[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 7, 2012)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-5481]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Call for Papers: National Symposium on Moving Target Research

AGENCY: The National Coordination Office (NCO) for Networking and 
Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD).

ACTION: Call for Papers (CFP).

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9df0e9efb0eee4f0edf2eef4e8f0ddeef8f4b3fef0e8b3f8f9e8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5d30292f702e24302d322e3428301d2e3834733e302873383928">[email protected]</span></a>.

DATES: To be considered, draft papers must be received by 18:00 EDT, 
April 2, 2012.
SUMMARY: This Call for Papers is being issued by the National 
Coordination Office for the Networking and Information Technology 
Research and Development (NITRD) Program to initiate the National 
Symposium on Moving Target Research. The Symposium intends to bring 
together and publish the work of the Moving Target cybersecurity 
research community to provide a basis for building on the current state 
of the art.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Background: In December 2011, the White House, in cooperation with 
the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development 
(NITRD) Program released the NSTC report ``Trustworthy Cyberspace: 
Strategic Plan for the Federal Cybersecurity Research and Development 
Program.'' One of the research themes outlined in this plan was Moving 
Target (MT), research and development that results in the presentation 
of a dynamic attack surface to an adversary, increasing the work factor 
necessary to successfully attack and exploit a cyber target. Throughout 
the federal government, research related to MT has been funded since 
2009, but there is no single venue where this work is presented and 
published. The Symposium on Moving Target Research intends to bring 
together and publish the work of the MT community to provide a basis 
for building on the current state of the art.
    Location: This Symposium will take place at the Historic Inns of 
Annapolis, Annapolis, MD on June 11, 2012. A registration site will be 
announced in April 2012 for attendees. A limited block of rooms will be 
available at the Historic Inns of Annapolis at the U.S. Government rate 
for June 10-13, 2012.
    Objective: The central question of the symposium will be ``is there 
scientific evidence to show that moving target techniques are a 
substantial improvement in the defense of cyber systems (a game 
changer),'' including how to develop better measures of effectiveness 
and performance specific to moving target techniques. MT topics of 
interest include, but are not restricted to:
    <bullet> Dynamic network services
    <bullet> Game theoretic approaches
    <bullet> Virtual machines
    <bullet> Cloud computing
    <bullet> Dynamic execution
    <bullet> Automated response actions
    <bullet> Situational awareness
    <bullet> MT transparency
    <bullet> Work factor metrics
    <bullet> Risk analysis
    <bullet> End-to-end security
    <bullet> Resiliency
    <bullet> Intrusion Tolerance
    <bullet> Measures of effectiveness
    Submission: Submitted papers must be 7-12 pages in 11 point font 
including figures and references. Appendences no longer than 8 pages 
may be submitted in addition to the paper, but the paper must be 
intelligible without these appendences. Submitted papers must not 
substantially overlap with papers that have been published or that are 
simultaneously submitted to a journal or conference proceedings. Papers 
will be subject to peer-review and selection based on technical rigor, 
application of scientific method, and contribution to the overall area 
of moving target. There will be an accompanying poster session open for 
researchers and companies that would like to highlight or demonstrate 
available MT technologies. Papers should be emailed in pdf format to 
(<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#deb3aaacf3ada7b3aeb1adb7abb39eadbbb7f0bdb3abf0bbbaab"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b4d9c0c699c7cdd9c4dbc7ddc1d9f4c7d1dd9ad7d9c19ad1d0c1">[email protected]</span></a>) by 18:00 EDT, April 2, 2012 for 
consideration. You may also use this email address for any questions 
you have concerning this upcoming event.
    Important Dates (all due dates/time 18:00 EDT):

Draft Papers due April 2, 2012
Notification April 20, 2012
Poster abstracts due May 4, 2012
Camera-ready copy due May 18, 2012
Symposium June 11, 2012, Annapolis, MD

    Program Committee:

Matt Bishop, UC Davis
Deb Frincke, NSA
Matt Gaston, CMU
Sushil Jajodia, GMU
Tom Longstaff, NSA
Ed Rhyne, DHS
Bill Scherlis, CMU
Cliff Wang, ARO
Jeannette Wing, CMU

    Submitted by the National Science Foundation for the National 
Coordination Office (NCO) for Networking and Information Technology 
Research and Development (NITRD) on March 1, 2012.

Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2012-5481 Filed 3-6-12; 8:45 am]
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