Events by Month

December brings SANS' best new courses to Washington to serve the nation's most sophisticated cyber security community. SANS Cyber Defense Initiative, will be in Washington DC December 11-18, 2009. See our new hacker classes, wireless, secure coding, pen testing, 20 critical controls, and more. SANS is the one education organization known for developing those security skills now most in need. Don't miss this unique chance to learn from the best teachers in security.
Pick a course and come to SANS Cyber Defense Initiative, December 11-18, 2009. You'll get the kind of hands-on, immersion training that you can put to work immediately -- courses that you will love.
As last year's CDI attendees state:
“Great hands-on experience and the instructor's real world experiences and recommendations are invaluable!” - Chris Todd, Unisys Canada Inc, (SEC504)
SANS rocks! Andrew Small, DOD
After the first day I immediately realized what changes I should make as an IDS analyst to protect my company's network! - Mark C Bradford, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, SEC503
So, go to our Event-at-a-Glance page and pick from these extraordinary immersion programs:
- SEC401: SANS Security Essentials
- SEC504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling
- SED560: Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking
- SEC508: Computer Forensics, Investigation, and Response
- MGT512: SANS Security Leadership Essentials For Managers
- SEC503: Intrusion Detection in-Depth
- SEC542: Web App Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking
- SEC505: Securing Windows
- SEC408: Computer Forensic Essentials - New
- LEG 523: Legal Issues in Information Technology and Information Security
- SEC606: Drive and Data Recovery Forensics - New
- SEC610: Reverse-Engineering Malware: Malware Analysis Tools and Techniques
- DEV541: Secure Coding in Java/JEE: Developing Defensible Applications
- SEC566: 20 Critical Security Controls In-Depth - New
May we bring to your attention our featured 2-day short course:
- AUD429: IT Security Audit Essentials Bootcamp
Along with these six 1-day courses:
- MGT404: Fundamentals of Information Security Policy
- SEC434: Log Management In-Depth: Compliance, Security, Forensics, and Troubleshooting - New
- SEC526: Advanced Filesystem Recovery and Memory Forensics
- SEC531: Windows Command-Line Kung Fu In-Depth for Info Sec Pros
- SEC550: Advanced Information Recon
- DEV534: Secure Code Review for Java Web Apps - New
Complete your SANS training experience with a GIAC certification attempt! Many of our courses offered at SANS CDI 2009 are associated with a GIAC Certification. Put the skills youÕll learn to practical use and join the thousands of GIAC certified professionals who make the info sec industry safe!
Visit http://www.giac.org/certifications/roadmap.php for more information and register for your certification attempt today!
GIAC certification attempts are available, and many of these certs align with DoD 8570 requirements. See http://www.giac.org/8570/ for more details.
Reserve your seat by October 28, 2009, and save $400 on tuition fees with discounts offered to early registrants. Of course, SANS top instructors will be on hand to bring you the best in computer security training. Certifications are available for many of these SANS courses and can send you on your way to career advancement.
Throughout my 8 year career in IT so far, I've been exposed to terms like open testing, single sign on, defense in depth, etc. but I could not fit them into the big security picture or understand them. After this day I have a better understanding and fit for these terms and concepts. - Ruchika Sindhi, SRA International, Inc.
Excellent, especially the lab work and analyzing the packets this is information I will be able to take back to work and use. - Michael Ladd, L3 Communications, SEC503
Instructor answers questions very well and in great detail. The course material is ver

SANS is proud to be back in the "Big Easy" for SANS Security East 2010 on January 10-18. Start the year off right with our top-rated instructors and 19 outstanding course offerings. Now is the time to improve your information security skills and let the good times roll!
The following line up of courses will bring you the best security training ever! Don't miss our bonus evening presentations where we'll share the latest threats as well as newest advances in electronic discovery, penetration testing, computer forensics, and more.
• SEC401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style *
• SEC504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling *
• MGT512: SANS Security Leadership Essentials for Managers with Knowledge Compression™ *
• MGT414: SANS® +S™ Training Program for the CISSP® Certification Exam *
• AUD507: Auditing Networks, Perimeters, and Systems *
• SEC503: Intrusion Detection In-Depth *
• SEC617: Wireless Ethical Hacking, Penetration Testing, and Defenses
• SEC301: Intro to Information Security *
• SEC408: Computer Forensic Essentials
• SEC563: Mobile Device Forensics
• SEC610: Reverse-Engineering Malware: Malware Analysis Tools and Techniques
The following courses are being held on January 10 as additional training opportunities:
• SEC526: Advanced Filesystem Recovery and Memory Forensics
• SEC531: Windows Command-Line Kung Fu In-Depth for Info Sec Pros
• SEC553: Metasploit for Penetration Testers
• SEC550: Information Reconnaissance: Competitive Intelligence and Online Privacy
Additionally, we have four more courses to round out your training:
• MGT421: SANS Leadership and Management Competencies (January 16)
• SEC557: Virtualization and Security Operations (January 16-18)
• SEC564: Security Architecture for Systems Administrators (January 17-18)
• SEC440: 20 Critical Security Controls: Planning, Implementing and Auditing
* Courses preparing you for the technical and management certifications required by Department of Defense Directive 8570 being taught at SANS Security East 2010.
Complete your SANS training experience with a GIAC certification attempt! Many of our five and six-day courses offered at SANS Security East 2010 are associated with a GIAC Certification. Put the skills you'll learn to practical use and join the thousands of GIAC certified professionals who make the info sec industry safe! Visit the GIAC Certifications Roadmap page for more information and register for your certification attempt today!
GIAC certs are concerned with real applications and principles, rather than vendor products and implementations. - Rob VandenBrink
SANS is the fastest way to go from an Information Security beginner to an Information Security guru. - Dave Howard, Emerson
SANS seeks out and employs professionals who are passionate and knowledgeable about their craft. Thank you! - Eugene Alexeen, Colorado Interactive
After 9 years of doing forensics work and 14 seminars/conferences on computer forensics, this is proving to be the best. - Frank Grindstaff, Home Depot
SANS Security East 2010 is once again being hosted at the Sheraton New Orleans on Canal Street, where the city's major attractions and the Mississippi River are literally right outside the hotel's door. A special discounted rate of $189 S/D will be honored based on space availability. This rate includes high-speed Internet in your room.
New Orleans temperature is around 55 in January, but it can get into the low to mid 60s. Mardi Gras season begins on January 6, so you will be in town for some of the early events! King cakes go on sale, and some of the Balls begin. Tour the Mississippi, tour a plantation, take a swamp tour, learn about the history! This city is a fabulous destination! http://goneworleans.about.com/
This is critical to any business to protect sensitive data. - Melissa Black, Lockheed Martin
Make your 2010 training plans now and register today for SANS Security East 2010. We are looking fo

Summit Overview

Are you confident that the personal information of your customers will not leak to the Internet? What safeguards do you have in place to prevent the theft or loss of your confidential documents, source code, marketing data, trade secrets or other intellectual property? These are the problems of Data Loss Prevention (DLP).

Every year, many companies must confess the disclosure of their customers' credit card and Social Security numbers in the media, which is not only enormously embarrassing and harmful in itself but invites lawsuits and FTC crackdown for lax security. And in a recession when cash-strapped companies are going out of business every day, a severe intellectual property theft can lead to lost sales or the covert transfer of valuable trade secrets to one's competitors.

At the SANS Data Leakage Summit, you'll hear from managers who have actually implemented data leakage prevention tools and strategies in their own organizations. They will talk about what works, what isn't worth the money, unexpected problems, and hard-won advice on how to make your own DLP projects a success. Lessons learned include whole drive encryption products and content monitoring/filtering (CMF) applications to detect/stop confidential data leakage. Throughout the presentations, you can ask questions of the managers to follow up.

At the Summit you will also hear from some of the most respected software and hardware DLP vendors as they answer questions and debate the merits of each other's products. During these panel shootouts, attendees can ask questions of the vendors to get them to explain exactly why their solution is best (and if the other vendors agree).

Summit speakers also include industry experts on general topics such as legal liability, regulatory compliance, and technical analysis of DLP vulnerabilities and solutions. So you'll hear from all three types of participants: implementers, vendors and neutral experts.

You will leave the Summit with concrete, actionable information which you can deploy as soon as you return to work.

Whether your focus is administrative services, information resources, teaching and learning, technology infrastructure, or management, you can benefit from attending the Ninth Annual EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, January 13–15, 2010, at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel.

This year we will pay special attention to the broader economic climate, which has adversely impacted institutions of higher education. Paradoxically, the most innovative, creative, and deeply transformational insights—“uncommon thinking for the common good”—can emerge from challenging circumstances. This conference will highlight uncommon thinking as a way to generate revolutionary ideas that change how we conceive of our work as well as practical solutions that allow us to work efficiently in tough times. By combining the revolutionary and the practical, this conference will help you turn adversity into opportunity and transform obstacles into stepping stones to the future on your campus.

Track 1. IP Utopia: Are We There Yet?
This track will focus on IP communications including the future of the desktop telephone, video applications (e.g., security, building automation), interoperability challenges, bandwidth and infrastructure requirements, communication applications, and financial models.
Track 2. Managing Change in an IP World
With all of the changes that occur to an organization's infrastructure each day, how well are you managing that change? Does your organization engage in a change management process? Or, do you engage in "change discussions?" What tools are you using to record these changes or to facilitate the discussion? How do you balance the need for implementing changes quickly and efficiently with the need for approval? This track will focus on what some organizations are doing to track changes to the infrastructure and what tools are available to assist organizations.

SANS invites you to our first Annual SANS AppSec 2010 Conference in San Francisco January 29-February 3. If you are a developer, you need the knowledge and skills to prevent attacks that come through the application layer. Secure coding courses can prepare programmers and developers for certifications and return them to work with the skills to immediately impact current and new projects so jobs will be done right the first time. This will save your organization and your customers time and money! We are bringing you this first conference with What Works in Application Security Summit 2010 (February 4-5). These two SANS events offered together will provide an unprecedented amount of training and information that you don't want to miss.
The following courses were scheduled so that you can take more than one and attend the Summit, too!
- Security 542: Web App Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking - Kevin Johnson
- Developer 422: Defending Web Applications Security Essentials - Tanya Baccam
- Developer 541: Secure Coding in Java/JEE: Developing Defensible Applications - Frank Kim
- Developer 544: Secure Coding in .NET: Developing Defensible Applications - David Rice
- Developer 548: Secure Coding in C: Developing Defensible Applications
- Developer 545: Secure Coding in PHP: Developing Defensible Applications - Johannes Ullrich, Ph.D.
- Developer 534: Secure Code Review for Java Web Apps - Frank Kim
- Developer 320: Introduction to the Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle - Johannes Ullrich, Ph.D. and Jason Lam
Visit the Event-at-a-Glance page for the schedule and complete course descriptions.
These SANS courses address the actual problems application developers and programs face every day. Our world-class instructors are practitioners who solve real-world problems and who can present "proven" solutions. In addition to being seasoned professionals, SANS faculty members are extraordinary speakers. They bring the information to life with real-world stories, and enable you to leave with the knowledge and confidence to put what you learned to work the day you return to the office.
This event provides plenty of networking opportunities so that you can increase your list of technical and professional contacts. Valuable professional relationships are forged at SANS events that last for years.
“I needed specific information on how to lock down our applications, and this course has helped me in doing that (DEV544).” - Melisa Wentz, Jacobs
“An excellent course for those just starting to look at web app security and want to know where to start and where to go (DEV534).” - Michael Schanberger, TESSCO Technologies
Our two SANS events are being held at the newly renovated Sheraton Fisherman's Wharf Hotel. This hotel is centrally located in one of San Francisco's most popular neighborhoods. From the Hotel, you will have easy access to:
- Pier 39 with the Aquarium of the Bay where you can "Walk with the Sharks" and dine at some wonderful eateries such as the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, the Crab House at Pier 39, Fog Harbor Fish House, and the Sea Lion Cafe, to name just a few
- Ghirardelli Square - great shops and chocolate, chocolate, chocolate
- Alcatraz Island, which is now part of the U.S. National Park Service, and is open for tours. Take a ferry ride from Pier 33 and visit The Rock
- The Cannery - an important historical site which is now a hub for shopping, dining, and entertainment
- San Francisco Maritime Museum where you can let your imagination travel to the 19th Century and visit the Balclutha, an 1886 square rigger, along with six other historic vessels
- Touring the "City by the Bay" by historic cable car - a "must do" when in San Francisco
A special rate of $139 S/D will be honored based on space availability and includes high-speed Internet in your room. This rate is only available through January 11, so don't delay!
Here's what a few of our past attendees had to say about some of our featured courses:

SANS is bringing six courses to SANS Phoenix 2010, February 14-20. Join us for our annual winter break in the Arizona desert where the average temperature in February is 70 degrees! SANS hands-on curriculum is loaded with practical tools and cutting-edge information from top industry experts.
If you took 2009 off as a training year due to the economy and your company's adjusting financial climate, wouldn't 2010 be a good year to return to the classroom to ensure that you have the skills to protect the assets of your organization? Travel for live training is a good investment as our events are packed with intensive hands-on training and compelling, up-to-date evening talks. Flights from cold northern cities to Phoenix are in the $200-$300 range.
Here's the course lineup for SANS Phoenix 2010 with corresponding GIAC certifications listed after each course title:
• Security 401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style (GSEC)
• Security 560: Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking (GPEN)
• Security 508: Computer Forensics, Investigation, and Response (GCFA)
• Management 414: SANS® +S™ Training Program for the CISSP® Certification Exam (GISP)
• Security 505: Securing Windows (GCWN)
• Security 531: Windows Command-Line Kung Fu In-Depth for Info Sec Pros
Please see our Events-at-a-Glance page for detailed course descriptions.
Put the skills you'll learn to practical use and join more than 27,500 GIAC certified professionals who make the info sec industry safe! Visit the GIAC Certifications Roadmap page for more information, and register for your certification attempt today!
Here's what SANS alumni have said about the value of SANS training:
The raw material was unbelievable, it definitely exceeded my expectations. - David Philips, Faribault Foods Inc.
SANS is the fastest way to go from an Information Security beginner to an Information Security guru. - Dave Howard, Emerson
The SANS class (SEC401) stands out above the rest because of the subject matter experts who teach the classes and labs. - Shirlee Eitel-Birgham, State of Nevada
Register by January 6, 2010, to receive a $400 tuition discount. While they last, reduced lodging rates of $175 S/D are also available for SANS guests at the Hyatt Regency Phoenix though January 25, 2010. Government per diem rooms are available with proper ID; simply call reservations and ask for the SANS government rate. These rates include high-speed Internet in your room. This downtown Phoenix hotel features the Compass, a sky-high revolving restaurant for a panoramic view of Arizona's capitol city. Staying in the host hotel, you are steps away from your training classrooms along with the Phoenix Convention Center, Chase Field, US Airways Arena, ASU Phoenix Downtown, and the Herberger Theater.
Having trouble convincing your boss to spend on travel for SANS training? Research shows that business travel is one of the smartest investments a company can make, positively impacting job performance, morale and satisfaction among employees. See this article on the Return of Investment of Business Travel.
To follow or tweet about this event, use the hashtag #sansphoenix. Follow SANS at http://twitter.com/SANSInstitute.
I hope to see you in sunny Phoenix this winter! Register today!

SANS returns to Tokyo February 15 - 20, 2010! SANS and NRI SecureTechnologies partner to bring you three top-ranked courses at SANS Tokyo 2010 Spring.
- Security 401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style
Masafumi Negishi (IIJ Technology)
Satoshi Hayashi (Symantec Japan)
- Security 560: Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking
Bryce Galbraith (Lead Consultant, Layered Security)
- Security 501: Advanced Security Essentials - Enterprise Defender - NEW
Eric Cole (PhD, SANS Technology Institute, Fellow)
* Please note Security 401 is taught in Japanese language by Japanese instructors. More Information: visit Japanese website; http://www.entryweb.jp/sans/training/courses/sec401-2.html
Enhance your skills by taking advantage of this hands-on training loaded with practical tools and cutting-edge information. SANS is the most trusted source for information security training worldwide. Don't miss this opportunity to receive some of the best computer and Internet security training available.
Choose from 3 immersion courses, taught by top SANS instructors, while enjoying dramatic beauty of Tokyo, the edge of the Orient. If you get off of the mains streets, you can find ancient temples and tangible links to the past! Classes will be held at UDX Conference in Akihabara. You will be surprised at a large number of fantastic electronic stores there.
With the SANS reputation and an eagerness to help you meet your training objectives, SANS is the best choice for IT security education. Let your colleagues and friends know about SANS Tokyo 2010 Spring. We look forward to seeing you there!

Whether your focus is administrative services, information resources, teaching and learning, technology infrastructure, or management, you can benefit from attending the Tenth Annual EDUCAUSE Southwest Regional Conference, February 17–19, 2010, at the Sheraton Austin Hotel.

This year's conference, "The Ever-Evolving Role of IT," will explore the creative, effective, and sustainable ways that the higher education IT community is transforming infrastructure, enterprise services, and teaching and learning while coping with financial challenges. It has never been more important for us to provide reliable, efficient, and timely IT solutions while effectively and transparently communicating what we're doing for customers. This conference will provide real-world examples, insights, and discussions regarding ways to succeed within the educational environment.

The TaPP workshop series builds upon a set of Workshops on Principles of Provenance organized in 2007–2009, which helped raise the profile of this area within diverse research communities, such as databases, security, and programming languages. We hope to attract serious cross-disciplinary, foundational, and highly speculative research and to facilitate needed interaction with the broader systems community and with industry.

Increasingly, designers of computer systems ranging from small mobile devices to massive datacenters are concerned with sustainable design, including both power and life-cycle costs; these costs should include manufacturing, operation, and disposal of IT systems. SustainIT '10 brings together researchers as well as industry practitioners in a forum that presents the latest research and practices. The scope of this workshop is broad, covering research, theory, hardware, software, applications, techniques, etc.—all related to making computing systems greener.

Schools exhibiting at the EduRG Conference will have an entire expo hall devoted to your recruitment and marketing efforts. You'll have the unique opportunity to reach out to prospective students from over 350 high schools around the Southwest, not to mention current students attending universities, community colleges, and career colleges who are looking at graduate schools or simply making a switch in their post secondary education. The Student Expo allows you to meet with students and discuss all aspects of your institution: admission procedures, financial aid opportunities and more!
Attending the Education Vendor Expo at the Conference is a must for any college, university, or other postsecondary school looking to find all their vendors under one roof. With over 1000 exhibitors expected to attend, this event will display vendors from industries that include teaching tools, multimedia, publication, materials and supplies, installation and equipment, and of course technology. In a single venue over the two days, attendees benefit from a unified showcase of the latest Education solutions and innovations, and access numerous sources of knowledge and information through presentations and workshops on current topics and trends. It is vital for your school's growth and development to research what products and services are available in order to make the most informed decisions for the future!

The premier IT event for UK universities and colleges

UCISA is delighted to be returning to the Harrogate Ingternational Centre for its 2010 Annual Management Conference and Exhibition. The Conference Committee have put together a programme which aims to address your top concerns, help you solve problems, provide opportunities to consult and meet with your peers and, over the three focused days, provide the best value consultancy you can get!

An impressive array of experts address the key themes around your top concerns including Business Showcases, University Showcases and keynote speakers from the UK and overseas. In parallel, we will be hosting the largest supplier exhibition for our sector. This will include a formal conference poster session sharing best practice.

SANS 2010 is returning to Orlando, March 6-15! Will you join us?
No matter what course you choose, SANS 2010 will be enjoyable, eye opening and packed with information and tools that will help you be a better security or network administrator, software developer or manager. The need has never been greater for your skills to be up-to-date. Start making your training and travel plans now!
At SANS 2010, you will have countless opportunities to expand your network of security experts and friends, and you'll learn more than you can imagine. With over 30 courses taught by the world's top industry experts, evening talks on the most current topics of concern to security professionals, and an extensive vendor expo you simply can't go wrong.
I'm especially happy to feature some of our hottest new courses at SANS 2010! Sec 566: 20 Critical Security Controls In-Depth focuses on what is rapidly becoming accepted as the highest priority list at nearly all serious and sensitive organizations. Sec 558: Network Forensics has been enthusiastically received into our 8-course Forensics Curriculum; you'll find 6 of those courses at SANS 2010! Turbo-charge your training experience with short courses like Sec 564: Security Architecture for Systems Administrators and Sec 577: Virtualization Security Fundamentals, and save money when you add to a long course.
To really reinforce what you learn, let us encourage you to sign up for the GIAC Certification exam corresponding to your course. As you study to take the exam you will find yourself reviewing the material so that your books and all their information become an even more valuable reference you will return to again and again.
For the best overall training experience, stay with us at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort! You'll be closer to class, better able to network with other attendees and faculty, and just minutes from EPCOT and Disney-MGM studios (fun for the entire family)! SANS has arranged a special discounted rate of $195 S/D, which will be honored based on space availability. We have negotiated special Government per diem room rates which are available only by phone; those with proper ID should call and ask for the SANS government rate when making your hotel reservations. Both of these rates include high-speed Internet access in your room and are only available thru Friday, February 12th, 2010. Book your reservation now -availability is limited!
When you attend SANS 2010, you will see the SANS promise in action - what you learn in the classroom you will be able to use immediately upon returning to the office. You don't want to miss it! Be sure to register by January 20, 2010 for a $400 tuition fee discount.
SANS 2010 Orlando is a really solid line-up, The only thing missing is you. If you have never tried us before, give us a try. If it has been a few years, come on back and get your security game on. If you are a regular, we miss you and are looking forward to seeing you again. If you sign up based on this letter, then we would like to invite you to the President's reception (Register with promo code PRES). I am looking forward to meeting each of you and helping you get started networking with each other.
Register today for SANS 2010. I look forward to sharing both the magic of Disney and SANS training with you in Orlando!

For 30 years, The Microcomputers in Education Conference has been a pioneer in providing a forum for discussion among educators, administrators, researchers, instructional designers and technology leaders. Since 1980, MEC has provided a rich and diverse learning experience through workshops, hands-on presentations, and exhibitors showcasing the newest technologies; equipping educators and students, industry leaders and administrators, publishers and product designers with the skills and knowledge they need to become innovators in the classroom, at home, and throughout the community. At MEC, we foster the spirit and determination, the promise and potential, of educators gathering to ‘network’ toward advancing education through technology.

Whether your focus is administrative services, information resources, teaching and learning, technology infrastructure, or management, you can benefit from attending the Eighth Annual EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference, March 15–17, 2010.

This year's conference will look at the creative, effective, and sustainable ways that the higher education IT community is transforming teaching and learning, e-research/e-scholarship, IT leaders and enterprise services while coping with financial challenges. We encourage you to join the strategic conversation that this conference will provide as we work together to identify best options and practices for our times.

SANS is bringing our most popular course to Wellington, New Zealand March 15-20, 2010. SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style will feature Mark Hoffman.

Maximize your training time and turbo-charge your career in security by learning the full SANS Security Essentials curriculum needed to qualify for the GSEC certification. In this course you will learn the language and underlying theory of computer security. At the same time you will learn the essential, up-to-the-minute knowledge and skills required for effective performance if you are given the responsibility for securing systems and/or organizations. This course meets both of the key promises SANS makes to our students: (1) You will gain up-to-the-minute knowledge you can put into practice immediately upon returning to work; and, (2) You will be taught by the best security instructors in the industry. As always, great teaching sets SANS courses apart, and SANS ensures this by choosing instructors who have ranked highest in a nine-year competition among potential security faculty.
SPECIAL NOTE: This course is endorsed by the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS) NSTISSI 4013 Standard for Systems Administrators in Information Systems Security (INFOSEC).

Today, almost 80% of economic value creation is based on intangible resources. However, most organizations still do not know how to reveal the value of these resources and how to give direction to future value creation. The concept of intellectual capital gives intangibles ‘a body’ and therefore makes it possible to measure, communicate and interpret them. This conference combines theory and practice and gives a state-of-the-art overview of intellectual capital measurement and management.



In June 1999 The Netherlands hosted the OECD international symposium on: ”Measuring and reporting intellectual capital; experiences, issues, and prospects”. This symposium turned out to be a milestone in the development of the intellectual capital movement. For the first time in history researchers and practitioners from all over the world joined together to discuss the progress made in the field of measurement and reporting of intellectual capital. Many of today’s IC initiatives are rooted in this OECD symposium (e.g. Danish Guideline, the MERITUM project and others). Now it is time to take stock of the developments over the last decade. What progress did we make in raising awareness, developing robust measurement and reporting methods, and helping organizations to better manage their IC?

Merit Network is pleased to present two seminars by noted information architecture consultant Louis Rosenfeld. "Enterprise Information Architecture" and "Site Search Analytics for a Better User Experience" have been presented on three continents and have helped hundreds of web professionals to improve their sites and improve user experience. Please follow the links below for complete information about each seminar. You can register to attend either seminar or register for both and save substantially. Special early registration prices are available through January 6, 2010. Limited student seats are also available.

Enterprise Information Architecture
Tuesday, March 30, 2010

This seminar will help information professionals design websites that represent all aspects of an organization as a coherent whole, rather than a jumbled collection of disparate departmental pages. You'll learn how users want to access your information and the best ways to present it to them. This seminar is perfect for information architects, content managers, webmasters, managers and others who must meet the challenge of designing a unified information architecture for a complex organization.

Keynote speaker, general sessions and breakouts focused on issues of importance to those who provide voice, data and video services on campuses. Excellent opportunities for professional networking, high-quality educational content, and an exhibit hall populated by vendors who cater to the needs of the information communications technology professional.

Join us in beautiful Victoria, BC for the 37th annual SIGUCCS Management Symposium. Come share and learn as you interact with friends and colleagues from other higher education institutions. Build and renew long-lasting professional relationships. Enhance your management, leadership, and IT strategies in an energizing yet relaxing environment. Join with IT leaders from small to large institutions to focus on a broad range of ideas, viewpoints, challenges, and solutions.

MANAGEMENT 414
SANS® +S™ Training Program for the CISSP® Certification Exam
Monday, April 19, 2010 - Saturday, April 24, 2010
Jim Herbeck, SANS Certified Instructor
8 CPEs/Day 1; 9 CPEs/Day 2-5; 7 CPEs/Day 6
Over the past 18 months, 98% of all respondents, who studied our SANS® +S™ Training Program for the CISSP® Certification Exam and then took the exam passed; compared to a national average of around 70% for other prep courses.
SANS® +S™ Training Program for the CISSP® Certification Exam is designed to prepare you to pass the exam. This course is an accelerated review course that assumes the student has a basic understanding of networks and operating systems and focuses solely on the ten domains of knowledge as determined by ISC2.
Each domain of knowledge is dissected into its critical components. Every component is discussed showing its relationship to each other and other areas of network security. After completion of the course the student will have a good working knowledge of the ten domains of knowledge.
Note: The CISSP® exam is NOT provided as part of the training. The GISP exam offered by GIAC is NOT the same as the CISSP® exam offered by ISC2.

Since the 1980s, the use of classroom response systems, or "clickers," has proliferated on college campuses across the United States, and articles on the scholarship of teaching with classroom response technology have increased dramatically. This conference will bring together scholars from across the United States to begin the process of using that literature and our collective experience in teaching with clickers to develop innovations and models of best practice for the use of audience response systems in the classroom.

In November 2008, 177 attendees representing institutions from California to Maine learned from faculty representing 15 institutions large to small, including UMass, Michigan State University, Ohio State University, and Roanoke College. Share your expertise and gain recognition as a leader in the integration of classroom response technology! Submit your proposal to present during the 2010 conference before December 1, 2009. Conference registrations will be accepted beginning in mid-November.

As governments seek to remodel and restyle their services, e-Government continues to arouse interest and attention. New dynamic issues such as e-democracy, e-citizenship, e-Identity and e-voting have become core elements in the development of public sector delivery. The multi-tier nature of e-Government, relevant at local government, central government but also at the supranational level such as the European Union, makes it of importance to academics and practitioners alike. Vital questions are posed which link technological development and a streamlining of government services to more social based values of inclusion, accessibility and power relationship ratios



e-Government encompasses more than just technology – it challenges the way in which public sector service providers and citizens interact. Democratic renewal, the transformation of service delivery, community leadership and citizenship integration are all key elements of this fascinating subject.



The advisory group for the conference invites submissions of papers on both the theory and advanced practice in respect of the conference themes outlined below, from academics, government departments and practitioners in the public and private sector. The conference to be held in Limerick in June 2010 is also seeking case studies and reports of work-in-progress.



Topics may include, but are not limited to:

§ Applications of e-Government: New ideas for improving the Public Service efficiency and effectiveness; The case for e-Government; Post-modern campaigning; Comparison case studies in developing versus developed nations; e-Government for young people; G2G applications; Back-office implementation; EU e-Government policy.

§ Challenges to e-Government: Cyberterrorism; Technological limitations of citizenry; Interoperability; Language issues, Identity Management – including Authentication, Trust and Privacy; How to increase take-up of e-Government services; The transition to e-Government for local governments; Semantics of transactions in e-Government, definitions and implementations.

§ The e-Voting issue: How can e-Voting be made to work; Risks and advantages from e-Voting; prototype m-Voting systems; Validation and verification issues; Benefits and Inhibitors to e-Voting.

§ e-Democracy: How technology can improve the democratic process; ICT and the case of deliberative democracy; Using Blogs and Wikis to enhance participation; e-Government as an enabler of public sector reform; Setting an e-Democracy agenda at government level; Citizens' wider access to ICTs, and the skills and means to generate and distribute content; Citizen trust in online participation and dialogue; The design of audience-specific consultative processes; Conceptualising public value; Deciding the correct balance between online and offline citizen/government, citizen/citizen interactions; Exploiting the learning and communicative potential of emerging online tools and new media forms (games, blogs, wiki, G3 mobile communications).

§ Measuring e-Government/Economics of e-Government: The case for e-Government - Can benchmarking indicators be effective; What are the benefits and economics of e-Government?; e-Government success factors and inhibitors; Methodologies, tools and metrics for assessing the effectiveness of e-Government; Delivery channels for government services; Attaining social value from electronic government; Political accountability; Measuring e-Government – What benchmarks should be used?; Payback periods; Web-based information quality.

§ Legal, agency, trust and governance issues in e-Government: the equilibrium between actors in e-Government transactions, on issues of trust that may be expressed or understood between such actors, on legal issues promoting or inhibiting the adoption of e-Government models or measures, or on IP issues of Open Standards use in e-Government and their consequen

The International Conference on e-Learning (ICEL) brings together academic research and practical applications of e-Learning from all areas. ICEL brings together varied groups of people with different perspectives, seeking to bring top research and proven best practices together into one location, for the purposes of helping practitioners find ways to put research into practice, and for researchers to gain an understanding of additional real-world problems.



The conference committee welcomes both academic and practitioner papers on a wide range of topics and a wide range of scholarly approaches including theoretical and empirical papers employing qualitative, quantitative and critical methods. Action research, case studies and research-in-progress are welcomed approaches. Research in progress, case studies, poster submissions, proposals for roundtable discussions, practitioner contributions, and product demonstrations based on the main themes are also invited.



Submission details are given below. Topics for submissions may include, but are not limited to:



e-Learning design; usability; evaluation
Communities of practice

Content development; authoring tools
Instructional design

LCMSS, and LMSS
e-Learning technology

Mobile learning; podcasting
Societal and cultural issues in e-Learning

Online and computer aided assessments
Knowledge management

Absolute and relative boundaries of e-Lessons
Content management

Simulations and virtual learning environments
Learner characteristics

Asynchronous interaction
e-Learning portals

Structural representation of e-Lessons
e-Learning adoption

Course development strategies
e-Learning implementation, cognitive styles

New e-Learning methodologies
e-Learning to support communities and individuals

Uses of multimedia in e-Learning
Research barriers

Marketing and promoting e-Learning
Use of open-source

Successful web-based innovative exemplars
Retention strategies

Blended learning approaches
e-Learning attrition

Asynchronous text-based conferencing
Inter-Institutional education program cooperation

Social benefits of e-Learning
New partnerships to deliver e-Learning

Socio-technical systems
e-Learning standards

Widening student participation
In-house training

e-Learning ROI
Satellite campus issues

Human resource development using e-learning at the company
University management using ICT

Faculty development
Web 2.0 technologies being used in the classroom

The use of social networks to support learning
e-Learning in 50 or 100 years

Universities and Internet society
Digital learning

Innovation in the e-Learning Context
Other/specialist e-Learning topics

Student access, diversity, expectation, involvement, motivation and retention
e-universities and other computer-enabled systems in learning and teaching

Call for Papers, Research in Progress, Case Studies, Posters, Round-table discussions, Practitioner Contributions and Product Demonstrations





Information warfare and computer security are at the forefront of modern defence Cyber Strategies. Strong strands of research and interest are developing in the area, including the understanding of threats and risks to information systems, the development of a strong security culture, as well as incident detection and post incident investigation in addition to the offensive areas associated with information operations such as perception management and strategic communications. The International Conference on Information Warfare and Security (ICIW) offers an opportunity for academics, practitioners and consultants from the US, North America and elsewhere who are involved in the study, management, development and implementation of systems and concepts related to information warfare or are interested in ways to improve information systems security, to come together and exchange ideas. This conference is continuing to establish itself as a key event for individuals working in the field from around the world.



The advisory group for the conference welcomes both academic and practitioner papers on a wide range of topics and a wide range of scholarly approaches including theoretical and empirical papers employing qualitative, quantitative and critical methods. Research in progress, case studies, poster submissions, proposals for roundtable discussions, practitioner contributions, and product demonstrations based on the main themes are also invited.