Keynotes Announced for 2nd SELinux Symposium

The second annual Security-Enhanced Linux Symposium (www.selinux-symposium.org) 
has announced that its keynote speakers will be IT security pioneer Steve 
Walker, president of Steve Walker & Associates and managing partner of Walker 
Ventures, and  Dr. Steve Marsh, director of the Central Sponsor for Information 
Assurance unit in the UK Cabinet Office.
The event brings together experts from business, government, and academia to 
share research, development, and application experiences using SELinux. They 
symposium will be held at the Wyndham Hotel in Baltimore from Feb. 27 
through Mar. 3.
I have enclosed today's press release announcing Dr. Marsh's participation. A 
full agenda is available at www.selinux-symposium.org. Please let me know if you 
are interested a complimentary press pass to the event.
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Nancy Carr
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Second Keynote Speaker Announced for the Second Security-Enhanced Linux 
Symposium and Developer Summit
Event slated for February 27-March 3, 2006 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Baltimore, Md. – (February 3, 2006) – Dr. Steve Marsh, Director of the Central 
Sponsor for Information Assurance unit in the UK Cabinet Office, will be a 
keynote speaker for the second annual Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) 
Symposium scheduled for February 27-March 3, 2006 in Baltimore, Maryland.

The Central Sponsor for Information Assurance unit was formed in October 2002 to 
provide assurance to government that the risks to the UK national information 
infrastructure are appropriately managed. Prior to this assignment, Dr. Marsh 
was Director of Security Policy in the Office of the e-Envoy, responsible for 
establishing a common framework for the security of electronic government 
systems. This included the ways by which individuals and business users 
authenticate themselves when using electronic government services. He has over 
15 years experience in security and IT within the public sector.

Dr. Marsh will present a keynote address entitled “UK e-Government: Security 
Challenges and Solutions for Innovative Service Delivery.”  In this address, Dr. 
Marsh will share some of the security challenges facing e-Government services in 
the UK, as well as some of the solutions being explored to address these 
challenges. SELinux is being explored as one of a number of aids to securing UK 
e-government services. SELinux has the ability to provide enhanced information 
assurance for key infrastructure components and applications. A separate case 
study to be presented during the symposium will discuss the planned use of 
SELinux in an UK e-Government pilot program.

About the SELinux Symposium
The Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) Symposium is an annual exchange of ideas, 
technology, and research involving SELinux. SELinux is technology that adds 
flexible, strong mandatory access control security to Linux. The Second 
Symposium is scheduled for February 27-March 3, 2006 in Baltimore, Maryland and 
is sponsored by Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Red Hat, Tresys Technology, and Trusted 
Computer Solutions. The event brings together experts from business, government, 
and academia to share research, development, and application experiences using 
SELinux. For information on registration and sponsorship opportunities, see 
www.selinux-symposium.org or info@selinux-symposium.org.

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