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                       CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS
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                            LACSEC 2014
    9th Network Security Event for Latin America and the Caribbean
                   May 4-9, 2014, Cancun, Mexico
           http://www.lacnic.net/en/web/eventos/lacnic21


LACNIC (http://www.lacnic.net) is the international organization based
in (Uruguay) that is responsible for the administration of the IP
address space, Reverse Resolution, Autonomous System Numbers and other
resources for the Latin American and the Caribbean region on behalf of
the Internet community.

The "9th Network Security Event for Latin America and the Caribbean"
will be held in Cancun, Mexico, within the framework of LACNIC's
eighteenth annual meeting (LACNIC XXI). This is a public call for
presentations for that event.

The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

* Honeypots, network monitoring and situational awareness tools in
general.
* Fighting spam, particularly spam from origin (SPF, DKIM and related
technologies. Email reputation)
* Fighting phishing and pharming
* Fighting malware
* Internet protocol security
* IPv6 security
* DNSsec
* Security of network infrastructure services (DNS, NTP, etc.)
* Web security
* DoS/DDoS response and mitigation, botnets
* Authentication and access control
* Security in the cloud
* Critical infrastructure protection
* Mobile systems security
* Computer security incident response teams (CSIRTs): creation,
management, experiences
* Security in corporate environments, compliance and auditing, return on
information security investments
* Security management (procedures, operational logs, records, etc.)
* Risk management in Information Security
* Computer forensics
* Protection of privacy
* Legal aspects related to information security


Guidelines for Presenting Proposals

Proposals for the "9th Network Security Event for Latin America and the
Caribbean"  (LACSEC 2014) must be presented taking into account the
following considerations:

* The proposal should consist of a paper, or (alternatively) an Extended
Abstract plus a draft version of the slides to be used during the
presentation.
* Proposals may be presented in English, Portuguese or Spanish.
* Proposals must be submitted in Portable Document Format (PDF)
* Submissions must be created directly using a word processing system
(scanned articles will not be accepted)
* Presentations may not be longer than 30 minutes


Submitting a Proposal

Those interested in presenting at LACSEC 2014 must send the following
information to <comite_seguridad@lacnic.net> within the deadlines set
forth below:

* Full title of the presentation
* A paper or, alternatively, an Extended Abstract and a draft of the
slides to be used during the presentation. The paper should not be
longer than 10 pages. The extended abstract should not contain more than
one thousand (1000) words. The Evaluation Committee may, at its sole
discretion, request additional or complementary information.
* Full name, email address and organization with which the author (or
authors) of the submission is affiliated

Note: Presentation proposals that do not follow the guidelines of this
CFP will not be considered during the presentation selection process.

For more information, please do not hesitate to contact the Evaluation
Committee at <comite_seguridad@lacnic.net>.


Proposal Evaluation

The Evaluation Committee created for this purpose will evaluate
proposals based on the following basic criteria:

* Originality
* Technical quality
* Relevance
* Presentation
* Applicability


Speaker's Privileges

Authors whose proposals result accepted will receive:

* Return-flight to Cancun, Mexico (reimbursement of up to 1200 USD)
* Accommodation (up to three nights) at the conference venue
* Free registration to the LACNIC XXI event


IMPORTANT DATES

* Deadline for proposals submission: March 31st, 2014
* Notification of acceptance: April 6th, 2014
* Deadline for submitting the final version the presentation: May 4th,
2014

"9th Network Security Event for Latin America and the Caribbean"
(LACSEC 2014)

Chair
  Fernando Gont (SI6 Networks/UTN-FRH, Argentina)

Evaluation Committee
  Iván Arce (Fundación Sadosky, Argentina)
  Carlos A. Ayala Rocha (Arbor Networks, Mexico)
  Julio César Balderrama (Consultant, Argentina)
  Matthias Bethke (Zonarix S.A., Ecuador)
  Eduardo Carozo (ITC-Antel, Uruguay)
  Jeimy J. Cano M. (Fac. de Derecho, U. de los Andes, Colombia)
  Giovanni Cruz Forero (CSIETE, Colombia)
  Lorena Ferreyro (Consultant, Argentina)
  Javier Liendo (Cisco Mexico, Cisco)
  Carlos Martinez-Cagnazzo (LACNIC, Uruguay)
  Hernan Ochoa (Amplia Security, Argentina)
  James Pichardo (DO-CSIRT, Dominican Republic)
  Patricia Prandini (Posg. en Seg. Informática, UBA, Argentina)
  Javier Romero (JACKSECURITY, Peru)
  Rodrigo Rubira Branco (Intel, USA)
  Hugo Salgado (NIC Chile, Chile)
  Carlos Sarraute (Grandata Labs, Argentina)
  Arturo Servin (USA)
  Liliana V. Solha (CAIS/RNP, Brazil)
  Leonardo Vidal (ITC S.A. - ANTEL, Uruguay)
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Fernando Gont
SI6 Networks
e-mail: fgont@si6networks.com
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