Anti-malware events calendar
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Events for 2013
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Location |
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| AusCERT2013 |
May 20 - 24 |
Gold Coast, Australia |
 'The premier information security event in Australia. The theme, 'This time it's personal' reflects attacks and disclosures of online personal information, the impact of these breaches, and the importance of preventing them. Delegates at AusCERT2013 will hear from experts from Australia and around the world who will provide insight and solutions to deal with these challenges.' |
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| SOURCE Dublin |
May 23 - 24 |
Dublin, Ireland |
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| CONFidence 2013 |
May 28 - 29 |
Krakow, Poland |
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| 2nd Annual Cyber Security for the Chemical Industry Europe |
May 29 - 30 |
Frankfurt, Germany |
 'The third in a global series discussing current threats and challenges faced by the those in the IT Security and Process Control systems within the Chemical, Petrochemical and Pharmaceutical industries. Highlights of the agenda include: Reviewing the current climate and how this is affecting these industries; how can you be prepared and secure enough to protect your process control systems; the challenges of bringing your own device (BYOD); cyber risk as a board level issue; previous attendees comprise of key players in the ICIS Top 100 Chemical Companies including: Air Liquide, The Linde Group, Lyondellbasell, McAfee, Merck, Sabic, Shell and Syngenta. Visit www.cybersecuritychemicals.com for more information and to register your attendance.' |
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| TakeDownCon St Louis |
June 03 - 04 |
St Louis, MO, USA |
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| EICAR 2013 |
June 10 - 11 |
Cologne, Germany |
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| Digital Enterprise Europe |
June 11 - 12 |
Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
 'Digital Enterprise Europe is the leading e-Identity forum, tackling the key issues surrounding e-identity as a core enabler of today's personal, business and government processes. For further information please visit the event website at www.digitalenterpriseeurope.com.' |
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| CISO Roundtable and Summit |
June 12 - 14 |
Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
 'Join peers to share strategies for mitigating the most current information security threats. A friendly, relaxed and professional atmosphere, and included networking receptions and dinners, will ensure that you leave the event with a new wealth of trust-based contacts. This is a 'must attend' event for Chief Information Security Officers and information risk professionals.' |
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| NISC13 |
June 12 - 14 |
North Lanarkshire, Scotland |
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| 25th annual FIRST Conference |
June 16 - 21 |
Bangkok, Thailand |
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| Hack in Paris |
June 17 - 21 |
Paris, France |
 'After the success of the last year with more than 350 attendees, this five-day corporate event will be held for the third time in France, at the Conference Center of Disneyland Paris. Hack In Paris will let its attendees discover the concrete reality of hacking and its consequences for companies.' |
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| 2013 USENIX Annual Technical Conference |
June 26 - 28 |
San Jose, CA, USA |
 'USENIX ATC '13 will again bring together leading systems researchers for cutting-edge systems research and unlimited opportunities to gain insight into a variety of must-know subjects, including virtualization, system administration, cloud computing, security and networking. Over 30 long and short papers on key topics such as virtual machine implementation and performance, mobile and small application development, and much more. Register by June 3 and save. Additional discounts are available. See https://www.usenix.org/atc13/vb' |
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| TakeDownCon Rocket City |
July 11 - 16 |
Huntsville, AL, USA |
Training: 11-14 July. Conference 15-16 July. |
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| DIMVA 2013 |
July 18 - 19 |
Berlin, Germany |
 'DIMVA serves as a premier forum for advancing the state of the art in intrusion detection, malware detection, and vulnerability assessment. Each year, DIMVA brings together international experts from academia, industry, and government to present and discuss novel research in these areas. DIMVA is organized by the special interest group Security - Intrusion Detection and Response of the German Informatics Society. The conference proceedings will appear in Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. ' |
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| Black Hat USA |
July 27 - Aug 1 |
Las Vegas, NV, USA |
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| 22nd USENIX Security Symposium |
Aug 14 - 16 |
Washington, DC, USA |
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| ZebraCon 2013 |
Aug 27 - 29 |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
 'Zebracon is not your traditional conference filled with vendor-centric presentations. Zebracon is a forum for sharing information about key issues that most effectively impact security risk management and compliance trends. The conference will be held at Berjaya Times Square Hotel, Kuala Lumpur from the 27th to 29th August 2013.' |
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| Cyber Intelligence Europe |
Sept 17 - 19 |
Brussels, Belgium |
 'The inaugural Cyber Intelligence Europe event will include in-depth and knowledgeable presentations from the public and private sector on cybersecurity issues and trends from their perspective countries. Topical sessions will give a wide international perspective on European cybersecurity strategies, Middle East cyber update, Internet and network security, computer forensics and international co-operation.' |
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| VB2013 |
Oct 02 - 04 |
Berlin, Germany |
 VB2013 will be held at the Maritim hotel in Berlin, Germany. Further details will be announced in due course - in the meantime, please contact conference@virusbtn.com for information on sponsorship of the event or any other form of participation. |
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| MALWARE 2013 - The 8th International Conference on Malicious and Unwanted Software |
Oct 22 - 24 |
Fajardo, Puerto Rico |
'MALWARE conferences provide a unique meeting place for technical leaders from industry and academia. The meetings are focused, with attendance limited to one single room full, they are intense, and very productive. This year's theme is 'Malware in the Era of Cloud Services and Mobile Endpoints'. Let's get together to focus on the major paradigm shift that has transformed the computer industry as a whole, and created major challenges to the security community in particular.' |
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| Hack.lu |
Oct 22 - 24 |
Luxembourg, Luxembourg |
'Hack.lu is an open convention/conference where people can discuss computer security, privacy, information technology and its cultural/technical implications for society. The aim of the convention is to make a bridge of the various actors in the computer security world.' |
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| Ruxcon 2013 |
Oct 26 - 27 |
Melbourne, Australia |
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| Powering the Cloud - SNW Europe, Datacenter Technologies and Virtualization World |
Oct 29 - 30 |
Frankfurt, Germany |
 'The event sets out to educate, inform and help you formulate your plans and forge strong business relationships to enable your organization to deploy an effective infrastructure in support of your business' needs. Delivered by a combination of industry association expertise such as SNIA Europe, independent analysts and European IT professionals, the conference content will provide valuable insight and clear guidance on the options available. IT end users and channel partners can save 120 Euro entry fee and attend for free by registering with promo code: P6M13 at www.poweringthecloud.com' |
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| Oil and Gas Cyber Security |
Nov 25 - 26 |
London, UK |
 'It has been stated that by 2018 the oil and gas industry will be spending up to $1.87 billion on cybersecurity. The increased demand to protect a multi-billion-dollar global industry is being spurred on by the ever growing global cyber threat landscape. Against this backdrop, SMi's 3rd annual Oil and Gas Cyber Security conference will feature senior industry representatives from an array of Oil and Gas companies and technology authorities who will be sharing their insights on the latest advances to deal with emerging threats.' |
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Events for 2014
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Location |
Notes |
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| VB2014 |
Sept 24 - 26 |
Seattle, WA, USA |
 VB2014 will be held at the Westin Seattle, WA, USA 24-26 September 2014. Further details will be announced in due course - in the meantime, please contact conference@virusbtn.com for information on sponsorship of the event or any other form of participation. |
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