda at government level; Citizens' wider access to ICTs, and the skills and means to generate and distribute content; Citizen trust in online participation and dialogue; The design of audience-specific consultative processes; Conceptualising public value; Deciding the correct balance between online and offline citizen/government, citizen/citizen interactions; Exploiting the learning and communicative potential of emerging online tools and new media forms (games, blogs, wiki, G3 mobile communications).

§ Measuring e-Government/Economics of e-Government: The case for e-Government - Can benchmarking indicators be effective; What are the benefits and economics of e-Government?; e-Government success factors and inhibitors; Methodologies, tools and metrics for assessing the effectiveness of e-Government; Delivery channels for government services; Attaining social value from electronic government; Political accountability; Measuring e-Government – What benchmarks should be used?; Payback periods; Web-based information quality.

§ Legal, agency, trust and governance issues in e-Government: the equilibrium between actors in e-Government transactions, on issues of trust that may be expressed or understood between such actors, on legal issues promoting or inhibiting the adoption of e-Government models or measures, or on IP issues of Open Standards use in e-Government and their consequen

Join us in Berkeley, CA, June 14–15, 2010, for the 2nd USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Parallelism. HotPar '10 will bring together researchers and practitioners doing innovative work in the area of parallel computing. HotPar recognizes the broad impact of multicore computing and seeks relevant contributions in all fields, including application design, languages and compilers, systems, and architecture.

ECEG is a forum for researchers and practitioners to develop their understanding of both the theory and practice in all aspects of E-Government and share the latest thinking on research strategies, tactics and paradigms.

Culture flourishes through the creation of new music, videos, and textual works. The CIP symposium will explore better ways to balance the needs of cultural innovation with the rights of owners of creative works.

Join scholars and experts to discuss today's copyright concerns.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

-- WILLIAM PATRY, Senior Copyright Counsel, Google Inc.
"Moral Panics and The Copyright Wars."

-- PETER JASZI, Professor, Washington College of Law, American University.
"The Future of Fair Use."

PRECONFERENCE INSTRUCTORS:

-- GEORGIA HARPER, Scholarly Communications Advisor, University of Texas at Austin Libraries.
"Copyright 101."

-- MADELYN WESSEL, Associate General Counsel, University of Virginia.
"Fair Use Trends."

Join us in Boston, MA, on June 22, 2010, for HotCloud '10. HotCloud '10 seeks to discuss challenges in the Cloud Computing paradigm, including the design, implementation, and deployment of virtualized clouds. The workshop provides a forum for academics as well as practitioners in the field to share their experience, leverage each other's perspectives, and identify new and emerging "hot" trends in this area.

HotCloud '10 will be part of USENIX Federated Conferences Week, which will take place June 21–25, 2010.

Join us in Boston, MA, on June 22, 2010, for WOSN 2010. The 3rd Workshop on Online Social Networks will explore all aspects of online social networks, from their embedding in measurable physical devices (fixed and mobile) to the complex interpersonal interactions that take place at the application layer. The workshop will bring together researchers and practitioners to discuss the challenges and important questions posed by online social applications and their infrastructure, as well as the trends and directions that will inform the online social landscape of the future.

WOSN 2010 will be part of USENIX Federated Conferences Week, which will take place June 21–25, 2010.

Join us in Boston, MA, June 23–25, 2010, for the 2010 USENIX Annual Technical Conference. USENIX ATC has always been the place to present groundbreaking research and cutting-edge practices in a wide variety of technologies and environments. USENIX ATC '10 will be no exception.

USENIX ATC '10 will be part of USENIX Federated Conferences Week, which will take place June 21–25, 2010.

Join us in Boston, MA, June 23–25, 2010, for the first USENIX Conference on Web Application Development. WebApps '10 is a new technical conference designed to bring together experts in all aspects of developing and deploying Web applications. Web-based applications are revolutionizing both the features that can be delivered and the technologies for developing and deploying applications. They also involve a diverse collection of issues and technologies. Take advantage of this new opportunity for interaction and synergy across these areas.

WebApps '10 will be part of USENIX Federated Conferences Week, which will take place June 21–25, 2010.

ECRM is a forum for researchers and practitioners to develop their understanding of both the theory and practice in all aspects of Research Methodology for Business and Management Studies and share the latest thinking on research strategies, tactics and paradigms.

The International Conference on Information Society (i-Society 2010) is Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE UK/RI Computer Chapter. The i-Society is a global knowledge-enriched collaborative effort that has its roots from both academia and industry. The conference
covers a wide spectrum of topics that relate to information society, which includes technical and non-technical research areas.

The mission of i-Society 2010 conference is to provide opportunities for collaboration of professionals and researchers to share existing and generate new knowledge in the field of information society. The conference encapsulates the concept of interdisciplinary science
that studies the societal and technological dimensions of knowledge evolution in digital society. The i-Society bridges the gap between academia and industry with regards to research collaboration and awareness of current development in secure information management
in the digital society.

ECIW is a forum for researchers and practitioners to develop their understanding of both the theory and practice in all aspects of Information Warfare and Security and share the latest thinking on research strategies, tactics and paradigms.

ICEL is a forum for researchers and practitioners to develop their understanding of both the theory and practice in all aspects of E-Learning and share the latest thinking on research strategies, tactics and paradigms.

The International Conference on e-Learning (ICEL) brings together academic research and practical applications of e-Learning from all areas. ICEL brings together varied groups of people with different perspectives, seeking to bring top research and proven best practices together into one location, for the purposes of helping practitioners find ways to put research into practice, and for researchers to gain an understanding of additional real-world problems.



The conference committee welcomes both academic and practitioner papers on a wide range of topics and a wide range of scholarly approaches including theoretical and empirical papers employing qualitative, quantitative and critical methods. Action research, case studies and research-in-progress are welcomed approaches. Research in progress, case studies, poster submissions, proposals for roundtable discussions, practitioner contributions, and product demonstrations based on the main themes are also invited.



Submission details are given below. Topics for submissions may include, but are not limited to:



e-Learning design; usability; evaluation
Communities of practice

Content development; authoring tools
Instructional design

LCMSS, and LMSS
e-Learning technology

Mobile learning; podcasting
Societal and cultural issues in e-Learning

Online and computer aided assessments
Knowledge management

Absolute and relative boundaries of e-Lessons
Content management

Simulations and virtual learning environments
Learner characteristics

Asynchronous interaction
e-Learning portals

Structural representation of e-Lessons
e-Learning adoption

Course development strategies
e-Learning implementation, cognitive styles

New e-Learning methodologies
e-Learning to support communities and individuals

Uses of multimedia in e-Learning
Research barriers

Marketing and promoting e-Learning
Use of open-source

Successful web-based innovative exemplars
Retention strategies

Blended learning approaches
e-Learning attrition

Asynchronous text-based conferencing
Inter-Institutional education program cooperation

Social benefits of e-Learning
New partnerships to deliver e-Learning

Socio-technical systems
e-Learning standards

Widening student participation
In-house training

e-Learning ROI
Satellite campus issues

Human resource development using e-learning at the company
University management using ICT

Faculty development
Web 2.0 technologies being used in the classroom

The use of social networks to support learning
e-Learning in 50 or 100 years

Universities and Internet society
Digital learning

Innovation in the e-Learning Context
Other/specialist e-Learning topics

Student access, diversity, expectation, involvement, motivation and retention
e-universities and other computer-enabled systems in learning and teaching

SANS returns to Colorado for SANS Rocky Mountain 2010, July 12-17, in Denver! Now more than ever, hands-on experience will set you apart from others in the field, so register today for SANS Rocky Mountain 2010 and get the best computer security training money can buy!
We’re offering these popular security, leadership, penetration testing, computer forensics, and intrusion detection courses with certifications for managers and technical staff alike:

- Security 401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style (GSEC meets DoD8570 IAT II) – Jason Fossen, SANS Faculty Fellow

- Management 512: SANS Security Leadership Essentials for Managers with Knowledge Compression(tm) (GSLC certification meets DoD 8570 IAM I, II, III) – Eugene Schultz, SANS Certified Instructor

- Management 414: SANS(r) +S(tm) Training Program for the CISSP(r) Certification Exam Bootcamp (GISP cert meets DoD8570 IAM II, III) – Tanya Baccam, SANS Senior Instructor

- Security 503: Intrusion Detection In-Depth (GCIA certification meets DoD 8570 IAT Level III) – Mike Poor, SANS Senior Instructor

- Security 560: Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking (GPEN) – John Strand, SANS Certified Instructor

- Security 566: 20 Critical Security Controls - In Depth – David Hoelzer, SANS Faculty Fellow and Staff

- Forensics 408: Computer Forensic Essentials – Chad Tilbury, SANS Certified Instructor

- Management 421: SANS Leadership and Management Competencies – Eugene Schultz, SANS Certified Instructor - One-day course on July 17

Take advantage of the opportunity to put the skills you'll learn to practical use and join more than 29,000 GIAC certified professionals who make the info sec industry safe! Visit the GIAC Web site for more information and register for your certification attempt today!

SANS Rocky Mountain 2010 takes place at the Westin Tabor Center located in the heart of the Lower Downtown Denver. A special discount rate of $149 S/D with complimentary Internet will be honored based on space availability. To make reservations please call (303)572-9100. This special rate is only available until June 18th, 2010. A stay in the host hotel will allow opportunities to network with fellow students and our world-renown instructors, savings on the cost of daily travel to the hotel, attendance of planned evening events, and free high-speed internet access available to SANS attendees staying at the host hotel.

Denver has a view of the Rockies, and all the activities that go with mountains are close at hand. With 300 days of sunshine a year and a blend of outdoor adventure and urban sophistication, this is a great destination for your training. Some of the things to do in and around Denver are:

- Museums – Children’s Museum of Denver, Denver Art Museum, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, along with the Denver Center for the Performing Arts

- Local Attractions – Larimer Square, Denver Botanic Gardens, United States Mint, and Coors Brewery Tours

- Recreation – Six Flags Elitch Gardens Amusement Park, Downtown Aquarium, Denver Zoo, and Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

- Shopping – Tabor Shops and the local 16th Street Pedestrian Mall, Denver Pavilions, Cherry Creek Mall, Park Meadows Mall, and Castle Rock Prime Outlet Mall

- Entertainment – Coors Field (Colorado Rockies), Buell Theatre, Pepsi Center (Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche), Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium (Denver Broncos), Planetarium

When you attend SANS Rocky Mountain 2010, you will see the SANS promise in action - what you learn in the classroom you will be able to use immediately upon returning to the office. Don’t miss our Vendor Expo and SANS@ Night evening talks that will enhance your training and are FREE to SANS Rocky Mountain 2010 registrants! Here's what some of our SANS Rocky Mountain 2009 attendees had to say:

“SANS seeks out and employs professionals who are passionate and knowledgeable about the

Track 1. Wireless -- The New Paradigm
Track 2. Green IT--Green Fields
Two important topics for those who provide voice, data and video services on campus.

Emerging Technologies for Online Learning Symposium, a joint Symposium of Sloan Consortium, MERLOT and MoodleMoot, is designed to bring together individuals interested in the technological aspects of online learning. The symposium, focusing on the technologies that drive online learning effectiveness, will continue to highlight research, applications, and best practices of important emerging technological tools.

Experts, intermediate users and novices are welcome to participate in Symposium activities that will include face-to-face and virtual components.

Symposium tracks highlight and demonstrate research, application and best practices of important emerging technological tools related to social networking, assessment, open educational resources, new media and support services.

Call for Presentations deadline extended until 2/01/10
Early Bird registration open 1/15/10

SANS will be back in Boston with an exceptional training lineup this August. Why not get your audit, management, and security training at SANS Boston 2010 on August 2-8? We are bringing our top courses and top instructors to make this the perfect training event for you! Register before June 23 and save $400.

SANS Boston 2010 features these top-rated courses:
SEC401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style Staff
SEC504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits and Incident Handling with John Strand, SANS Certified Instructor
MGT512: SANS Security Leadership Essentials for Managers with Knowledge Compression(tm) with Stephen Northcutt, SANS Faculty Fellow
AUD507: Auditing Networks, Perimeters & Systems Staff
SEC566: Implementing and Auditing the Twenty Critical Security Controls - In Depth with Eric Cole, Ph.D., SANS Faculty Fellow
SEC542: Web App Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking Staff
SEC505: Securing Windows with Jason Fossen, SANS Faculty Fellow
FOR563: Mobile Device Forensics with Eoghan Casey, SANS Certified Instructor

In addition to the courses above, SANS Boston 2010 will offer short, one-day, skills-based courses. Choose a short course to round out your education and save up to 50% on your extra training. Maximize your investment with the best training your money can buy!

MGT305: Technical Communication and Presentation Skills for Security Professionals Staff – August 8
SEC517: Cutting-Edge Hacking Techniques with John Strand – August 8
MGT421: SANS Leadership and Management Competencies with Stephen Northcutt – August 7

Our attendees from SANS Boston 2009 had this to say:

“In the 19 years I’ve been in the business and countless training, Eric Cole is by far the best instructor, both in teaching skills and content knowledge that I’ve ever seen.” - Sara Mach, BCBSMA

MGT512-“I started the week with a weak IT background, and now feel that I can intelligently talk to some of the techies in my organization. I now definitely feel that I can ask technical folks the right questions. I will be turning in a training request for additional SANS classes.” -
Lydia Starry, Dept. of Veteran’s Affairs

“The information presented is exactly what is needed today to defend systems from attacks.” David DiGennaro, Metro Credit Union, said of John Strand and SEC504

We will be holding SANS Boston 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Boston -- just one block from the Boston Common and within walking distance of attractions, shopping, and theaters. With its contemporary-style rooms, delicious dining and more, join us at the Regency for a great SANS Conference experience! Enjoy the discounted SANS rate of $194 S/D with high-speed Internet access in your room until July 11, 2010. Government per diem rooms are available with proper ID. Simply call reservations and ask for the SANS government rate.

To follow or tweet about this event, use the hashtag #sansboston. Follow SANS at @SANSInstitute.

“The best security conference that you can get.” - Emad Aleraidh, Saudi Aramco

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. Don’t miss this special SANS training event in Boston this August! We hope to see you there.

Call for Papers, Research in Progress, Case Studies, Posters, Round-table discussions, Practitioner Contributions and Product Demonstrations





Information warfare and computer security are at the forefront of modern defence Cyber Strategies. Strong strands of research and interest are developing in the area, including the understanding of threats and risks to information systems, the development of a strong security culture, as well as incident detection and post incident investigation in addition to the offensive areas associated with information operations such as perception management and strategic communications. The International Conference on Information Warfare and Security (ICIW) offers an opportunity for academics, practitioners and consultants from the US, North America and elsewhere who are involved in the study, management, development and implementation of systems and concepts related to information warfare or are interested in ways to improve information systems security, to come together and exchange ideas. This conference is continuing to establish itself as a key event for individuals working in the field from around the world.



The advisory group for the conference welcomes both academic and practitioner papers on a wide range of topics and a wide range of scholarly approaches including theoretical and empirical papers employing qualitative, quantitative and critical methods. Research in progress, case studies, poster submissions, proposals for roundtable discussions, practitioner contributions, and product demonstrations based on the main themes are also invited.

Join us in Washington, DC, on August 10, 2010, for the 1st USENIX Workshop on Health Security and Privacy. USENIX HealthSec '10 is intended as a forum for lively discussion of aggressively innovative and potentially disruptive ideas on all aspects of medical and health security and privacy. A fundamental goal of the workshop is to promote cross-disciplinary interactions between fields, including, but not limited to, technology, medicine, and policy.

Join us in Washington, DC, August 11–13, 2010, for the 19th USENIX Security Symposium. The USENIX Security Symposium brings together researchers, practitioners, system administrators, system programmers, and others interested in the latest advances in the security of computer systems and networks.

The Symposium will span three days, with a technical program including refereed papers, invited talks, posters, panel discussions, and Birds-of-a-Feather sessions. Workshops will precede the Symposium on August 9 and 10, 2010.

ECKM is a forum for researchers and practitioners to develop their understanding of both the theory and practice in all aspects of Knowledge Management and share the latest thinking on research strategies, tactics and paradigms.

ECIME is a forum for researchers and practitioners to develop their understanding of both the theory and practice in all aspects of Information Management and Evaluation and share the latest thinking on research strategies, tactics and paradigms.

ECIE is a forum for researchers and practitioners to develop their understanding of both the theory and practice in all aspects of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and share the latest thinking on research strategies, tactics and paradigms.

ICEG is a forum for researchers and practitioners to develop their understanding of both the theory and practice in all aspects of E-Government and share the latest thinking on research strategies, tactics and paradigms.

Join us in Vancouver, BC, Canada, October 4–6, 2010, for OSDI '10. The ninth OSDI seeks to present innovative, exciting research in computer systems. OSDI brings together professionals from academic and industrial backgrounds in what has become a premier forum for discussing the design, implementation, and implications of systems software.

ECGBL is a forum for researchers and practitioners to develop their understanding of both the theory and practice in all aspects of Games Based Learning and share the latest thinking on research strategies, tactics and paradigms.

Track 1. Who's In Charge of the Network?
Track 2. IT Services for Free? Financial Issues Surrounding IT
Two tracks addressing issues of importance to those who provide voice, data and video services on college campuses. High-quality education, the latest technology solutions in the exhibit hall, and the very best in professional networking.

6th European Conference on Management Leadership and Governance hosted by The College of Management “Edukacja” and the Professional Development Center “Edukacja”, Wroclaw, Poland on the 28-29 October 2010. ECMLG is a forum for researchers and practitioners to develop their understanding of both the theory and practice in all aspects of Management, Leadership & Governance and share the latest thinking on research strategies, tactics and paradigms.

9th European Conference on e-Learning hosted by the Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Porto, Portugal on the 4-5 November 2010. ECEL is a forum for researchers and practitioners to develop their understanding of both the theory and practice in all aspects of E-Learning and share the latest thinking on research strategies, tactics and paradigms.

The Large Installation System Administration Conference (LISA) has been the premier system administration conference for over 20 years. It offers an unparalled opportunity to meet and mingle with the leaders of the system administration industry. The goal of this conference is to provide attendees with the practical information they need to succeed in their jobs. Information is arranged in a "learn it today—use it tomorrow" format.

The ICITST is an international refereed conference dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practical implementation of secured Internet transactions and to fostering discussions on information technology evolution. The ICITST aims to provide a highly professional and comparative academic research forum that promotes collaborative excellence between academia and industry. The objectives of the ICITST are to bridge the knowledge gap between academia and industry, promote research esteem in secured Internet transactions and the
importance of information technology evolution to secured transactions. The ICITST-2010 invites research papers that encompass conceptual analysis, design implementation and performance evaluation. All the accepted papers will appear in the proceedings published
by IEEE and fully indexed by IEEE Xplore. All the ICITST papers are indexed by DBLP.

7th International Conference on Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management & Organisational Learning hosted by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China on the 11-12 November 2010. ICICKM is a forum for researchers and practitioners to develop their understanding of both the theory and practice in all aspects of Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management & Organisational Learning and share the latest thinking on research strategies, tactics and paradigms.