Educause 2006 Annual Conference Program: Security/Privacy/Policy and related talks/meetings

["H. Morrow Long" <morrow.long () YALE EDU>]

The Educause  2006 Annual Conference in Dallas Texas (October 10-12  
regular sessions,
October 9 - Preconference seminars) will have a track (#6) dedicated  
to IT security and
privacy talks related to higher education.  In addition there are  
talks on security, privacy,
policy and related topics (disaster recovery, business continuity,  
identity management,
regulation compliance, IT governance) in other tracks (particularly  
Track 4: Leadership,
 Management, Planning, and Funding and Track 5: Networking and  
Infrastructure).

In addition there will be many additional opportunities to meet with  
other IT security and
information assurance practitioners at Educause 2006 ( BoFs, an open  
meeting of the
Educause/I2 Security Task Force, Roundtables, Poster Sessions, Vendor  
talks and exhibits in the show hall).

Consider attending Educause 2006 as a professional development and  
leadership opportunity
(particularly if you are in or interested in Information Security  
management and policy).

You can find the full conference program at:  http://www.educause.edu/ 
e06/program/9153

If you will be attending Educause 2006 -- the following Track 6  
sessions and security, privacy and policy related sessions still
need conveners (the full list of Track 6 and other security/privacy/ 
policy related sessions are listed at the end.).

Track 6 sessions still needing conveners:
11 Oct	8;10am-9:00a	Deciding Who's on First: Establishing the  
Identity Management Leadership Group
11 Oct	3:55pm-4:45p	Incorporate Security Risk Analysis into Software  
Development

Track 5 security-related session needing a convener:
10 Oct	3:50pm-4:40p	When Account Management Is Not Enough: Identity  
at RIT

If you are interested in convening one of these sessions you can make  
yourself the convener by authenticating (e.g. signing into the  
Educause 2006 registration site), browsing to the detailed conference  
program agenda, clicking on the session and then clicking on the link  
labeld 'volunteer form' to add yourself as the convener.

Note that this is taking on the responsibilities of checking in at  
the morning breakfast before the session, showing up at the session  
meeting room at least 15 minutes before the session, fulfilling the  
duties of a convener and attending the session.

You can sign up to convene any E2006 session directly at :
http://www.educause.edu/E06/ConvenerVolunteer/9166

If you sign up to convene a session you will receive an email  
explaining all of the details and responsibilities involved.

Full list of Track 6: Security, Privacy, and Policy Sessions

Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Session Time    Session Details
10:30 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.	Track 6 : Getting from Illegal P2P File  
Sharing to Good Digital Citizenship
                                                Track 6 : Stay Out of the News: Encrypt Your Files
11:40 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Track 6 : NSF Middleware Initiative: Managing  
Identity on Campus
2:15 p.m. - 3:05 p.m.	Track 6 : Voyage of the U.K. JISC Federation:  
Shibbolizing the U.K.'s Research, Higher, and Further Education
3:50 p.m. - 4:40 p.m.	Track 6 : Who Owns These Data Anyway?  
Corralling Data Stewardship

Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Session Time    Session Details
8:10 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.	Track 6 : Deciding Who's on First: Establishing  
the Identity Management Leadership Group
11:45 a.m. - 12:35 p.m.	Track 6 : Implementing an Information  
Technology Security Program
                                                Track 6 : Policing the Internet: Higher Education Law and Policy
2:20 p.m. - 3:10 p.m.	Track 6 : Ensure IT's Quality, Ensure IT's  
Security, or Throw IT Out!
3:55 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.	Track 6 : Incorporate Security Risk Analysis  
into Software Development

Thursday, October 12, 2006
Session Time    Session Details
8:10 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.	Track 6 : How to Successfully Defend Against  
IRC Bots, Compromises, and Information Leaks
9:30 a.m. - 10:20 a.m.  Track 6 : TUid: There Is Safety in Numbers

Full list of all other related non Track 6 sessions, working group  
meetings and poster sessions:

Preconference Seminars on Monday 10/9/2006 (Note: Separate  
registration and fee are required to attend each seminar.):
01A 8:30 a.m. – 12:00		Assessing Security, Reliability, and  
Survivability Before Implementation
10A 8:30 a.m. – 12:00           Compliance in Higher Ed Is More Than FERPA
14A 8:30 a.m. – 12:00           Enterprise Security Planning for CIOs
09F 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.       Effective IT Security Practices
11P 1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.	Avoiding Your Worst Nightmare: Strategies  
for Information Security
08P 1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.	Deploying Shibboleth: Technical  
Requirements, Policy Issues, and Case Studies

General Session	Uncovering the Science in Computer Science:  
Challenges for the 21st Century
8:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Tuesday

Track Time                              Day     Title
4 10:30 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.       Tue The 2006 Campus Computing Survey
5 10:30 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.	Tue	Who Are You (Today)?: Integrating  
Identity Life Cycles with Information Services
5 10:30 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.	Tue	Your Papers, Please: The Government  
Discovers Identity Management
4 11:40 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.	Tue	Policy and Process for Security of  
Institutional Data
4   2:15 p.m. – 3:05 p.m. 	Tue Start with a Great Information  
Security Plan!
5   3:50 p.m. -  4:40 p.m. 	Tue When Account Management Is Not  
Enough: Identity at RIT
4  3:55 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. 	Wed IT Security in Higher Education: A Sea  
Change
1  8:10 a.m. -- 9:00 a. m.	Thu Campus Access to Government Services  
through InCommon and eAuthentication Federations

Constituent Groups/Roundtables/Open Meetings (these are pre-planned,  
there may also be ad-hoc BoFs)
2:15 p.m. -  3:45 p.m.		Tue Identity Management Working Group (open  
meeting) and Constituent Group
                                                (The Net@EDU IdM WG was formerly the PKI Working Group)
3:50 p.m. – 4:40 p.m. 		Tue	Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery -  
Current Issues Roundtable
4:55 p.m. – 6:10 p.m. 		Tue	Enterprise Electronic Content Management  
- Constituent Group
8:10 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. 		Wed Security Incidents and the Privacy of  
Personal Information - Current Issues Roundtable
12:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. 	Wed EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Computer & Network  
Security Task Force (Open Meeting)
 2:20 p.m. -- 3:10 p.m. 	Wed Identity Management - Current Issues  
Roundtable

Poster Sessions -       4:55 p.m. – 6:10 p.m. Wednesday
	Confessions of a Security Engineer: The Aftermath of Implementing a  
Security Plan
        Deputize the Community: IT Security for All
        Design on a Dime: Classroom Security for 500 Bucks
        No More Social Security Number
        Pirates Beware: Security Through IT Asset Management and Sassafras K2
	The Doctor Is In: An Antivirus, Self-Help Clinic in the McGill  
Libraries
        Online Testing Security: New Technology Solution


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- H. Morrow Long, CISSP, CISM, CEH
  University Information Security Officer
  Director -- Information Security Office
  Yale University, ITS

   Educause 2006 Program Committee