Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 11:44:42 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Fwd: NIST To Hold Spam Technology Workshop
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

>This item forwarded by permission of the author. . .seemed like it might =
be
>of some interest to various WSFAN's.

Barry's NIST spam seminar stuff deleted.

All I can say is this: <http://www.detritus.org/spam/skit.html>

mjw
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>Barry
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>>Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 11:20:50 -0500 (EST)
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>>From: Mark Wilson <mark.wilson at nist.gov>
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>>Subject: [WSFA] NIST To Hold Spam Technology Workshop
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>>Good morning:
>>
>>Two ITL divisions - the Computer Security Division and the Advanced
>>Network Technologies Division - are co-hosting a Spam Technology
>Workshop
>>on February 17th here at NIST.  The complete announcement (included
>below)
>>may be of interest to you.
>>
>>Speakers at the workshop will represent both government and industry
>>organizations; attendees from all sectors are encouraged to attend.  =
The
>>workshop agenda will be posted to the website shown in the announcement=

>as
>>soon as speaker selections have been completed.
>>
>>Contact me if you have any questions about the contents of the
>>announcement.  (There's a different NIST point of contact for =
questions
>>about the workshop.  That info is included in the announcement.)
>>
>>Thank you.
>>
>>Mark Wilson, CISSP
>>IT Specialist (Information Security)
>>Computer Security Division
>>Information Technology Laboratory
>>NIST
>>(301) 975-3870
>>
>>***********
>>Spam Technology Workshop
>>
>>The National Institute of Standards and Technology is sponsoring a one =
day
>>workshop on spam technology.  It will be held at the NIST campus in
>>Gaithersburg on February 17, 2004.
>>
>>With the passing of the recent legislation in this area - the CAN-SPAM =
Act
>>of 2003 (PL 108-187) - this workshop offers a great opportunity for
>>agencies to hear about current filtering techniques used to detect =
and
>>reduce spam, learn about what research and development activity is
>>underway in this area, understand what related initiatives have been
>>undertaken by various standards bodies to address this issue, and =
hear
>>firsthand from Internet service providers what they are doing to deal =
with
>>spam.  The workshop will also explore issues and challenges to developing=

>>and measuring improvements in spam control and reduction
>>technology.  Finally, this workshop will help NIST assess future =
potential
>>areas for research and/or guidance concerning spam.
>>
>>The workshop will assist NIST in developing ideas for criteria and
>>procedures for improving effectiveness of spam controls.  Finding ways =
to
>>effectively deal with spam is important in improving the overall
>>effectiveness of the nation's infrastructure and its security.
>>
>>Today, spam is often used to deliver viruses or initiate fraudulent
>>activity.  These aspects of spam can negatively impact systems.  One =
of
>>the best ways to protect your agency is to make sure that technical
>>systems support staff, as well as information security program
>>managers/officials, are well educated on current trends and techniques =
in
>>this area.
>>
>>More information on the conference can be found at
>>http://csrc.nist.gov/spam/index.html.
>>
>>Specific inquiries regarding the workshop may be directed to Joan =
Hash
>>(joan.hash at nist.gov, 301-975-3357).
>