Monday 5 December and Tuesday 6 December, 2011, Orlando, Florida, USA

The Fifth Annual Layered Assurance Workshop (LAW 2011)

Workshop Description   Workshop Committee   Workshop Program   Registration and Hotel   Contacts

This will be the fifth in the Layered Assurance Workshop (LAW) series, an affiliated workshop of the Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC). Proceedings Check this web site after the Workshop for links to the papers and presentations. Access proceedings of previous LAWs from the main LAW web page. Venue The Fifth Layered Assurance Workshop will be held at the Buena Vista Palace Hotel & Spa, located inside the Walt Disney World Resort.

Workshop Background and Description

The Fifth Layered Assurance Workshop (LAW) will be held in Orlando, Florida December 5-6, 2011. The LAW Organizing Committee in conjunction with Applied Computer Security Associates is pleased to present LAW as an affiliated workshop of the 27th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC) December 5-9, 2011. If you have attended a previous meeting of the LAW we believe you will find this year's LAW and ACSAC to provide a another great opportunity for exposure to the latest developments in applied computer security.

LAW has provided a forum for vital exchange, as well as a maturing source of information, focused on key issues relating to the effective and efficient modular construction and certification of assured systems from assured components. It is widely recognized that such an approach is the most promising way to achieve diverse and flexible systems that can be certified quickly and cost effectively. LAW is concerned with the theoretical, engineering, and certification challenges to be met before this goal can be fully realized.

The Workshop concerns itself with the fundamental problems of “compositional assurance” and with a need for principles, methods, and techniques that can be applied to achieve the assurance necessary for security-critical, safety-critical, and mission-critical components and systems.

For four years the Layered Assurance Workshop has evolved and grown. The first LAW in 2007 took an exploratory approach, relying heavily on the participants' input to establish the agenda. The second LAW in 2008 had several keynote talks chosen from responses to an open invitation, followed by breakout sessions on diverse topics. The third LAW comprised two thematic days (the first day concerned programmatic needs of government, while the second day concerned research and development) of morning keynote talks, afternoon panels and breakout sessions. The fourth LAW had a full program of invited speakers, contributed papers and related discussions. This year, LAW will have two full days of distinguished speakers, contributed papers, discussions, and panels.

LAW attendees are encouraged to participate in ACSAC in addition to LAW. The conjunction of LAW and ACSAC provides increased opportunities for academic and industry participants to contribute in the forum of their choice. Please pass along information about LAW to colleagues who may be interested.

The workshop is open to all attendees. Please see the ACSAC web site for more information about ACSAC. Registration for LAW is provided on the ACSAC registration web site. Details concerning LAW submissions, program, registration and sponsorships  are provided on the LAW web page.

Hotel Reservations and Workshop Registration

Workshop Program

Monday December 5

Tuesday December 6

LAW Organizing Committee

Contact: Workshop Chairman