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InfoWarCon V: DC
* * * * * * * P L E A S E D I S T R I B U T E W I D E L Y * * * * * * *
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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Winn Schwartau - Interpact, Inc.
Information Warfare and InfoSec
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