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InfoWarCon V: DC



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                           InfoWarCon 5, 1996
            Electronic Civil Defense for the 21st. Century
 The Convergence of the Commercial and the Military Sectors:
              Vulnerabilities, Capabilities and Solutions
                          September 5-6, 1996
                            Washington, DC
 
 Sponsored by:
 
      Winn Schwartau, Interpact, Inc./Infowar.Com
      National Computer Security Association/NCSA.Com
      Robert Steele, OPEN SOURCE SOLUTIONS, Inc./OSS.Net
 
 Sponsoring Organizations:
	Command Software Systems
	Digital Equipment Corporation
 	Norman Data Defense
 	IBM
	Phillips Publications
	Jane's Information Group

 Historically, civil defense has meant to protect citizenry against hostile
military actions. Today, with the specter of Information Warfare representing
new challenges to late-industrial and information age nation-states, the rules
have radically changed. Societies are rapidly migrating to increased dependance
upon four critical interrelated infrastructures and adequate methods of
protection must be developed:
 
 	- The Power grid is the basis of most of modern society. With it gone,
not much else happens.  If you think this is just a matter of building more
generators, think again--what happens if the factories that *make* the
generators are taken down, too? 
 
 	- The Communications infrastructure: land, sea, air and satellite. 95% 
of
military communications go over the public networks, and 100% of all financial
and industrial communications. Is it worth protecting?
 
 	- The Global Financial structure depends upon the first two
infrastructures, and is perhaps the most vulnerable to theft and denial of
service attack.  99+% of all "wealth" is digital--what happens if it vaporizes?
 
 	- Transportation systems rely upon the other three. The air traffic
systems require both power and communications to manage the thousands of
airplanes in the sky.  What happens to the thousands of airplanes in the air
if air traffic control across an entire country goes down?
 
 Without all of these infrastructures properly and reliably functioning, the
private sector and the national security community cannot function. No heat, no
air conditioning, no food distribution, no light, no radio or TV, no Internet.
Are we prepared?  Do we have a a crisis response for the day money as we  know
it vanishes?
 
 Electronic Civil Defense will soon become a critical component of any nation's
well being while the needs of both the private sector and government converge.
The convergence of military and civilian interests that Mr. Schwartau predicted
two years ago is happening before our eyes. Defensive and commercial postures
have so intertwined as to make them indistinguishable.
 
 This Fifth International Conference on Information Warfare is an unclassified,
open source forum, and will examine the myriad questions of Electronic Civil
Defense from the US, International and multi-cultural perspectives.
 
 Our seasoned experts will work with InfoWarCon5 delegates to outline a
framework for the vulnerabilities, threats, risks and solutions for Electronic
Civil Defense.  From this conference participants will be able to draw critical
insights which will improve their own legislative, regulatory, financial, and
operational readiness and security.  Last year's Washington InfoWarCon brought
together over 600 people and was covered by CNN among other major media
organizations. This year key world players in information warfare from the
economic, military, and law enforcement communities of over 30 countries are
expected to participate.    Be prepared for highly interactive sessions with
plenty of audience participation.  Please bring  your opinions and be ready to
discuss them with us all!
 
 PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE
 
 September 4, 1996
 
 16:00 - 20:00	Registration Begins
 
 18:00 - 20:00	Sponsored Reception for attendees, speakers, sponsors and the
press.  Light food fare and  liquid refreshments. Meet Mr.Schwartau, Mr. Steele, 
Dr. Kabay and many of our other world-class speakers.
 
  September 5, 1996
 
 6:30 - 7:50	Registration
 
 7:50 - 8:00 	Welcoming Comments and Administration:
 			Dr. Peter Tippett, NCSA
 			Winn Schwartau, Interpact, Inc.
 
 8:00 - 8:30 	Keynote Presentation:  "National Security in
			the Information Age" Senator William Cohen (R-Maine) *
 			
 8:30 - 9:00	"A Commander in Chief's View of Rear-Area, Home-Front
 			Vulnerabilities and Support Options."
 
 			General John J. Sheehan, U.S. Supreme Allied Commander,
			Atlantic, Commander-in-Chief Atlantic Command 
 		
 9:00 - 9:30 	"Global Finance: Protection in the Age of Electronic Conflict"
		Colin Cook, V.P. Information Security, Citibank *
 		 	
 9:30 - 10:00	"We Can't Do It Without the Private Sector"
 			Ken Minihan, Director, NSA *
 
 10:00-10:30 	Break
 
 10:30-11:45 	National Policy Reviews of Electronic Civil Defense Programs
			Ms. Sally Katzen, Administrator for Information and 
Regulatory
			Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, USA
 			Dr. Anders Eriksson and Peter Wallstroem,
			   National Defence Research Establishment, 
				   Dept. of Defence Analysis: Sweden
 			Dr. Leroy Pearce, Canada, 

 		What is the current thinking in Electronic Civil Defense? 
 		How do plan on protecting our citizens against invisible 
 		unnamed assailants? What are the top policy makers 
 		planning for? International experts will present their 
 		views as well.
 
 11:45 - 13:15	Sponsored Lunch
 
 12:30 - 13:00	Luncheon Address
 
 13:15 - 14: 30 	Breakout Sessions A1 - A4
 
 	A1	A Military Briefing: The Electronic Projection of Power in a C4I 
World
 			Moderated by General Jim McCarthy, USAF (Ret)
 				Barry Horton, Principle Deputy Assistant
				Secretary of Defense for C3I *
 				Captain Patrick Tyrrell, Assistant Director,
				 Information Warfare Policy, Ministry of 
				Defence, United Kingdom
 
 	A2	Protecting the Global Financial and Communications
 		 Infrastructures: Weaknesses at the Transport Layer
 			Ron Eward, Martech, Inc.
 
 	One scary session. Forget about HERF Guns and hackers. Mr. Eward 
 	will tell us how to wreak disaster with a few well placed pick-
 	axes, from New York to Palermo to Taipei. An incredible research 
 	effort with global on the generally forgotten physical 
 	underpinnings of Cyberspace. Do not miss his tremendously 
 	important findings. Messrs. Eward and Schwartau upcoming book on 
 	this overlooked topic will shake the financial global community.
 
 	A3	Media Manipulation, Perception Management and PsyOps
 			Moderated by Dr. Mich Kabay, NCSA
 				Mark Bender, ABC News *
 				Jim Roberts, SOLIC 
				Neil Munro, Washington Technology
 
 	How can a nation-state use the media to bend the will of an 
 	adversary, or leverage its own position prior to, in or after a 
 	conflict? Who is really using who?
 
 	A4 	National Defense University Session
 		Moderator - Dr. Dan Kuehl, Professor, NDU
 
 	Top students from the School of Information Warfare and
	Strategy, the Nation's top-level school for potential flag
	officers in the IW arena, will discuss their findings and
	concerns.
 
 14:30 - 15:00	Break
 
  15:00 - 16:15	Breakout Sessions B1-B4
 
 	B1 - Emergency/Disaster Planning for the Effects of Information Warfare:
 		Moderator: Mark Aldrich, Chief Infosec Engineer, GRC 
 					International, Inc.
 			Michael Logan, Federal Planning Associate, 
 					American Red Cross
 			William W. Donovan, CISSP, FEMA
 			Ken Barksdale, Association of Contingency 
 						Planners 
 
 	Assume the worst happens, and an infowar assault takes down major 
 	life sustaining portions of the infrastructure. What do we do 
 	about it? How do we minimize the damage and protect the victims 
 	and citizens? These esteemed experts will tell you what they think 
 	and then invite your comments.
 
 	B2	Legal Liabilities and Responsibilities in Information Warfare
 			Danielle Cailloux, Judge, Committee on 
 				Intelligence, Belgium 
 			Charles Dunlap, Judge Advocate, USAF
 			Kenneth Bass III, Cyber-Attorney, Washington
 
 	If a company is attacked and it loses significant assets, what 
 	are the recourses of the stakeholders? How do we measure and 
 	evaluate the losses and responsibility? On the military side, what 
 	constitutes an Act of War and what steps are necessary to formulate 
 	a response?
 
 	B3 The Forensics of Information Wafare for Law Enforcement
 		Moderated by Michael Anderson, New Technologies 
 				Investigation Division
 		Howard Schmidt, Director, AF Office of Special 
 				Investigations 
 		Ken Rosenblat, Santa Clara County Prosecutor, Author 
 				"High-Technology Crime: Investigating 
 				Cases Involving Computers" 
 
 	How can you tell you are under attack? Once you determine you are, 
 	how do you make a case which will stand up in court? How do you 
 	collect evidence? How do you involve law enforcement without 
 	compromising your efforts? Experts share years of experience with you.
 
 	B4	Naval Postgraduate School Session
 			Moderator: Dr. Fred Levien, NPS
 
 	Top field grade students from the Naval Postgraduate School in
	Monterey, California will present InfoWar papers and concepts.
 
 16:15 - 16:45	Break
 
 16:45 - 18:00	The Hacker/Underground and Social Engineering
 
 		Moderated by: Nic Chantler, Australian Intelligence (Ret)
 			Andy Mueller-Maguhn, CHAOS Computer Club, Germany
 			Chris Goggans, co-founder, Legion of Doom, USA
 			John Gilmore, Electronic Frontier Foundation
 
 		If you've ever wanted to know how hackers think; what 
 		makes them tick and how they became the first Information 
 		Warriors, here are the people who can answer your 
 		questions.  These sessions are among the most popular at 
 		every InfoWarCon. Gilmore will present his unique concepts
		for Defensive Information Warfare.
 
 18::00 - 20:30	Sponsored Reception/"Live Hackers" Off-Line
 
 September 6, 1996
 
 6:30 - 7:50	Continental Breakfast
 
 7:50 - 8:00	Opening Remarks and Administration
 
 8:00 - 8:30	"Domestic Law Enforcement and Electronic Civil Defense"
			Louis Freeh, Director, FBI *
 
8:30 - 9:00	"The Convergence of Military and Civilian Defense"
 			General Jim McCarthy, USAF (Ret)
 
 9:00 - 9:30	"What is National Security?" 
	 		Michael R. Nelson, Ph.D.
			Special Assistant for Information Technology
			White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

 9:30 - 10:00 	"Building a Society from the Net Up"
 			Pedrag Pale, Chairman of the InfoTech Coordinating 
 				Committee, Ministry of Science, 
 				Technology and Informatics, Croatia
 
 10:00-10:30 Break
 
 10:30-11:45	The Russians are Coming
 			Moderated by: Greg Treverton, Director of National 
 				Security Program, Rand Corporation 
 
 		From academia to the military to their business community, 
 		the Russians have been thinking long and had about 
 		Information Warfare. Here's what they have to say. Get 
 		front row seats and be ready to ask your questions.

	Dr. Victor I. Solntsev, Assoc. Prof. Moscow State Tech. Univ.
	"Information Warfare and Human-Operator Security"
	Dr. Dmitry Chereshkin Russian Academy of Sciences; 
	Editorial Board, "Information Infrastructure and Policy."
	Dr. Georgy Smolian Russian Academy of Sciences and Scientific Council
	"Democratization of Russia and Information Security."

 11:45 - 13:15	Sponsored Lunch
 
 12:30 - 13:00	Luncheon Address
 
  13:00 - 14: 15 	Breakout Sessions C1-C4
 
 	C1	Corporate Civil Defense:
 			Moderated by Don Sortor, Director Security Prgms, 
 				Corp. InfoSec., Motorola, Inc.

 	A team of cross-industry experts from the primary infrastructures, 
 	will examine how industry and government can and should interact 
 	in the event of an Electronic Pearl Harbor. What is the role of 
 	the company and its management? What policies should be put into 
 	place to prepare for the malicious Acts of Man? How should the 
 	government work with the private sector to mitigate damages?
 	These experts will set you on the right track.
 

 	C2	Denial of Service in the Private Sector: 
			The Nuclear Weapons of the Information Age: 
			Magnetic Weapons from the Military to 
			Electronic Pipe Bombs
   				Carlo Copp, Defense Analyst, Australia
 				Kelly Goen, Penetration and Security Engineer
 
 	Get Seats Early! Magnetic weapons; directed energy weapons; HPM; 
 	HERF Guns; electromagnetic pulse cannons and EMP. 
 	Learn about the latest in high energy weapons systems and how they 
 	can be used to attack and destroy critical electronically based 
 	infrastructures. Then find out what the terrorist can do with 
 	home-brew electronic pipe bombs.
 
 	C3 	The Net Under Attack
 			Dr. Dorothy Denning, Chair, Computer Science 
 				Dept., Georgetown Univ.
 			Jim Christy, Permanent Subcommittee Investigations
				U.S. Senate (And USAF OSI)
 
 	What makes an attack on the Internet and what do we do about it? 
 	Ms. Denning is an internationally recognized expert who will guide 
 	us and her panel of experts through the maze of possibilities. 
 	Incredibly valuable for security professionals.
 
 	C4	USAF School of Advanced Airpower Studies
 			Moderated by Col. Richard Szafranski, USAF, Air War 
 				College National Military Strategy
 
 	Col. Szafranski and his top students will discuss their views, 
 opinions on Information Warfare.  The USAF SAAS has produced some of the
most revolutionary papers in IW, including the now globally recognized papers
on taking down telecommunications and national power systems.
 
 14:30 - 15:00	Break
 
 15:00 - 16:15	Breakout Sessions D1-D4
 
 	D1	Anonymous Global Banking: Pitfalls and Solutions
 			Moderated by Bruce Schneier
 				Kelly Goen, Security Engineer
 				Eric Hughes, Cypherpunks
 				Phil Zimmermann *
 
 	How does anonymous international banking work? Is it merely a 
 	front for Criminal Central? Or is there a true value? How do 
 	conventional banking institutions view it? What about 
 	cryptographic solutions? Are your funds "naked on the
	Net today?  Come see for yourself!
 
 	D2	The Ethics of Information Warfare
 			Moderated by Winn Schwartau
 				Col. Phil Johnson, Judge Avocate, USAF
 				Dr. Dan Kuehl, NDU
 
 	While CNN is looking over your shoulder, as a 
 	military commander, here is your choice: either use a precision 
 	smart bomb which will immediately kill 20 civilians for the world 
 	to see. Or, use a non-lethal IW weapon, no immediate TV deaths, 
 	but a predicted 200 civilian collateral fatalities within 30 days. 
 	What do you do? The Ethical conundra of Information Warfare will 
 	be examined from all perspectives.  Or: you have been attacked
	anonymously--you suspect one party, without proof--another
	attack is coming.  What now?  Should we develop new intelligence
	capabilities to permit precision detection and response in
	cyberwar?

 	D3	National Information Assurance: Cooperation is the Key
 		to Safeguarding Communications, Power and Transportation
 
 			Moderated by: Major Brad Bigelow, Office of the Manager, 
					National Communications System
				Jeff Sheldon, General Counsel,
					Utilities Telecommunications Council
				Steve Fabes, Director of Electronic Delivery 
Services,
					BankAmerica
				Carl Ripa, VP National Security/Emergency 
					Preparedness, Bellcore

 	Experts from the major civilian infrastructures will discuss how 
 	past cooperation between industry and government has echoed 
 	economic realities. The bulk of the nations information 
 	infrastructure is not under the economic or regulatory control of the 
 	Federal government. So, how do we maintain a healthy balance 
 	between private initiative and legislative and regulatory
 	actions? Today there is no "due diligence" standard which
	requires that communications and computing services be guaranteed
	in terms of security and data integrity.  Our panel will provoke
	an active discussion of remedial cooperative measures.

 	D4	"Understanding and Defending Against Industrial Espionage and 	
			Information Terrorism."
			Tom Fedorek, Managing Director, Kroll Associates New 
York*
			Matt DeVost TITLE COMING
			Charlies Swett, Acting Deputy Director for 
Low-Intenstity
			Conflict Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of 
Defense 
			for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict 

 	A look at how modern espionage and information is conducted, why it's 
done and 
 	who's doing it.  How much can it cost your company and how can you 
 	tell if you're targeted? Do not miss this fascinating session
	which is expected to feature the Kroll Managing Directors
	from Paris, London, and New York.
 
 16:15 - 16:30	Break
 
 16:30 - 17:00		Wrap Up: "What is War?"
 			Moderated by Dr. Mich Kabay, NCSA
 				General Jim McCarthy, USAF (Ret)
 				John Petersen, President, The Arlington 
Institute
				You - The Audience

An exciting  'don't miss' interactive audience session. What a closing!

(* Speakers with an * have been invited but have not confirmed as of June 28, 
1996.)
  
 HOTEL INFORMATION:
 
 	Crystal Gateway Marriott
 	1700 Jefferson Davis Highway
 	Arlington, VA  22202		

	The Crystal Gateway Marriott is offereing a special conference rate of 
	$129 single/$139 double occupancy. This rate is good until August 14,
1996.
 
 	703-920-3230 (Voice)
 	703-271-5212 (Fax)
 

CANCELLATION POLICY

After  August 9th, any cancellation will incur a $100.00 processing fee.  If the
reservation is not cancelled and no one attends, the full registration price
will be charged.  Substitute attendees are welcome.

 
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                 (   )   595.00     NCSA Members/OSS '96 Attendees
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Peace
Winn

		        Winn Schwartau - Interpact, Inc.
		        Information Warfare and InfoSec
		       V: 813.393.6600 / F: 813.393.6361
			    [email protected]