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Software Assurance Forum

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

100 Bureau Drive
Gaithersburg, MD 20899


October 14-16, 2008
Sponsors:

Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Department of Homeland Security, National Cyber Security Division

Department of Defense, Office of the Deputy Assistant of Defense for Information and Identity Assurance.

Audience:
Members of government, industry and academia with an interest in software assurance.
Format:
Plenary sessions (October 14-15); Tutorials (October 16).
Purpose:
To discuss and promote integrity, security and reliability in software assurance. Progress updates on relevant programs and initiatives will also be presented. If you are developing practical solutions to mitigating security risks attributable to software that affect both government and industry, then you would benefit from attending the Software Assurance Forum.
Topics:
Assurance Case; Architecting for assurance; Certification and Accreditation; Code transparency & labeling; Education/Training/Certifications; Incident prevention and response; Malware attribution; Peer-to-peer security; Predictable execution; Product assurance; Product evaluation criteria & compliance; Risk/vulnerability assessment; Security compliance; Security engineering and management; Security in the Software Lifecycle; Security Measurement/Metrics; Security modeling and simulation; Service oriented architectures; Security-enhanced quality assurance & testing; Software Acquisition/Outsourcing; Software security; Software integrity and reliability; Software weakness enumeration; Standards and Best Practices; Static Code Analysis; Supply chain risk management; System survivability & resiliency; Threat Modeling; Trust management; Vulnerability management; Workforce Training & Education for Software Assurance.
Technical Contact:
Software Assurance Forum
703-235-5187 (Software Assurance Program)
703-562-0331 (Software Assurance Events)
swa@cert.org
swaforum@cert.org
 
Website:
https://buildsecurityin.us-cert.gov/daisy/bsi/events/930-BSI.html 
Registration:
On-Line Registration 


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