ASSOCIATION OF OLD CROWS INFRASTRUCTURE ASSURANCE AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES CONFERENCE The AOC, in cooperation with the Department of Commerce Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office, will be sponsoring a conference on Infrastructure Assurance and Emerging Technologies on September 6-7, 2000 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, DC. The conference chairman will be General Robert T. "Tom" Marsh, USAF (Ret.). The keynote speaker will be Dr. John Hamre, former Deputy Secretary of Defense. The theme of the conference will be "What Does It Take to Provide Assurance, Now and In the Future?" The conference will be unclassified and provide a forum to address the technical, policy, legal and social requirements of organizations and governments to provide and maintain assurance. The format for the conference will be four panels of recognized experts in the field of Information Assurance. Panel I will address A Case for Action focusing on the pressing need to protect our critical infrastructures and focus on the current state of public policy. The panel will bechaired by Mr. John Tritak, Director, CIAO. Panel participants are: James Adams, CEO, iDefense; Glenn Schlarmann, OMB, Office of Information & Regulatory Affairs; and Michael Vatis, Director, NIPC. Panel II will address Available Means and it will be chaired by Steve Katz, Chief Information Security Office, Citicorp. Panel members include: Stewart Baker, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson; Rhonda MacLean, Bank of America; and William Marlow, Executive VP, Global Integrity. Panel III will focus on Needed Capabilities addressing shortcomings to identify malicious activity in cyberspace, implement good security practices and identify the next steps required to stay ahead of the threat in terms of: does the technology exist; is it economical to implement; and do the political realities permit this to happen. The panel will be chaired by Ray Kammer, Director, NIST. Panel participants include: Steve Cross, Director, Software Engineering Institute, CMU; Michael Jacobs, DDI, NSA; and Alan Paller, Director, SANS. Thefinal panel will focus on The Future considering projected advances in technology. The chair will be Phil Lacombe, Senior VP, Infrastructure Protection, The Veridian Corporation. Members are Maj Gen John Casciano, USAF (Ret.), VP for Strategy, Litton-TASC; Lt Gen Jay Kelley, USAF (Ret.) Lockheed Martin; Randall Larsen, Director Homeland Defense Strategies, ANSER Corporation; and Dan Ryan, Adjunct Professor, GWU. In addition to these outstanding panels, Dr. James R. Schlesinger, Senior Advisor, Lehman Brothers & Chairman, Mitre Corporation will be the special luncheon speaker on September 6. This is a not to be missed forum of distinguished experts from a cross-section of both government and commercial enterprises. Look for further information in future editions of the JED, on the association web site (www.crows.org) or call the convention department at 703-549-1600 WEB: Association of Old Crows, http://www.crows.org. E-MAIL: N/A,. Posted 08/11/00 (D-SN484928).

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