============================================================================== ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PARTICIPATION LINUX SECURITY SUMMIT NORTH AMERICA 2018 27-28 August VANCOUVER, CANADA ============================================================================== DESCRIPTION The Linux Security Summit (LSS) is a technical forum for collaboration between Linux developers, researchers, and end users. Its primary aim is to foster community efforts in analyzing and solving Linux security challenges. LSS will be held this year as two separate events, one in North America (LSS-NA), and one in Europe (LSS-EU), to facilitate broader participation in Linux Security development. Note that this CFP is for LSS-NA; a separate CFP will be announced for LSS-EU in May. We encourage everyone to attend both events. The program committee currently seeks proposals for: * Refereed Presentations: 45 minutes in length. * Panel Discussion Topics: 45 minutes in length. * Short Topics: 30 minutes in total, including at least 10 minutes discussion. * BoF Sessions. Topic areas include, but are not limited to: * Kernel self-protection * Access control * Cryptography and key management * Integrity control * Hardware Security * Iot and embedded security * Virtualization and containers * System-specific system hardening * Case studies * Security tools * Security UX * Emerging technologies, threats & techniques Proposals should be submitted via: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linux-security-summit-north-ame... DATES * CFP Close: June 3, 2018 * CFP Notifications: June 11, 2018 * Schedule Announced: June 25, 2018 * Event: August 27-28, 2018 WHO SHOULD ATTEND We're seeking a diverse range of attendees, and welcome participation by people involved in Linux security development, operations, and research. The LSS is a unique global event which provides the opportunity to present and discuss your work or research with key Linux security community members and maintainers. It’s also useful for those who wish to keep up with the latest in Linux security development, and to provide input to the development process. WEB SITE https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linux-security-summit-north-ame... TWITTER For event updates and announcements, follow: https://twitter.com/LinuxSecSummit PROGRAM COMMITTEE The program committee for LSS 2018 is: * James Morris, Microsoft * Serge Hallyn, Cisco * Paul Moore, Red Hat * Stephen Smalley, NSA * Elena Reshetova, Intel * John Johansen, Canonical * Kees Cook, Google * Casey Schaufler, Intel * Mimi Zohar, IBM * David A. Wheeler, Institute for Defense Analyses The program committee may be contacted as a group via email: lss-pc () lists.linuxfoundation.org