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Linux Security Summit 2014 Wrap-Up

The slides from the 2014 Linux Security Summit in August may be found linked at the schedule.

LWN covered both the James Bottomley keynote, and the SELinux on Android talk by Stephen Smalley.

We had an engaging and productive two days, with strong attendance throughout.  We’ll likely follow a similar format next year at LinuxCon.  I hope we can continue to expand the contributor base beyond mostly kernel developers.  We’re doing ok, but can certainly do better.  We’ll also look at finding a sponsor for food next year.

Thanks to those who contributed and attended, to the program committee, and of course, to the events crew at Linux Foundation, who do all of the heavy lifting logistics-wise.

See you next year!

Linux Security Summit 2014 Schedule Published

The schedule for the 2014 Linux Security Summit (LSS2014) is now published.

The event will be held over two days (18th & 19th August), starting with James Bottomley as the keynote speaker.  The keynote will be followed by referred talks, group discussions, kernel security subsystem updates, and break-out sessions.

The refereed talks are:

  • Verified Component Firmware – Kees Cook, Google
  • Protecting the Android TCB with SELinux – Stephen Smalley, NSA
  • Tizen, Security and the Internet of Things – Casey Schaufler, Intel
  • Capsicum on Linux – David Drysdale, Google
  • Quantifying and Reducing the Kernel Attack Surface –  Anil Kurmus, IBM
  • Extending the Linux Integrity Subsystem for TCB Protection – David Safford & Mimi Zohar, IBM
  • Application Confinement with User Namespaces – Serge Hallyn & Stéphane Graber, Canonical

Discussion session topics include Trusted Kernel Lock-down Patch Series, led by Kees Cook; and EXT4 Encryption, led by Michael Halcrow & Ted Ts’o.   There’ll be kernel security subsystem updates from the SELinux, AppArmor, Smack, and Integrity maintainers.  The break-out sessions are open format and a good opportunity to collaborate face-to-face on outstanding or emerging issues.

See the schedule for more details.

LSS2014 is open to all registered attendees of LinuxCon.  Note that discounted registration is available until the 18th of July (end of this week).

See you in Chicago!

Linux Security Summit 2014 (Chicago) -– Call for Participation

The CFP for the 2014 Linux Security Summit is announced.

LSS 2014 will be co-located with LinuxCon North America in Chicago, on the 18th and 19th of August.  We’ll also be co-located with the Kernel Summit this year.

Note that, as always, we’re looking for participation from the general Linux community — not just kernel people, and not just developers.  We’re interested in hearing about feedback from users, and discussing what kinds of security problems we need to be addressing into the future.

This year, we’re looking for discussion topics as well as paper presentations, so if you have anything interesting to talk about, send in a proposal.

The CFP closes on 6th June 21st June.

Save the Date: 2014 Linux Security Summit in Chicago

The 2014 Linux Security Summit will be held on the 18th and 19th of August, co-located with LinuxCon in Chicago, IL, USA.  The Kernel Summit and several other events will also be co-located there this year.

The Call for Participation will be announced later via the LSM mailing list.