The much anticipated revival of InfowarCon is going to have to wait another few months. Bowing to pressure from defense agencies, educational institutions and international organizations, the event conflicted with too many other senior level commitments during the September time frame. InfowarCon founder Winn Schwartau said: We brought back InfowarCon at the request of countless people and organizations, both within the U.S. and internationally. We also made an assumption about timing a poor one as it turns out. It used to be the end of the fiscal year was perfect for the U.S. government, but times have changed. Many of the senior officials who wanted to speak and attend were unable to commit. To accommodate them and myriad others, InfowarCon has been rescheduled for 2-4 March, 2008, at the same location. InfowarCons original dates also conflicted with the opening schedules of military schools and academies who wanted to participate. Professor Dan Kuehl of the National Defense University said: This is wonderful news. The end of the fiscal year is a big problem. This move will allow greater support from the educational and defense communities. InfowarCon is a serious and important forum for cooperation between government and industry on national and global cyberterrorism. To make this discussion meaningful we need input from as many voices as possible. I absolutely support any move that increases participation. Its in the best interest of all concerned, said Richard Marshall, Senior Information Assurance Representative, Office of Legislative Affairs, National Security Agency. InfowarCons sponsors have backed the move. All pre-registered attendees and sponsors will receive upgrades. New registrants will be able to sign-up at revised Early Bird rates at www.infowarcon.com. Just our way of making sure that InfowarCons passionate supporters will now get even more out of the event, said Schwartau. Media Contact Information: Eric Green InfowarCon Tel: 240 396 0007 x 908 Eric@private www.infowarcon.com InfowarCon Advisory Board: Dr. Dan Kuehl, National Defense University; Amit Yoran, NetWitness; Mark Rasch, FTI; Dorothy Denning, DoD; Richard Forno, Infowarrior.org; Lars Nicander, CATS; Bruce Brody, CACI. InfowarCon Sponsors & Partners Include: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Mandiant, Netwitness, Purifile, Secure Computing, Lincoln Group, White Wolf Security, Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3), (ISC)2; Homeland Defense Journal, Government Security News, Homeland Defense Week, Officer.com, Continuity Insights, InfraGard National Members Alliance, ISSA NOVA, Terrorism Research Center and National Defense University. ____________________________________ Attend HITBSecConf2007 - Malaysia Taking place September 3-6 2007 featuring seven tracks of technical training and a dual-track security conference with keynote speakers Lance Spitzner and Mikko Hypponen! - Book your seats today! http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2007kl/
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