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1st Network and Information Security (NIS) Summer School, 15-19Sept08 Crete
ENISA and FORTH-ICS would like invite you and your colleagues to participate to the 1st Network and Information Security (NIS) Summer School, to be held in Crete, Greece. The Summer School's aim is to bring together experts in Information Security, policy members from EU Member States and EU Institutions, decision makers from the industry as well as members of the research and academic community.
You can find the details about the NIS School below. Feel free to redistribute this invitation to anyone who might be interested.
Please accept our apologies in case you receive multiple copies of this message.
kind regards,
Dr. Panagiotis TRIMINTZIOS
ENISA - European Network and Information Security Agency
ENISA-FORTH Summer School on Network & Information Security (NIS)
15-19 September 2008, Crete, Greece
www.nis-summer-school.eu
"Promoting a culture of security: mitigating risks through awareness."
Internet-connected systems are subject to millions of online attacks every day. Internet users on the other hand are plagued by malware, spam, phishing, and other malicious activities. Besides the constantly increasing number of security incidents, we are witnessing a steady rise in attack sophistication. During the last few years, there has been a decline in the number of massive easy-to-spot global epidemics, and a shift towards more targeted and evasive attacks. At the same time, cyber-criminals, motivated by significant financial gains, constantly devise new deception and exploitation methods. Raising awareness and understanding the issues involved is of paramount importance.
The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) and the Institute of Computer Science of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH-ICS) welcome you to the jointly organized Summer School on Network and Information Security.
The Summer School's aim is to bring together experts in Information Security, policy members from EU Member States and EU Institutions, decision makers from the industry as well as members of the research and academic community.
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*****THEME-TOPICS*****
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The Theme for the 2008 Summer School is *"Network Security"*.
The list of topics for lectures in the Summer School includes: Emerging and Future Threats, Security of Network Technologies and Protocols, Security in Next Generation Networks, Wireless Access Network Security, Best Practices in Securing ISP networks, Legal/Policy Issues related to Network Security, Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) Services, Privacy and Anonymity in a Networked World, Economic issues of Network Security, Case Studies.
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******SPEAKERS******
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WELCOME ADDRESS
* Mr. Kostas Hatzidakis (Invited), Minister, Hellenic Ministry of Transport & Communications, GR
* Mrs. Androulla Vassiliou (Invited), Commissioner for Health and Consumers, EU
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
* Dr. Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Member of the European Parliament, EU
* Lord Toby Harris, House of Lords, UK
* Mr. Mikko H. Hypponen, F-Secure, FI
DISTINGUISHED LECTURERS
* Dr. Janet Beattie, Glen Abbot Ltd, UK
"Business Continuity Planning"
* Prof. Steven Bellovin, Columbia Univ., USA
"New Paradigms for Architectural Security"
* Prof. Levente Buttyan, Budapest Univ. of Technology & Economics, HU
"Wireless Networks Security"
* Mr. Ilias Chantzos, SYMANTEC, BE
"Policy Issues related to Network Security"
* Dr. Richard Clayton, Cambridge Univ., UK
"Economic issues of Network Security"
* Dr. Myriam Dunn, ETH Zurich, CH
"Critical Infrastructure Protection: History, Trends, and Concepts"
* Ms. Anne-Marie Eklund-Lowinder, .SE, SE
"DNSSEC: overview, deployment and lessons learned"
* Prof. Mike Fairhurst, Univ. of Kent, UK
"Biometrics and the citizen: broadening the scope of network security"
* Prof. Giusella Finocchiaro, University of Bologna, IT
"Internet Legal Issues"
* Prof. Angelos Keromytis, Columbia University, USA
"Denial of Services Attacks and Resilient Overlay Networks"
* Dr. Achim Klabunde, European Commission DG-INFSO, EU
"Security in the Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communications"
* Prof. Evangelos Markatos, FORTH-ICS, GR
"Emerging Risks for Networks"
* Mr. Jose Marcos Muela & Dr. Dimosthenis Ikonomou, ENISA, EU
"Resilience of Networks"
* Prof. Bart Preneel, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BE
"Network Protocols Security"
* Prof. Vassilis Prevelakis, Technische Universitat Braunschweig, DE
"Lessons Learned from the Vodafone Wiretapping Incident"
* Mr. Marco Thorbruegge, ENISA, EU
"On the Importance of CERT Services"
* Dr. Wietse Venema, IBM, USA
"Host and Network Forensic Discovery"
* Prof. Paulo Verissimo, Univ. of Lisbon, PT
"Resilience of Critical Infrastructures"
* Dr. Claire Vishik, Intel, UK
"Transport Security and Efficiency in Electronic Commerce Systems"
* SSA David A. West Jr., FBI Cyber Squad, USA
"Cyber crime in Networked Enviroments"
* Mr. Ken Van Wyk, Outbreak Security, LLC, Board Member at FIRST and FIRST.org, Inc.,
and Carnegie Mellon University, USA "Network Security Incidence Response"
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******COMMITTEES******
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STEERING COMMITTEE
* Mr. Andrea Pirotti, Executive Director of ENISA, EU
* Prof. Constantine Stephanidis, Director of FORTH-ICS, GR
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
* Dr. Sotiris Ioannidis, FORTH-ICS, co-chair, GR
* Dr. Panagiotis Trimintzios, ENISA, co-chair, EU
* Mr. Giles Hogben, ENISA, EU
* Prof. Vasilios Siris, FORTH-ICS, GR
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
* Prof. Ross Anderson, Cambridge Univ., UK
* Prof. Angelos Bilas, FORTH-ICS, GR
* Prof. Matt Bishop, University of California, Davis, USA
* Dr. Alain Esterle, ENISA, EU
* Prof. Giusella Finocchiaro, University of Bologna, IT
* Prof. Theodoulos Garefalakis, FORTH-IACM, GR
* Dr. Jaap-Henk Hoepman, Radboud University Nijmegen, NL
* Prof. Manolis Katevenis, FORTH-ICS, GR
* Prof. Antonio Lioy, Politecnico di Torino, IT
* Prof. Evangelos Markatos, FORTH-ICS, GR
* Dr. Evangelos Ouzounis, ENISA, EU
* Prof. Sachar Paulus, SAP AG, DE
* Prof. Norbert Pohlmann, Univ. of Applied Sciences Gelsenkirchen, DE
* Prof. Reinhard Posch, TU Graz, IAIK, AT
* Prof. Jacques Stern, ENS/DI, FR
* Prof. Apostolos Traganitis, FORTH-ICS, GR
* Prof. Louise Yngstrom, Stockholm Univ., SE
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*******VENUE*******
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The Summer School on Network and Information Security (NIS) will take place in Hersonissos, a small town close to Heraklion city, Crete, Greece.
The venue of the Summer School is Aldemar Knossos Royal Village (www.aldemarhotels.com).
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******REGISTRATION******
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To register visit: www.nis-summer-school.eu
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*****about ENISA******
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ENISA is mandated to assist the European Union and its Member States in ensuring the higher levels of network and information security.The Agency's tasks are focused on collecting and analysing data on security incidents and emerging risks, establishing public/private partnerships with industry, promoting risk assessment methods and best practices and tracking the development of standards for products and services in the Network and Information Society.
ENISA - defending the future
Every day people experience the Information Society. Interconnected networks are touching our everyday lives, at home and at work. It is therefore vital that e.g. computers, mobile phones, banking, high-tech cars and the Internet are functioning, as they constitute the "Digital Economy." That is why ENISA is working with Network and Information Security for the EU and the Member States.
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*****about FORTH-ICS*****
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The Institute of Computer Science (ICS) is one the seven institutes of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), a major national research centre partly funded by the General Secretariat for Research and Technology of the Hellenic Ministry of Development.
The mission of FORTH-ICS is to perform high quality basic and applied research, to promote education and training, and to contribute to the development of the Information Society, at a regional, national, and European level.
Since its establishment in 1983, FORTH-ICS has had a long history and recognized tradition in conducting basic and applied research, and playing a leading role, in Greece and internationally, in the field of Information and Communication Technologies.
