Call For Papers
Call For Papers
18th Annual FIRST Conference
Baltimore, MD
June 25-30, 2006
The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST,
http://www.first.org/)
is a global organization dedicated to bringing together computer security
incident
response teams (CSIRTs). The annual FIRST conference not only provides a
setting
for participants to attend tutorials and hear presentations by leading experts
in
the CSIRT community, it also creates opportunities for networking,
collaboration,
and sharing of technical information. Equally important, this conference
enables
the attendees to meet with their peers and build trusted relationships.
FIRST continues to enjoy a steady increase in membership internationally
and is represented by teams from government, commercial and
research/educational
communities.
FIRST conference participants include not only CSIRT staff, but also IT
managers,
network and system administrators, software and hardware vendors, security
solutions
providers, telecommunications organizations, ISPs, and general computer and
network
security personnel. FIRST conferences cover a number of different areas such as
(but
are not limited to):
* advanced techniques in security incident prevention, detection and
response.
* latest advances in computer and network security tools.
* shared views, experiences, and resolutions in the computer security
incident response field.
The conference is a five-day event, comprised of two days of Tutorials, three
days
of Plenary sessions focused on either Business or Technical issues. These
include
paper presentations, keynote speeches and/or panel discussions.
The theme for the 2006 conference is ?Sharing Intelligence in Global Response?
working smarter and sharing knowledge in this environment, finding ways to
further
our initiatives on collaborative and cooperative approaches to find solutions
to
the problems we face in computer and network security incident response.
Conference presentations are generally 30-45 minutes in length, including any
Q&A session.
The conference language is English.
The program committee welcomes original contributions on network security for
refereed paper presentations, tutorials, invited talks and panel sessions, and
can include topics such as:
* Incident Response
* Response Team Operational Issues and Tools
* Response Team Cooperation, Methods and Techniques for information
sharing, collaboration and discussion of legal issues
* Traffic monitoring, detection, and eal-time situational awareness
* Vulnerability Handling
* Software assurance
* New Technologies
* New Vulnerabilities
* Risk Assessment and Information Analysis
* New threats and incident trends
* Lessons learned from establishing National Teams
Process of Selection
The program committee will evaluate papers, tutorials, and panels based on
quality and relevance. All submissions are held in confidence prior to
publication in the proceedings.
Submissions received after the deadline (see ?Important Dates? below) will
not be considered unless an extension has been granted by the program chair.
Where employer, client, or government authorization is needed, it is the
responsibility of the author(s) to obtain such authorization prior to
submitting the final materials.
Accepted papers will be presented by their author(s) and will be published
in the conference proceedings. The proceedings are provided free of charge
to conference attendees. The papers will also be published on the FIRST
?Members?
portion of the website. These are restricted to the FIRST membership until
01 January 2007, after which time the documents will be publicly accessible
on the FIRST website.
Copyright
FIRST requires a non-exclusive copyright license for all the papers presented
at the conference and for the presentation materials. This includes
distribution
on the conference CD-ROM and the FIRST website.
Submissions
Tutorial Submission
Two tutorial tracks are planned. Tutorials should have either a technical or
business/management focus. Technical tutorials should be targeted at a
technical
audience consisting of IT or security professionals. Business tutorials should
be
targeted for an audience of directors, managers, policy makers, legal and law
enforcement staff, and IT professionals who may have managerial
responsibilities.
Ideas for subject matter may be pulled from the example topics listed above.
Tutorials may be a half or full day in length and can cover topics either at an
introductory or advanced level.
All tutorial submissions will be handled electronically. Authors should email
the
completed submission form (available on the FIRST website) to:
first-2006papers@xxxxxxxxx
Paper Submission
Authors are invited to submit papers in PDF format (RTF and HTML are also
accepted).
The length should not exceed 12 pages typeset in a 12-point font. A detailed
extended
abstract (2 pages minimum) will be considered if it gives a clear reflection of
the
contents and key points of the coming paper.
All paper submissions will be handled electronically. Authors should email
their paper
or detailed abstract and the completed submission form available on the FIRST
website
to: first-2006papers@xxxxxxxxx
Panel Submission
Panels are solicited that examine innovative, controversial, or otherwise
provocative issues of interest.
All panel submissions will be handled electronically. Authors should e-mail
the completed submission form which may be obtained on the FIRST website to:
first-2006papers@xxxxxxxxx
Important Dates
Extended Submission deadline November 30, 2005
Notification of acceptance December 21, 2005
Final version due May 1, 2006
Note that tutorial and panel proposals, as well as papers (or detailed
abstracts,
as described above) are expected to arrive prior to the submission deadline in
order to be considered.
Questions
If you have any questions about the conference or submission process, please
contact the program comittee at program committee chair:
Georgia Killcrece
Program Chair 2006 FIRST Conference
first-2006papers@xxxxxxxxx
Proposal Submission Form is available at:
http://www.first.org/conference/2006/submission.txt