Call For Proposals

The Secure IT 2010 Program Committee requests proposals for presentations for the Secure IT 2010 Information Technology and Network Security Conference March 3-5, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.

Conference presentations will address the technical, management, and curriculum development aspects of information security and assurance. Presentation formats will include individual and panel presentations for 75 minute presentations. The Program Committee also will consider proposals for half-day pre-conference workshops.

About the Conference
Secure IT 2010 provides an avenue for the dissemination of  recent and emerging issues in the highly dynamic filed of information security and assurance. The conference provides an opportunity to learn  from recognized professionals in the filed about new and emerging tools, trends, legislation, and strategies for addressing information security issues.

Who will be there?
Business, industry, and higher education CEOs, CIOs, CTOs, VPs of Technology, directors of IT, directors of technology, systems architects, network administrators, network security officers, ISOs, CSOs, financial managers, system developers, webmasters, faculty in computer science and information & decision sciences, and more.

Presentation Topics
Presentations can cover any aspect of information security and assurance within one of three identified tracks: 1) Information Security Management , 2) Information Security Operational Practices and Technologies and 3) Research and Curriculum Development. Although not limited to the following, topic areas for presentations may include:

Information Security Management:

• Governance, Policy and Compliance
• Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery/Business Resumption Planning
• Risk Management/ Risk Assessments
• Strategic Planning for Security
• Survivability and Business Resiliency
• Legal/Legislative Issues
• Security Awareness and Training
• Cloud Computing, SaaS
• Case Studies
• Incident Management
• Funding Strategies for Information Security
• Privacy Protection
• Developing and Managing Contracts
• Homeland Security - State Level and National Level
• Others

Information Security Operational Practices and Technologies:

• Incident Response and Digital Investigations
• Wireless Access Security
• Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Application Firewalls
• PKI and Encryption
• Authentication/Authorization Issues
• VoIP
• Information Security Effective Practices
• Emerging Technologies
• Careers in Information/Network Security
• Others

Research and Curriculum Development

• National Centers of Excellence in Information Assurance Education
• NSF Advanced Technical Education Regional Centers
• Careers in Information Security/Network Security
• Partnerships between Community Colleges, Universities and Businesses
• How to get promoted into government jobs and Businesses
• Innovative Curriculum Programs in Information Security
• Research projects in Information Security
• Others

All proposals must be submitted by completing the Call for Proposals Form located at the top of this page.

Deadline for submission of proposals has been EXTENDED to 5:00 pm (Pacific), October 9, 2009.

Proposals submitted to the Research and Curriculum Development track will be reviewed by a Faculty Program Sub-Committee.

The Program Committee will review the proposals and send acceptance notifications for all tracks by  October 30, 2009. All Secure IT 2010 presenters must return the speaker's agreement, register for the conference and pay appropriate fees by the specified deadline in order to be included in the final program.

Outstanding papers will be considered for publication in the Journal of International Technology and Information Management or the Communications of the IIMA, publications of the International Information Management Association (www.IIMA.org). In this case, authors will be required to submit
their paper following the IIMA guidelines. Information will be provided on the acceptance notification.

PLEASE NOTE: Proposals submitted by vendors should be on an information security topic and should not contain any marketing material for a company or product. Presentation descriptions should be no more than 200 words, and speakers are expected to submit their presentation for posting to the conference website by February 15, 2010. The presentation description will be used by the Program Committee for selection purposes and, if selected, an edited version of this text will be used in the conference program.

More information about sponsorship opportunities can be found at www.secureitconf.com or contact Associate VP, Lorraine Frost at (909) 537-5100 or by e-mail at secureit@csusb.edu.

If you have any questions about the conference or the call for papers, please send an email to SecureITProgram@csusb.edu.

We look forward to seeing you at the Secure IT 2010 Conference in Los Angeles, California!

Dr. Javier Torner
University Information Security Officer
California State University, San Bernardino

Chair, Secure IT 2010 Program Committee