NIST CO-SPONSORS 23RD NATIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEM SECURITY CONFERENCE.In October 2000, NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology, Washington, DC, www.nist.gov) The standards-defining agency of the U.S. government, formerly the National Bureau of Standards. It is one of three agencies that fall under the Technology Administration (www.technology. and the National Security Agency (NSA NSA abbr. National Security Agency Noun 1. NSA - the United States cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect United States information systems and to produce foreign ) co-sponsored the annual National Information System Security Conference (NISSC NISSC National Information Systems Security Conference NISSC Nineteenth-century Interdisciplinary Studies Students' Collective NISSC Network Information and Space Security Center (University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado) ) in Baltimore, MD. As a leading global forum on computer and information systems security, the conference brought together about 1600 information security and technology professionals from industry, academia, government, and foreign nations. This years conference theme was "Campaign for Security." The goals of the conference included: * provoking pro·vok·ing adj. Troubling the nerves or peace of mind, as by repeated vexations: a provoking delay at the airport. pro·vok debate, dialogue, and action on major information security issues for today and tomorrow; * educating the IT community on major information security issues and solutions; * promoting demand and investment in information security products, solutions, and research; and * challenging the IT community to provide solutions, research, and applied technology that are usable, interoperable The ability for one system to communicate or work with another. See interoperability. , scalable, and affordable. Next year's NISSC will be held Oct. 29-31, 2001, in Baltimore. |
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