Opening Keynote Speaker Announced for the Second Security-Enhanced Linux Symposium and Developer Summit; Event Slated for February 27-March 3, 2006 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.BALTIMORE -- Steve Walker, president of Steve Walker & Associates and managing partner of Walker Ventures, will be the opening keynote speaker for the second annual Security-Enhanced Linux Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) is a Linux variant that implements a variety of security policies, including U.S. Department of Defense style mandatory access controls, through the use of Linux Security Modules (LSM) in the Linux kernel. (SELinux) Symposium scheduled for February 27-March 3, 2006 in Baltimore, Maryland "Baltimore" redirects here. For the surrounding county, see Baltimore County, Maryland. For other uses, see Baltimore (disambiguation). Baltimore is an independent city located in the state of Maryland in the United States. . Mr. Walker has the unique experience of having participated in the evolution of computer security over the past 35 years from its early research within the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) through its explosion into today's worldwide products and services business. He is a 22-year veteran of the DoD, having served with the National Security Agency, the Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Office of the Secretary of Defense The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) is part of the United States Department of Defense and includes the entire staff of the Secretary of Defense. It is the principal staff element of the Secretary of Defense in the exercise of policy development, planning, resource . Mr. Walker was one of the elite members of a team responsible for the development of the ARPAnet, the legendary breakthrough messaging system Software that provides an electronic mail delivery system. It is made up of the following functional components, which may be packaged together or independently. Mail User Agent that allowed the birth of the Internet as we know it today. He is also nationally recognized for his pioneering work on the DoD Computer Security Initiative and establishment of the National Computer Security Center within the U.S. In addition, Mr. Walker was the president and chief executive officer of Trusted Information Systems Trusted Information Systems (TIS) was a computer security research and development organization during the 1980s and 1990s, performing computer security research for organizations such as NSA, DARPA, ARL, AFRL, SPAWAR, and others. , Inc. (TIS), which he founded in 1983. Before its purchase by Network Associates, TIS had become a publicly traded company publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. , employed more than 350 people, and had offices throughout the world. Having its foundation in network security advanced research and development, TIS was responsible for creating revolutionary technologies including the world's most secure firewall, Gauntlet, and the first fully exportable encryption, RecoverKey. Currently, Mr. Walker serves as president of Steve Walker & Associates and managing partner of Walker Ventures, a venture capital fund investing in early-stage technology companies. Mr. Walker will present a keynote address entitled "The Road to Practical Mandatory Security in Mainstream Operating Systems - an historical perspective." In this address, Mr. Walker will share his insights on the technological, political, and business challenges that have been overcome the past 30+ years on the road to the practical mandatory access control A system of access control that assigns security labels or classifications to system resources and allows access only to entities (people, processes, devices) with distinct levels of authorization or clearance. These controls are enforced by the operating system or security kernel. features SELinux brings to the mainstream. About the SELinux Symposium The Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) Symposium is an annual exchange of ideas, technology, and research involving SELinux. SELinux is technology that adds flexible, strong mandatory access control security to Linux. The Second Symposium is scheduled for February 27-March 3, 2006 in Baltimore, Maryland and is sponsored by Hewlett-Packard, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Red Hat, Tresys Technology, and Trusted Computer Solutions. The event brings together experts from business, government, and academia to share research, development, and application experiences using SELinux. For information on registration and sponsorship opportunities, see www.selinux-symposium.org or info@selinux-symposium.org. |
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