The Call for Papers for the second annual HITBSecConf in Europe is now open! Taking place from the 17th - 20th of May at the NH Grand Krasnapolsky in Amsterdam, HITB2011AMS will be a quad-track conference line up featuring keynote speaker Joe Sullivan (Chief Security Officer of Facebook) and a special keynote panel discussion on 'The Economics of Vulnerabilities'! HITB2011AMS will also feature a brand new Capture The Flag - World Domination competition run by the HITB.nl CTF Crew, an expanded Hackerspaces Village (with participation from .NL and .EU based hackerspaces) a Lock Picking Village run by members from TOOOL.nl and of course the HITBSIGINT sessions - 15 minute talks held during the coffee and lunch breaks with a focus on highlighting up and coming research and researchers. As always, talks that are more technical or that discuss new and never before seen attack methods are of more interest than a subject that has been covered several times before. Submissions are due _no later than 18th February 2011_ HITB CFP: http://cfp.hackinthebox.org/ === Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following: # Cloud Security # 3G/4G/WIMAX Security # File System Security # SS7/GSM/VoIP Security # Smart Card and Physical Security # Network Protocols, Analysis and Attacks # Applications of Cryptographic Techniques # Side Channel Analysis of Hardware Devices # Data Recovery, Forensics and Incident Response # Analysis of Malicious Code / Viruses / Malware # Windows / Linux / OS X / *NIX Security Vulnerabilities # Next Generation Exploit and Exploit Mitigation Techniques # WLAN, GPS, HAM Radio, Satellite, RFID and Bluetooth Security Each non-resident speaker will receive accommodation for 3 nights / 4 days. For each non-resident speaker, HITB will cover travel expenses up to EUR1200.00. Your submission will be reviewed by The HITB CFP Review Committee which includes: Charlie Miller (Principal Analyst, Independent Security Evaluators) Jeremiah Grossman (Founder, Whitehat Security) Red Dragon Thanh (THC, VNSECURITY, Intel Corp) Mark Curphey (Director, Microsoft Corp) Cesar Cerrudo (Founder / CEO ArgenISS) Saumil Shah (Founder CEO Net-Square) Shreeraj Shah (Founder, BlueInfy) Fredric Raynal (Sogeti/Cap Gemini) Robert Hansen (rsnake) (SecTheory) Alexander Kornburst (Red Database) Emmanuel Gadaix (Founder, TSTF) Andrea Barisani (Inverse Path) Ed Skoudis (InGuardians) Haroon Meer (Sensepost) Chris Evans (Google) Philippe Langlois (TSTF) Skyper (THC) PLEASE NOTE: We do not accept product or vendor related pitches. If you would like to showcase your company's products or technology, please contact us for further participation opportunities. --- Hafez Kamal HITB Crew Hack in The Box (M) Sdn. Bhd. Suite 26.3, Level 26, Menara IMC, No. 8 Jalan Sultan Ismail, 50250 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tel: +603-20394724 Fax: +603-20318359