Monday, October 18, 2010

Passwords^10

ANNOUNCEMENT & CALL FOR PAPERS : PASSWORDS^10

PASSWORDS^10 will be held at the University in Bergen (Norway), on December 8-9, 2010. The 2-day conference will be free and open for everyone to attend. Primary audience will be academics and security professionals with deep technical/crypto knowledge. Limited seats available. Passwords & PINs, nothing else.
--== DATES ==--
October 18 - Public CFP
November 1 - CFP submission ends
November 5 - All notifications sent to speakers (accept / reject)
November 8 - Public registration opens

--== ABOUT THE CONFERENCE ==--
The conference will be held at the University in Bergen (uib.no), with help and participation from The Selmer Center (www.uib.no/rg/selmer) and NISNet (www.nisnet.no). Start Dec 08 10:00, ending Dec 9 16:00. We'll sleep somewhere in the middle. 1 or more tracks, depending on quality, number and length of presentations.

--== CALL FOR PAPERS ==--
We are looking for new and relevant content within ATTACKS, DEFENCE and USABILITY towards passwords & PIN codes. Presentations will be either 1 hour (45-50 minutes + questions), or 2 hours including a break.

ATTACKS can include online and offline attacks against all types of passwords and & PINs, where the purpose is to gain access to, or recover a password in some form. (Mind reading is out of scope). New & updated tools, techniques are welcome.

DEFENCE includes ways to defend against online/offline attacks against passwords, including IDS, logging, ciphers, policies, awareness etc.

USABILITY includes user interaction designs, password policies, security awareness, password reset / recovery from a user perspective, statistics and so on.

-- == HOW TO SUBMIT ==--
Send your suggestions to per@thorsheim.net. Submissions will be reviewed by people from the Selmer Center and me (Per Thorsheim). Submissions MUST include the following information:

1. Speaker(s) name
2. Bio (short, should include link to online profile, website, blog etc)
3. Header and abstract of your presentation
4. List of facilities required beyond the usual equipment available
5. If you will allow materials, presentation and video to be made available online after the conference.

All papers and presentations must be in English. With a free conference and a limited budget, we're still working on finding a way to reward our speakers. Lunch will be for free.

--== IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR SUBMISSIONS ==--
No product marketing will be accepted. No marketing managers will be accepted. Materials presented should be your own work. No limits to technical depth - expect well educated and highly experienced security professionals in the audience.

--== BONUS : WORKSHOPS ==--
FREE workshops will be held by major providers within the password recovery industry on December 9. Names and contents TBA (take a guess!)

Questions and comments are welcome.

Best regards,
Per Thorsheim
CISA, CISM, CISSP-ISSAP
securitynirvana.blogspot.com

3 comments:

  1. I am very pleased to announce that Elcomsoft (www.elcomsoft.com) will be presenting at Passwords^10, including a workshop on technologies and products!

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  2. I am also very pleased to announce that Passware (www.passware.com) will be presenting at the conference.

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  3. I am also very pleased to announce that developer "Quel", in real life known as James Nobis, from the www.freerainbowtables.com project will also be presenting at the conference.

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