FISC 2008

The 7th Annual Federal Information Security Conference (FISC) will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Colorado Springs, CO, July 1 & 2, 2008. Information Security needs in 2008 are highlighted by new security policies and looming security deadlines. Over the past 6 years, the Federal Information Security Conference (FISC) has identified the key areas of concern in Information Security and gathered experienced presenters to handle these topics. Please join the 40+ government agencies participating in FISC for our 2008 event.

Just Announced: Major General William T. Lord, Commander of the Air Force Cyberspace Command (Provisional), will present as the Keynote Speaker on July 1, 2008.

With about 3 million attempted penetrations of the Department of Defense network a day, cyber-war takes place all the time. The Air Force has been tasked to defend, deter and defeat these attacks through the Cyberspace Command located at Barksdale AFB, LA. General Lord is responsible for creating the Air Force major air command for organization, training and equipping of combat forces to operate in cyberspace. The mission of the provisional command is to set up the activities, processes and manpower necessary for the actual command when it gets formed on October 1, 2008, for initial operational capability.

General Information

Dates:	Tuesday and Wednesday July 1-2, 2008
Time:	8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (both days)
Location:	Crowne Plaza Hotel 2886 S Circle Dr Colorado Springs, CO 80906

Conference Description

The FISC agenda is divided into 3 tracks providing current information on security guidelines and solutions for Information Security professionals. The seventh annual FISC will focus on the security policies and controls needed to meet secure requirements, explore the technologies created to assist with compliance and review situations where the combination of policy and technology resulted in successful Information Security management. FISC 2008 will feature 13 new session topics: security initiatives, security controls, security compliance, SCAP: security content automation protocol, enterprise mobility, email security, VOIP, data security, information sharing, security awareness, incident response, web application protection, and privacy.

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