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5th Annual IT Security Automation Conference - Early Registraion Closes TODAY

By Anton Chuvakin
Just FYI, NIST 5th Annual IT Security Automation Conference early registration (for just $350!) closes today. Here is more info about the event (copied from the official page):

Audience:
Public and Private Sector. Executives, Security Managers and staff, Information Technology (IT) professionals, and Developers and Integrators of Software Products and Services.
Format:
Conference, Tutorials, and Workshop.
Purpose:

Provide a common understanding for using specific open standards and new security technologies across various domains of interest including Cloud Computing, Health Information Technology (IT)/Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140, and Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) implementations. This conference will also provide tutorials and workshop regarding Department of Commerce, Department of Defense, and Department of Homeland Security technologies and initiatives..

Topics:
  • Cloud Computing (Security and Trust)
  • DoD Data Pilot/Strategy/Architecture
  • Health IT/Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
    ( HIPAA)
  • Crypto/FIPS140
  • Compliance Frameworks/800-53
  • Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP)

Website:
http://scap.nist.gov/events/


Registration:

Early Registration Fee: $350 before 5 pm on October 5, 2009
Late Registration Fee: $450

On-line Registration
(By clicking on this link, you are leaving the NIST site.)

See you there!