The Secure IT 2008 Program Committee requests proposals for presentations for the Secure IT 2008 Information Technology and Network Security Conference in March 4-6, 2008 in San Diego, California.

Conference presentations will address the technical, management, and curriculum development aspects of information security and assurance. Presentation formats will include individual and panel presentations for 75 minute presentations. The Program Committee also will consider proposals for half-day pre-conference workshops.

About the Conference
Secure IT 2008 is a "must attend" event for those tasked with protecting personal or confidential information in a rapidly changing technological environment. This year's conference sessions address new and continuing threats to information security as well as responses to the increasing risk of security breaches and data exfiltration, identity theft, cyber terrorism and more. The conference provides information security professionals and managers with the most up-to-date information, tools, trends, legislation, and strategies for addressing information security issues. The conference will focus on key issues related to information and network security, with presentations provided by recognized experts from some of the nation's leading organizations.

Who will be there?
Business, industry, and higher education CEOs, CIOs, CTOs, VPs of Technology, directors of IT, directors of technology, systems architects, network administrators, network security officers, ISOs, CSOs, financial managers, system developers, webmasters, faculty in computer science and information & decision sciences, and more.

Presentation Topics
Presentations can cover any aspect of information security and assurance within one of three identified tracks: 1) Information Security Management , 2) Information Security Operational Practices and Technologies and 3) Research and Curriculum Development. Although not limited to the following, topic areas for presentations may include:

Information Security Management:

• Policy and Compliance
• Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery/Business Resumption Planning
• Risk Management/ Risk Assessments
• Strategic Planning for Security
• Survivability and Business Resiliency
• Legal/Legislative Issues
• Security Awareness and Training
• Case Studies
• Incident Management
• Funding Strategies for Information Security
• Privacy Protection
• Developing and Managing Contracts
• Negotiating with Vendors
• Homeland Security - State Level and National Level
• Others

Information Security Operational Practices and Technologies:

• Incident Response
• Wireless Access Security
• Intrusion Detection
• Intrusion Prevention
• PKI
• Authentication/Authorization Issues
• VoIP
• Information Security Effective Practices
• Emerging Technologies
• Careers in Information/Network Security
• Others

Research and Curriculum Development

• National Centers of Excellence in Information Assurance Education
• NSF Advanced Technical Education Regional Centers
• Careers in Information Security/Network Security
• Partnerships between Community Colleges, Universities and Businesses
• How to get promoted into government jobs and Businesses
• Innovative Curriculum Programs in Information Security
• Research projects in Information Security
• Others

All proposals must be submitted by completing the Call for Proposals Form located at the top of this page.

The deadline for submission of proposals is 5:00 pm (Pacific) November 15, 2007.

Proposals submitted to the Research and Curriculum Development track will be reviewed by a Faculty Program Sub-Committee. The Program Committee will review the proposals and send acceptance notifications for all tracks by November 30, 2007.

PLEASE NOTE: Proposals submitted by vendors should be on an information security topic and should not contain any marketing material for a company or product. Presentation descriptions should be no more than 200 words, and speakers are expected to submit their presentation for posting to the conference website by February 22, 2008. The presentation description will be used by the Program Committee for selection purposes and, if selected, an edited version of this text will be used in the conference program.

All Secure IT 2008 presenters must register for the conference and pay appropriate fees in order to be included in the final program. Faculty and staff from California State University, California Community College and higher education institutions are eligible for a reduced conference fee. All other attendees are encouraged to take advantage of the early conference registration rate in effect until February 1, 2008.

More information about sponsorship opportunities can be found at www.secureitconf.com, or contact Ms. Lorraine Frost at (909) 537-5100 or by e-mail at lfrost@csusb.edu.

If you have any questions about the conference or the call for papers, please send an email to jtorner@csusb.edu.

We look forward to seeing you at the Secure IT 2008 Conference in San Diego, California!

Dr. Javier Torner
University Information Security Officer
California State University, San Bernardino
Chair, Secure IT 2008 Program Committee