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NATO ADVANCED NETWORKING WORKSHOP

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ADVANCED SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES IN NETWORKING

First announcement and Call for participation

http://www.setcce.org/natows/

                         Bled, Slovenia
                      September 15-18, 2003


This NATO workshop is intended to transfer the knowledge about security services provision, raise awareness, and promote the use of security technology for the purpose of securing the growing use of the Internet for administration, e-commerce, intra-organisation communication, health care applications, and research. The workshop is bringing together experts and key speakers who will help the attendees of the workshop to understand the importance of security technology and learn how to use it through lectures, technical demonstrations, and training sessions. Important aspects of security in networking will be brought to light, for example:

 - basic knowledge about security mechanisms and services,
 - security standards (Common Criteria, FIPS 140-2, CEN/ISSS, ETSI,    ISO 17779, TEMPEST),
 - secure administration of the network,
 - security technology based products and services for secure    communication,
 - security technology in e-government and e-business applications,
 - secure infrastructure (critical, wireless,...),
 - privacy aspects and privacy enhancing technologies,
 - data protection and legislation.

The emphasis will be on technical demonstrations and training. Several demonstrations will give an insight into how various components of security technology work and exchange protected data and information. Participants of the workshop will have the opportunity to obtain in-depth information about the state-of-the-art security technology and how to solve practical problems.


PARTICIPATION

The audience will consist of a limited number of experts and users from different environments, such as commerce, industry, administration and research. Participants who apply for a NATO grant are asked to send an application form to SETCCE (natows@setcce.org) as soon as possible and certainly before May 30, 2003. The application form can also be submitted from the WS Web server (http://www.setcce.org/natows/). Late applications will be considered only if space is available. The final selection of participants with a grant will be made in consultation with NATO Science Programme, respecting their recommendations on a number of participants from various countries. The selected participants with a grant will receive an official invitation by June 18, 2003.


GRANTS

Grants are available for participants from NATO partnership countries (the list is available at http://www.nato.int/science/e/eapc.htm), Poland, Hungary, and Czech Republic. The workshop registration fee (390/490 EUR) will be waived for all NATO-sponsored participants. The travel and accommodation costs will be partly or fully subsidised for the candidates with a grant. The grant application form (available at the end of this announcement) is also part of the workshop registration form that can be obtained at http://www.setcce.org/natows/.


REGISTRATION FEE
 - 390 EUR (early registration before July 15)
 - 490 EUR (late registration)
 -   0 EUR (participants with a grant)  


PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

Borka Jerman-Blazic, SETCCE, Slovenia, co-Director
Wolfgang Schneider, Fraunhofer Institute SIT, Germany, co-Director
David Chadwick, University of Salford, U.K.
Antonio Lioy, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Peter Lipp, IAIK, Austria
Tomaz Klobucar, SETCCE, Slovenia


SPONSORS

The workshop is sponsored by NATO and the European Commission which is funding the NASTEC project (Building trust in networking in Newly Associated States through the use of secure information society technologies) - http://www.setcce.org/nastec/. Part of the project is the transfer of knowledge and security technologies to Central and Eastern European Countries.


ORGANISER INFORMATION AND CONTACTS

SETCCE
Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
e-mail: natows@setcce.org
phone: +386 1 477 3861, fax: +386 1 477 3861


VENUE

The Workshop will take place in Bled (http://www.bled.si), one of the most beautiful places in Slovenia. The image of Bled with the castle, the lake and the island in the middle of the lake, are sights by which Bled is known to nearly the entire world. Bled is only 35 km away from Ljubljana airport Brnik.


TENTATIVE PROGRAMME

September 15, 2003 (Monday)

10.00 - 12.00  Registration
13.30 - 14.00  Opening and welcome

Session 1 - Basic Concepts in Secure Communications
14.00 - 15.00  Basic concepts in secure communications (I)
15.00 - 16.00  Basic concepts in secure communications (II)
16.15 - 17.30  Security standards (ISO, FIPS, BS, ETSI, CC, CEN/ISSS)

September 16, 2003 (Tuesday)

Session 2 - Firewalls, Intrusion Detection and Biometrics
 9.00 - 10.30  Advancement in firewall technology
10.50 - 11.40  Intrusion detection systems
11.40 - 12.30  Biometrics systems

Session 3 - Security at Network Level
14.00 - 15.40  Network security protocols and applications
16.00 - 17.30  Technical demonstrations and practical work (security protocols, biometrics, smartcards)


September 17, 2003 (Wednesday)

Session 4 - Secure Infrastructure
 9.00 -  9.50  Attribute certificates and privilege management  infrastructure
 9.50 - 10.40  Security in mobile networks
11.00 - 12.30  Embedded systems and critical infrastructure
 
Session 5 - Secure Applications
14.00 - 15.30  World Wide Web security
15.50 - 17.30  Technical demonstrations and practical work (secure applications, e.g. secure e-mail, secure directory, e-commerce applications)


September 18, 2003 (Thursday)

Session 6 - Legal Issues and Privacy
 9.00 - 10.30  Data protection, legislation and applications
10.50 - 12.30  Privacy enhancing technologies

Session 7 - Secure E-Government and E-business
14.00 - 15.30  Provision of security services in government and public administration
15.30 - 16.00  Closing session


IMPORTANT DATES

 - Grant application submitted:   May 30, 2003
 - Notification of acceptance:    June 18, 2003
 - Early registration:            July 15, 2003
 - Workshop:                      September 15-18, 2003


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Grant application form for the attendees of the NATO ADVANCED NETWORKING WORKSHOP on ADVANCED SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES IN NETWORKING

The attendees from Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland, and from all NATO partnership countries can apply for a grant. Full registration form can be obtained at http://www.setcce.org/natows/.

1. Name and surname

2. Location and date of birth

3. Affiliation

4. Contact address, e-mail, phone, fax

5. Short description of current employment position and work

6. Short description of current experience/knowledge in networking and networking services, level of official education

7. Motivation for application and how the acquired knowledge will be used

8. Please estimate your travel costs (train, bus or plane - weekend fare)

9. Please specify whether you apply for a grant and how much of the required funds for accommodation and travel to the WS location can be provided from your own local environment. Participants with a grant may be required to share their rooms.

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