InfoWar Press Release

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Information Warfare:

Electronic Civil Defense

NCSA Press Release
National Computer Security Association
10 South Courthouse Avenue
Carlisle, PA 17013 

For Information Contact:

Kevin Stevens - PRESSMarketing/CommunicationsNCSA(717) 258-1816 ext.
224(717) 243-8642 Faxemail: kstevens@ncsa.com	Robert Steele -
SponsorChairman & CEOOpen Source Solutions(703) 242-1701(703) 242-1711
Faxemail:ceo@oss.net	Winn Schwartau - SponsorPresident & CEOInterpact,
Inc.(813) 393-6600(813) 393-6361 Faxemail:winn@infowar.com

INFORMATION WARFARE: CONFERENCE ON ELECTRONIC CIVIL DEFENSE
September 4-5-6, 1996
Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel
1700 Jeferson Davis Highway
Arlington, VA 22202

August 14, 1996; Carlisle, PA.  International security experts,
including military general officers responsible for C3I, intelligence
and security professionals from government agencies, and corporate
information assurance and security executives will review
state-of-the-art techniques in countermeasures necessary to combat
information warfare attacks against the information infrastructures of
the United States and allied nations.  Leaders from industry,
government and the international scene will also discuss policy options
for defense as well as response to attacks.

Information Warfare is likely to influence both military operations
other than war (OOTW), and the violent peace with which both law
enforcement and corporate security professionals must concern
themselves. Electronic Civil Defense for the 21st Century is the focus
of this conference.

Information Warfare represents a direct threat to governments,
financial and business information systems of corporations and private
businesses, and the personal privacy of ordinary citizens.  Information
Warfare is a relatively low cost method for less- developed
nation-states or underground organizations and trans-national gangs to
acquire technology, along with tactical and strategic economic
information, from more-developed nations, governments,
corporate/business entities, and individuals.  

Information Warfare is also a means for terrorists, criminals, or
politically-motivated splinter groups to attack their enemies.  Methods
for launching Information Warfare attacks can be done anonymously and
remotely, circumvent laws and detection, and employ an array of
clandestine electronic and human intelligence techniques.
 
Electronic Civil Defense is the guiding concept which unites all
aspects of a nation�s information infrastructure into a unified
mindset.  It�s purpose is to prepare for, and where necessary,
counteract the effects of organized and unorganized attempts on the
part of individuals, terrorist elements, criminal enterprises, or rouge
nations to subvert friendly nations, commercial institutions, and armed
forces through malicious destruction of critical information systems
assets such as banking, medical, or defense-related systems. 

The conference is sponsored by two internationally known experts: Mr.
Winn Schwartau (author of INFORMATION WARFARE: Chaos on the Electronic
Superhighway); and, Mr. Robert Steele (author of various works which
focus on the common theme of "Smart People, Dumb Nations: Bad
Business"), and by the National Computer Security Association (NCSA),
Carlisle, PA.

Speakers include: Dr. Peter Tippett, President, NCSA; Steve Katz, CISO,
Citibank; Sally Katzen, Administrator for Information and Regulatory
Affairs, OMB; Drs. Anders Eriksson and Peter Wallstroem, National
Defense Research Establishment, Dept. of Defense Analysis, Sweden; Dr.
Leroy Pearce, Canada; General Jim McCarthy, USAF (Ret); Capt. Gregory
Blackburn, Director of Information Warfare, OSD/C3I; Air Vice Marshall
Brendon O�Loughlin, Australian Defense Attach�; Ron Eward, Martech,
Inc.; Michael Logan, Federal Planning Associate, American Red Cross;
William W. Donovan, FEMA; Greg Brown, IBM Business Recovery Services;
Danielle Cailloux, Judge, Committee on Intelligence, Belgium; Col.
Charles Dunlap, Judge Advocate, USAF; and many more experts. 

To obtain detailed program and registration information, send a fax
with your return address, and fax number or email address to +(717)
243-8642 attn. Conference Registrar.  Download information from NCSA
Web Site at <http://www.ncsa.com>.  Send email to <infowar@ncsa.com>,
or if a CompuServe member, GO NCSA.

PRESS ADVISORY:  Press passes for the conference are available for $100
- luncheon included. Fax or email requests for press passes to: Kevin
Stevens, <kstevens@ncsa.com>, Marketing/Communications, NCSA.  Proof of
press credentials, including photo identification, are required.


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Peace
Winn

		        Winn Schwartau - Interpact, Inc.
		        Information Warfare and InfoSec
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