SPECIAL NOTICE
U -- 6th Annual IT Security Automation Conference Sponsored by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- Notice Date
- 9/21/2010
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 611430
— Professional and Management Development Training
- Contracting Office
- Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, Washington, District of Columbia, 20528, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20528
- Solicitation Number
- IT-Security-Automation-Conference
- Archive Date
- 10/12/2010
- Point of Contact
- David Seay, Phone: 202-447-0184
- E-Mail Address
-
david.seay@dhs.gov
(david.seay@dhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The 6th Annual IT Security Automation Conference Sponsored by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), and the National Security Agency (NSA) will be held September 27 - 29, 2010 at the Baltimore Convention Center, located in downtown Baltimore, MD. As part of the conference, DHS Federal Network Security (FNS) Branch and the Information Security Management and Identity Management Committee (ISIMC) Continuous Monitoring Working Group (CMWG) are facilitating a hands-on "Continuous Monitoring Workshop" on September 29 at 1:15 PM. The purpose of the workshop is to generate dialog on automation, standardization and defining/generating useful measures that provide visibility into the security posture of organizations. The workshop will assist organizations in defining and obtaining data via automated feeds from Security Tools to generate useful and actionable information for awareness and reporting. The workshop is open to Government, private sector, and vendor communities. At the workshop, leaders from the FNS/CWMG will facilitate small workgroup discussions and provide the opportunity for representatives from each breakout to report out on their discussions, findings and recommendations. Breakout sessions will be focused on the following 7 categories: 1: Proactive Software Assurance 1.1 Source Code and Binary Code Testing Tools and Services 1.2 Application Security Scanners (Black Box Scanners) 1.3 Application Security Skills Assessment & Certification 2: Blocking Attacks: Network Based 2.1 Intrusion Prevention (IPS) & Detection (IDS) 2.2 Wireless Intrusion Prevention (WIPS) 2.3 Network Behavior Analysis and DDoS Monitoring 2.4 Firewalls, Enterprise Antivirus and Unified Threat Management 2.5 Secure Web Gateways 2.6 Secure Messaging Gateways and Anti-Spam Tools 2.7 Web Application Firewalls 2.8 Managed Security Services 3: Blocking Attacks: Host Based 3.1 Endpoint Security 3.2 Network Access Control (NAC) 3.3 System Integrity Checking Tools 3.4 Application Control and Configuration Hardening Tools 4: Eliminating Security Vulnerabilities 4.1 Network Discovery Tools 4.2 Vulnerability Management 4.3 Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking 4.4 Patch and Security Configuration Management and Compliance 5: Safely Supporting Authorized Users 5.1 Identity and Access Management 5.2 Mobile Data Protection and Storage Encryption 5.3 Storage and Backup Encryption 5.4 Content Monitoring/Data Leak Prevention 5.5 Digital Rights Management 5.6 Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) 6: Tools to Manage Security and Maximize Effectiveness 6.1 Log Management and Security Information and Event Management 6.2 Media Sanitization and Mobile Device Recovery and Erasure 6.3 Security Skills Development 6.4 Security Awareness Training 6.5 Forensics Tools 6.6 Governance, Risk and Compliance Management Tools 6.7 Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity * 7: Miscellaneous *Categories provided courtesy of The SANSTM Institute ATTENDEE REGISTRATION: Please visit http://scap.nist.gov/events/index.html <http://scap.nist.gov/events/index.html> for the draft agenda, conference announcement, and registration link. For attendee questions, contact Teresa Vicente, NIST, at 301-975-3883 or teresa.vicente@nist.gov <teresa.vicente@nist.gov>.
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