The USENIX Security Symposium brings together researchers, practitioners, system administrators, system programmers, and others interested in the latest advances in the security and privacy of computer systems and networks. The 25th USENIX Security Symposium will be held August 10–12, 2016, in Austin, TX. All researchers are encouraged to submit papers covering novel and scientifically significant practical works in computer security. T...

The 2016 USENIX Summit on Hot Topics in Security (HotSec '16) will be held on Tuesday, August 9, 2016, in conjunction with the 25th USENIX Security Symposium in Austin, TX. HotSec aims to bring together researchers across computer security disciplines to discuss the state of the art, with emphasis on future directions and emerging areas. HotSec '16 is not issuing a traditional "Call for Papers." Instead, leading researchers will be invited to...

The 2016 USENIX Advances in Security Education Workshop (ASE ’16) is a new workshop, co-located with the 25th USENIX Security Symposium, designed to be a top-tier venue for cutting-edge research, best practices, and experimental curricula in computer security education. ASE is the evolution of the USENIX Summit on Gaming, Games and Gamification (3GSE), expanded to welcome a wider range of contributions to security education research. Th...

Join us for the 10th USENIX Workshop on Offensive Technologies (WOOT '16).WOOT aims to present a broad picture of offense and its contributions, bringing together researchers and practitioners in all areas of computer security. Offensive security has changed from a hobby to an industry. No longer an exercise for isolated enthusiasts, offensive security is today a large-scale operation managed by organized, capitalized actors. Meanwhile, the l...

Join us in Austin, TX, on August 8, 2016 for the 9th Workshop on Cyber Security Experimentation and Test. CSET '16 invites submissions on cyber security evaluation, experimentation, measurement, metrics, data, simulations, and testbeds. The science of cyber security poses significant challenges. For example, experiments must recreate relevant, realistic features in order to be meaningful, yet identifying those features and modeling them is ve...

Government Technology’s passion is helping spread best practices and spurring innovation in the public sector. The Texas Digital Government Summit is designed to do just that. The summit has an advisory board that gathers public sector and private sector leaders to create an agenda designed to make that passion relevant and actionable to the state and local government organizations attending the summit. Participants tell us they use the...

We’re coming to Texas, but in the meantime we would like to thank those of you who joined us in Charlotte, North Carolina, at our 34th Annual Conference & Jail Expo that was hosted by Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office. This event was a big success and got rave reviews. The American Jail Association (AJA) is the leading industry organization exclusively focused on supporting the professionals who staff and operate our nation's...

Visual Studio Live! is on a Campaign for Code in 2016, in support of .NET education. We’re all set to convene in Austin this May, where your code not only counts, it’s crucial! Visual Studio Live! is bringing back its unique brand of practical, unbiased, Developer training to the deep heart of Texas. From May 16 - 19, we’re offering four days of sessions, workshops and networking events – all designed to help you elevat...

DELIVERING INNOVATION TO OUR NATIONAL DEFENSE ENERGY • CYBER • MEDICAL • MATERIALS • SYSTEMS Join global innovation, business and defense leadership as they accelerate state-of-art technology solutions in support of national security and the warfighter. Co-located with the Defense Energy Technology Acceleration Challenges (DITAC). The Challenges are designed to deliver state-of-art Energy, Cyber, Medical, Materials and Syst...

This invitation-only event brings together the C-level community unlike any other conference. Developed by and for government, the Texas CIO Academy is designed to address the most important policy, management and leadership issues surrounding the future of digital government and the role of the public sector CIO in the State of Texas. This Year's Topics Include: Cybersecurity Procurement Reform in Texas Next Gen IT Workforce Innovating Every...