LinuxSecuritySummit2011

Linux Security Summit 2011

Latest News

• 30 Jun 2011: The CFP is now closed.

Description

The Linux Security Summit (LSS) is a technical forum for collaboration between Linux developers, researchers, and end users. Its aim is to foster community efforts in analyzing and solving Linux security challenges.

The format of the summit will be:

• Selected brief presentations
• Lightning talks
• Q&A panel sessions

Venue

The Linux Security Summit for 2011 will be held on the 8th of September in Santa Rosa, CA, USA. It will be co-located with Linux Plumbers Conference (LPC).

Note that Linux Security Summit attendees and speakers must be registered to attend LPC. See the LPC site for details on registration, travel, and accommodation.

Dates

• CFP open: 4th April 2011
• CFP close: 27th May 2011

• Speaker notification: 1st June 2011
• Event: 8th September 2011

Participation

The event is open to all registered LPC attendees.

You do not have to be a "security person" to attend -- we're seeking a diverse range of attendees, and welcome the participation of general developers, researchers, operations, and end-users.

There will be several panel sessions in addition to brief, selected presentations, with a strong focus on discussion.

CFP Details

The program committee currently seeks proposals for:

Presentations

Brief technical talks in 30 minute slots, including at least 10 minutes of discussion (i.e. the maximum length of the presentation alone is 20 minutes). Papers are encouraged, and slides should be minimal.

Panel discussion topics

If you'd like to see an issue discussed in a Q&A style panel, send it in. Note that this may result in you volunteering to participate in a panel.

Topic areas include, but are not limited to:

• System hardening
• Access control
• Cryptography
• Integrity control
• Hardware security
• Networking
• Storage
• Virtualization
• Desktop
• Tools
• Management
• Case studies
• Emerging technologies, threats & techniques

Submitting Proposals

Proposals should be abstracts of up to 150 words in length. We do not need full papers or slides at this stage.

Send plain text proposals to the program committee at: lss-pc (_at_) ext.namei.org

Mailing list

Everyone planning to attend should join the event mailing list:

 https://ext.namei.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-security-summit
    

Updates and announcements about the event will also be sent to the list.

Program Committee

The Linux Security Summit for 2011 is organized by:

• James Morris, Red Hat
• Serge Hallyn, Canonical
• Paul Moore, HP
• Stephen Smalley, NSA
• Joshua Brindle, Tresys
• Tetsuo Handa, NTT Data
• Herbert Xu, Red Hat
• John Johansen, Canonical
• Kees Cook, Canonical
• Casey Schaufler, Smack Project

The program committee may be contacted as a group via email: lss-pc (_at_) ext.namei.org

Resources

• Linux Security Summit 2010 - last year's event, held in Boston.