WORKSHOP SUMMARY - WITAT '96

Third Annual Workshop on Information Technology -
Assurance and Trustworthiness
September 3-5, 1996
Columbia Hilton, Columbia, MD

Co-sponsored by Aerospace Computer Security Associates,
National Institute of Standards and Technology, and
University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies

Note: This page is still being assembled and will change frequently over the next month as various summaries from the workshop are added.

The Workshop on Information Technology Assurance and Trustworthiness (WITAT) investigates and promotes promising methods of gaining assurance in information technology.

The goals, organization, and agenda for the 1996 workshop are available in the workshop WITAT 96 Call for Participation

Attendees

There were 46 attendees to the meeting. Those that allowed us to include their names and email addresses are the following:

Marshall Abrams abrams@mitre.org
Joe Alexander joe.alexander@east.sun.com
Colin Bowers clbower@alpha.ncsc.mil
Bill Casti bill@casti.com
Julie Connolly jconnoll@mitre.org
L. Dain Gary Gary_Dain@bah.com
Joan Fowler fowlerj@dsainc.com
Dan Gambel Dan_Gambel@ccmail.va.grci.com
Bruce George blgeorg@missi.ncsc.mil
Fred Henninge 6722867@mcimail.com
Stephen Hirsch sjhirsc@aztech.ba.md.us
Emily Joyce edjoyce@alpha.ncsc.mil
Jay Kahn jkahn@mitre.org
Doug Landoll landoll@arca.com
Ronald Lauzon ronald.lauzon@hq.doe.gov
Antionetta Lee arlee@alpha.ncsc.mil
Carol Muehrcke muehrcke@sctc.com
Bill Norvell bnorvell@tsmi.iitri.com
Bob Paczynski bob@tis.com
Joel Sachs sachs@interramp.com
Fred Smith fsmith@trail.com
Barbara Temenak btemenak@mcimail.com
Fred Tompkins Frederick_Tompkins@cpqm.mail.saic.com
Brian Tretick btretick@dttus.com
Eugene Troy eugene.troy@nist.gov
Richard Walzer rwalzer@mitre.org
Steve Welke welke@ida.org
Jeff Williams williams@arca.com
Marv Zelkowitz mvz@cs.umd.edu

Session Summaries

The following are copies of slides and session summaries from the 5 panels. (These are still being collected.) If a file is in Powerpoint format, if your browser is not configured to run a Powerpoint viewer, you have to transfer the binary file to your machine and then move the file to an appropriate machine that has a Powerpoint system on it.

1. System analysis

Brian Tretick slides (Powerpoint) (Textual - html file)

2. Operational assurance

Doug Landoll summary (ASCII)

3. Assurance predictors

4. Impact mitigation

Fred Tompkins slides (Powerpoint) (Textual - html file)

Dain Gary slides (Powerpoint) (Textual - html file)

5. Determining the appropriate mix

Dan Gambel slides (Powerpoint) (Textual - html file)

David Chizmadia slides (html file)

NISSC Panel

A panel sumamrizing this workshop was presented at the NISSC in Baltimore. Some of the presentations are also available.

Prepared by: Marvin Zelkowitz

Last Change: February 11, 1997