[vizSEC] VizSec 2009

[John Goodall]

Registration for Vis Week (VizSec is held as part of VisWeek) is open and to
get the early-bird rates, you must register by 4 September 2009:
https://icm3.ieee.org/eventmanager/onlineregistration.asp?eventcode=9d9

The tentative program is now available:
http://vizsec.org/vizsec2009/program.html




Call for Posters and Participation!
Registration is Open!
Apply for Student Stipends!

VizSec 2009
Workshop on Visualization for Cyber Security
October 11, 2009   /   Atlantic City, NJ USA
http://vizsec.org/vizsec2009/

Early registration ends Sept 4!
Please visit our web site to register


Call for Posters:
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After the success of the poster session last year, we are going to have a
poster session again this year!  One-page posters are due by September 14
by email to carrie.gates at ca.com and JohnG at securedecisions.com.  Final
final notification of acceptance will be sent by September 17.  Should you
wish to receive notification before early registration ends, please submit
your proposal by September 2.  Poster proposals need be no more than one
page describing your poster content, and can be provided in any format
(e.g., Word, PDF, plain text).  Accepted proposals will be posted online.




Call for Participation:
=======================

The 6th International Workshop on Visualization for Cyber Security is a
forum that brings together researchers and practitioners in information
visualization and security to address the specific needs of the cyber
security community through new and insightful visualization techniques.
Co-located this year with IEEE InfoVis/Vis/VAST, VizSec will continue
to provide opportunities for the two communities to collaborate and share
insights into providing solutions for security needs through visualization
approaches. 

This year we are excited to announce
    Bill Cheswick
from AT&T Labs as our keynote speaker.  Mr. Cheswick is perhaps best known
in the visualization community for his visualization of the internet - The
Internet Mapping Project - which started in 1998.  In his provocative
talk "Visual Tools for Security: Is there a there there?", Mr. Cheswick
will be challenging the idea that visualization is useful to security
analysts.

We also have a fabulous selection of papers this year, emphasizing four
topics:
    = Network Visualization
    = Malware and Forensics
    = Users and Usability
    = Security Practices
Network Visualization is one of the most popular topics within VizSec,
and this year is no exception.  Our three papers in this area cover
visualization of complex attacks and the associated state of the
attacked network, visualization for network analysis, and visualization
support within IPv6.  In Malware and Forensics, our three papers
emphasize visualization of compiled executables to support malware
analysis, visual analysis of malware behavior, and also analysis
supporting examination of digital forensics evidence.  In the area
of Users and Usability, we have papers that range from consideration
of how analysts' workspace support their efforts to evaluation of when
visualization provides better results.  Finally, in the area of Security
Practices, we offer two papers, one on visualizing keyboard pattern
passwords and another on visualizing firewall configurations.



Student Stipends:
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The VizSec committee might be able to provide limited support for those
students attending VizSec.  Preference is given first to presenting authors,
and then to students with posters.  To apply, please send email to
deborah.frincke at pnl.gov with the subject line "VizSec Student Support
Request".

-- 
john goodall    
JohnG at SecureDecisions.avi.com . 518.482.2686
Applied Visions Inc  .  Secure Decisions Division
http://securedecisions.avi.com . http://vizsec.org