Black Hat Federal and Europe CFP and Registration now open

[Jeff Moss <jmoss () blackhat com>]

Things have been busy at Black Hat, and I would like to make some brief announcements about our Call For Papers (CFP), 
Registration, RSS + Pod casts, and legal battles.
 
BLACK HAT FEDERAL 2006 Trainings and Briefings
January 23rd to the 26th Sheraton Crystal City, Washington D.C.
- Call For Papers is now open.
- Registration for the Trainings and Briefings are open.
 
BLACK HAT EUROPE 2006 Trainings and Briefings
February 28th to March 3rd Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Call For Papers is now open.
- Registration for the Trainings and Briefings are open.

BLACK HAT RSS FEED
The RSS feed from Black Hat can be used to keep you up to date with announcements, presentations, and new speech 
content. Check it out:
http://www.blackhat.com/BlackHatRSS.xml 

BLACK HAT JAPAN 2005 PODCASTS
The presentations from the recent Black Hat Japan Briefings are now on-line. We are also experimenting with new ways to 
share our content with the community, and the first of these is to release some of the audio recordings as “pod casts” 
in .m4a format through our RSS feed.
 
BLACK PAGE UPDATE
Early next week you will see my first written statement regarding the Cisco/ISS incident that occurred at the summer 
Black Hat in Las Vegas. The issues brought up last summer are important to the entire security community and I invite 
the community to read and reflect on my thoughts, as well as those of other security experts.
http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-blackpage/bh-blackpage.html
 
IN MORE DETAIL:
 
FEDERAL 2006 CALL FOR PAPERS
Black Hat is proud to return to Washington D.C. after its last Briefings in 2003. For 2006 there will be expanded 
training offerings, focused presentations, and a convenient central location two metro stops from the Pentagon.
 
Black Hat Federal 2006 is a unique show specifically crafted to look at issues important to those charged with 
protecting critical networks and information from the most sophisticated adversaries. Submissions should be very 
technical and specific to threats and defenses that surround the challenging security problems facing hosts and 
networks today. We hope to offer a federal perspective on security issues and new directions to further security trade 
craft.
 
The Federal Government faces different threat models than the corporate community, with adversaries having different 
motivations, resources, and tools. Submissions should reflect this difference, with suggested topics including the 
current state of root kits and their detection, network IDS evasion & detection, covert communications, reverse 
engineering / anti-reverse engineering, defeating biometric systems, and the current state of the exploit development 
life cycle.
http://blackhat.com/html/bh-federal-06/bh-fed-06-cfp.html
 
BLACK HAT FEDERAL 2006 REGISTRATION
Black Hat Federal 2006 Briefings and Trainings registration is now open. The Briefings offer two tracks over two days 
with 22 presentations. There will be 11 Trainings classes, with new offerings such as Saumil Shah's "The Exploit 
Laboratory - Buffer Overflows For Beginners," and Matt Hargett's "Binary Static Analysis: From the Inside-Out." Class 
sizes for all trainings are limited to ensure each student receives individual attention.
Register early before classes fill up and to receive an early discount.
http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-registration/bh-registration.html#Fed
 
EUROPE 2006 CALL FOR PAPERS
The Black Hat Briefings 2006 Europe CFP is opened. Submit your cutting edge, vendor neutral security research today. 
Black Hat Europe '06 takes place February 28th to March 3rd at the Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
http://blackhat.com/html/bh-europe-06/bh-eu-06-cfp.html
 
BLACK HAT EUROPE 2006 REGISTRATION OPEN
Black Hat Europe 2006 Briefings and Trainings registration is now open. The Briefings offer two tracks over two days 
with 25 presentations. There will be 10 Training classes with new offerings and an updated SensePost class "Hacking by 
Numbers: Combat Edition." Due to limited class size, many of our classes fill up quickly. Register early to ensure 
training availability and to take advantage of our early bird registration discount.
http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-registration/bh-registration.html#eu
 
 
WHAT IS THE BLACK HAT BRIEFINGS?
The Black Hat Briefings fill the need for computer security professionals to better understand the security risks and 
potential threats to their information infrastructures and computer systems. Black Hat accomplishes this by assembling 
a group of vendor-neutral security professionals and having them present candidly about the problems businesses face 
and their solutions to those problems. No gimmicks - just straight talk by people who make it their business to explore 
the ever-changing security space.
 
IMPORTANT DATES
- January 23-26: Federal Briefings 2006 & Training, Sheraton Crystal City, Washington, DC
- February 28-March 3: Europe 2006 Briefings & Training, Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- July 29-August 3: USA 2006 Briefings & Training, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas
 
Please visit http://www.blackhat.com/ for more complete information.

Jeff Moss