The Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) Symposium has announced speakers and session topics for its third annual event, set for Mar. 12-16 in Baltimore, MD. The symposium will feature business, government, and academic speakers sharing experiences, research, and product plans, organizers say.

SELinux is an open source project maintained by the U.S. NSA (National Security Agency). It aims to investigate examples of how mandatory access controls that can confine the actions of any process, including a superuser process, can be added into Linux. Many Linux distributions — including embedded distributions — can be configured with SELinux extensions.

The third SELinux Symposium comprises two days of tutorials, followed by a two-day “technical agenda.” Additionally, an invitation-only developer summit will be held.

Paper topics include changes and extensions to the core SELinux technology, advances in SELinux policy management, and the development and use of SELinux. Papers were selected through a community review process, organizers say.

Presenters will include representatives of Atsec, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Pennsylvania State University, Red Hat, SPARTA, Tresys Technology, University of Maryland-Baltimore County, U.S. Joint Forces Command, and the U.S. National Security Agency.

Additional details, including a full schedule and registration forms, can be found online, here.

 
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