The Information Age offers us unmatched opportunities and challenges. Perhaps the greatest challenge we face is SECURITY.

Do you know that the entire information system of a Fortune 500 corporation was shut down for three full days by a logic bomb activated by a contractor?

Do you know that critical personal information of as many as 20,000 employees of a major US apparel manufacturer was stolen earlier this year from the companyÕs database?

Do you know that a typical high tech theft results in a $2 million loss compared to $2,500 for a typical bank robbery?

There has never been a more urgent need than there is today for everyone involved in the global economy to be concerned about the security of their information. Most organizations, public or private, depend upon networked information systems. This has opened broad avenues for unauthorized access to private information and expanded the possibilities for electronic theft, degradation or damage to data and systems. And the threats we face are continually increasing.

For twenty years, people around the world who are interested in securing their information systems have been gathering annually at the National Information Systems Security Conference to hear from experts about the day's hottest security issues. The conference attracts more than 2,000 participants from companies, universities and government agencies the world over. It provides a unique international forum for discussing, debating and understanding such critical topics as:

• Securing electronic commerce
• Internet and WWW security
• Protecting trade secrets and company assets
• Preventing computer crime and cellular phone fraud
• Firewall technology
• Virus detection and elimination

• Encryption and cryptography and much more

We invite you to attend. To register or obtain more information, fill out and return the interest card, or contact Tammie Grice as indicated below.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Security professionals
• Chief Information Officers
• VP's and managers of engineering, R&D and technology
• Information systems managers and analysts
• Network managers
• Webmasters
• Researchers
• Electronic commerce participants
• Anyone with an interest in securing information systems

Tom Marsh, Chairman,
President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection

Bran Ferren, Executive Vice President, Walt Disney Imagineering

SPONSORS

National Security Agency's National Computer Security Center

National Institute of Standards and Technology

REGISTRATION

The registration fee of $360 ($410 after September 8) includes conference sessions, materials, coffee breaks, reception on Oct. 7 and banquet on Oct. 8. The fee for the pre-conference workshops on Oct. 6 is $100.

To receive registration information, contact:

Tammie Grice
Bldg 101, Rm B116
NIST
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001
Phone: (301) 975-3883
Fax: (301) 948-2067
E-mail: tammie.grice@nist.gov.

ACCOMMODATIONS

Blocks of rooms have been reserved for conference attendees at six hotels near the Convention Center at special group rates. For more information, return the card below.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Phone: (410) 850-0272

E-mail: NISSConference@dockmaster.ncsc.mil

WWW: http://csrc.nist.gov/nissc/

To receive a program brochure, return the card below.

Please fill out card and send to:

 
 

			Tammie Grice NIST Bldg 101, Rm B116 Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001
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20th National Information Systems Security Conference October 7-10, 1997 Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, Maryland INTEREST CARD
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