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U -- SECURITY TECHNOLOGY SYMPOSIUM & EXHIBITION SOL #995 POC Joe Hylan (703) 247-2583 WEB: Click here to find out more information, http://www.ndia.org. E-MAIL: Click here to e-mail the POC, jhylan@ndia.org. The Security Division of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) will conduct the 15th Annual NDIA Security Technology Symposium and Exhibition on June 14-17, 1999, at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott Hotel, Norfolk, Virginia, USA. The theme of this Symposium is "The New Security Paradigm: Progress Beyond the Planning Stage." Since Presidential Decision Directives 62 and 63 were issued last May, the U. S. Federal Government has mounted an intensive effort to develop plans and strategies to protect critical national infrastructures and deal more broadly with the terrorist threat. An integral part of these plans is information sharing with the private sector. Federal agencies and organizations are now moving to implement these plans. Looking toward FY2000, for the first time substantial funding will be earmarked for critical infrastructure protection -- technologies, tools and approaches to protect, mitigate, respond to and recover from both physical and cyber threats. On the international front, cooperative R&D activities are under discussion among concerned nations. Deliberations are underway on the FY2001 federal budget, with the objective of increased funding for key needs. In the meantime, state and local governments are grappling with how to cost-effectively meet the security challenges of the "unseen threats" -- information disruption and chemical and biological attacks. This NDIA symposium will focus on the activities, including research and development, government and industry have underway to meet the challenges of the new security paradigm -- threats arising from advancing technologies that impact public safety and the network of companies and organizations that provide services necessary for quality of life. The symposium will include speakers from all levels of government, the private sector and international arena. A half-day of the proceedings will be set aside for exhibits and technical presentations to highlight some of the cutting edge technologies that will be instrumental in implementing the new security paradigm. Posted 05/28/99 (W-SN337077). (0148)

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