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Events for 2012
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Location |
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| MAAWG 24th General Meeting |
Feb 21 - 23 |
San Francisco, CA, USA |
MAAWG meetings, which are open to members and invited guests only, are multiple-track events and generally attended by 200 to 300 participants. Leading industry experts, researchers and public policy officials address such diverse topics as bot mitigation practices, social networking abuse and pending legislation. Each three-day meeting with half a day of optional training is an exceptional opportunity to discuss the latest in messaging security with other professionals in a focused environment of working sessions and educational panels. For questions and invite requests go to http://www.maawg.org/contact_form' |
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| RSA Conference 2012 |
Feb 27 - Mar 02 |
San Francisco, CA, USA |
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| APWG eCrime Researchers Sync-Up |
March 07 - 08 |
Dublin, Ireland |
The second annual eCrime Researchers Sync-Up, organised in conjunction with University College Dublin's Centre for Cybercrime Investigation, on March 7th and 8th, 2012 is a two-day exchange of presentations and discussions related to eCrime research in progress and, as importantly, for networking of researchers within the disciplines that are defining the cybercrime research field today. |
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| Black Hat Europe |
March 14 - 16 |
Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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| Cyber Defence Summit |
April 02 - 03 |
Muscat, Oman |
 'The Cyber Defence Summit is gathering key regional stake holders in Muscat, Oman to discuss the heightened importance of cyber security throughout the entire Middle East. The initiative is endorsed by ITU-IMPACT, and will be officially hosted by Information Technology Authority Oman and Oman National CERT. The invitation-only initiative enables leading cyber security companies to network with up to 150 CIOs, CISOs and CTOs from the region, all actively seeking cyber security solutions. Cassidian, Booz Allen Hamilton, Qualys, Bitdefender and Lancope have already confirmed their participation for the summit. For sponsorship or attendance queries contact Ali Khalid Rana Marketing Manager - Cyber Defence Summit. Email register@cyberdefencesummit.com or Tel +971 4367 1376 (Fax +971 4367 2764)' |
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| SOURCE Boston |
April 17 - 19 |
Boston, MA, USA |
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| 3rd VB 'Securing your Organization in the Age of Cybercrime' Seminar |
April 19 |
Milton Keynes, UK |
 The VB Seminar gives IT professionals an opportunity to learn from and interact with security experts at the top of their field and take away invaluable advice and information on the latest threats, strategies and solutions for protecting their organizations. |
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| Infosecurity Europe 2012 |
April 24 - 26 |
London, UK |
'Infosecurity Europe is the only European event that enables industry professionals to gather vital information about the latest trends and developments in IT security, exchange ideas and shop for products and services to create security solutions. Bringing together hundreds of providers showcasing the latest product and service solutions in the ever-changing IT security arena, Infosecurity Europe provides a leading platform for organisations to address constantly evolving security issues.' |
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| Sixth Counter-eCrime Operations Summit |
April 25 - 27 |
Prague, Czech Republic |
'The sixth annual Counter-eCrime Operations Summit (CeCOS VI) will engage questions of operational challenges and the development of common resources for the first responders and forensic professionals who protect consumers and enterprises from the ecrime threat every day. This year's meeting will focus on the development of response paradigms and resources for counter-ecrime managers and forensic professionals. Presenters will proffer case studies of national and regional economies under attack, narratives of successful trans-national forensic cooperation as well as models for cooperation and unified response against ecrime and data resources for forensic activities.' |
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| EICAR Conference |
May 07 - 08 |
Lisbon, Portugal |
'The 21st Annual EICAR Conference will be held on May 7th and May 8th 2012, with a pre-conference programme on May 6th in Lisbon, Portugal. The conference brings together experts from industry, government, military, law enforcement, academia, research and end-users to examine and discuss new research and development in anti-virus, malware, e-security, e-forensics, information and communications technology (ICT) management and legal aspects of the information technology.' |
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| CARO 2012 Workshop |
May 14 - 15 |
nr Munich, Germany |
'The main theme of the conference will be 'WWWTF - The Web: It's broken, but can it be fixed?'. A call for papers has been issued, with a deadline for submissions 15 January. For more information see http://2012.caro.org/.' |
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| MAAWG 25th General Meeting |
June 05 - 07 |
Berlin, Germany |
MAAWG meetings, which are open to members and invited guests only, are multiple-track events and generally attended by 200 to 300 participants. Leading industry experts, researchers and public policy officials address such diverse topics as bot mitigation practices, social networking abuse and pending legislation. Each three-day meeting with half a day of optional training is an exceptional opportunity to discuss the latest in messaging security with other professionals in a focused environment of working sessions and educational panels. For questions and invite requests go to http://www.maawg.org/contact_form' |
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| NISC12 |
June 13 - 15 |
Cumbernauld, Scotland |
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| 24th Annual FIRST Conference on Computer Security and Incident Response |
June 17 - 22 |
Malta |
'The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) is a global non-profit organization dedicated to bringing together computer security incident response teams (CSIRTs) and includes response teams from over 214 corporations, government bodies, universities and other institutions spread across the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania.' |
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| 9th CISO Summit & Roundtable |
June 27 - 29 |
Prague, Czech Republic |
'Europe's best-loved event for Chief Information Security Officers and Directors of Information Security and Risk Management, will drive new thinking and question what the future holds, assess current challenges and learn how peers are preparing to defend tomorrow.' |
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| Black Hat USA |
July 21 - 26 |
Las Vegas, NV, USA |
'Black Hat USA will take place 21-26 July 2012 in Las Vegas, NV, USA. DEFCON 20 follows the Black Hat event, taking place 26-29 July, also in Las Vegas. For more information see http://www.blackhat.com/ and http://www.defcon.org/.' |
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| 21st USENIX Security Symposium |
Aug 08 - 10 |
Bellevue, WA, USA |
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| VB2012 |
Sept 26 - 28 |
Dallas, TX, USA |
 VB2012 will be held at the Fairmont Dallas hotel in Dallas, TX, USA. 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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| MAAWG 26th General Meeting |
October 23 - 25 |
Baltimore, MD, USA |
MAAWG meetings, which are open to members and invited guests only, are multiple-track events and generally attended by 200 to 300 participants. Leading industry experts, researchers and public policy officials address such diverse topics as bot mitigation practices, social networking abuse and pending legislation. Each three-day meeting with half a day of optional training is an exceptional opportunity to discuss the latest in messaging security with other professionals in a focused environment of working sessions and educational panels. For questions and invite requests go to http://www.maawg.org/contact_form' |
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Events for 2013
| Event |
Date |
Location |
Notes |
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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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