The Conference
Organized by: the Advanced Research Institute of Virginia Tech, USA By Professor Saifur Rahman and Professor Mohamed Eltoweissy, Virginia Tech. In collaboration with Professor Bernhard Haemmerli, HTA, Luzern, Switzerland Location: Virginia Tech, Riva San Vitale, Switzerland
Background
The critical information infrastructure is the enabler that facilitates global commerce, government and industry management, defense operations, education, healthcare, and banking services, among others. At the same time, due to the very nature of their design and operation, such services are very vulnerable to natural and human-induced disasters. The growing threat spectrum mandates a global effort to assure information and the underlying information infrastructure.
A two-day symposium took place at the Riva San Vitale site of Virginia Tech in Switzerland on 23-24 March 2006. It aimed at seting the stage for a Euro-Atlantic partnership to better identify, prioritize and subsequently address key workforce development and research issues in the core area of critical information infrastructure assurance (CIIA). The symposium provided a forum for exchange of ideas on visions, interests, expertise and results focusing on CIIA workforce development and research issues. Symposium participants were selected from thought leaders in small and large businesses, academia, research institutes, and consulting and government enterprises to ensure a broad coverage of the topics at hand.
The group focused on four important areas that are essential for a better understanding of, and addressing the CIIA web of technological, organizational, societal and human factor issues in building a global trustworthy information infrastructure. The four areas of focus are: Business, management, and organizational issues of CIIA Law, policy, and privacy issues of CIIA Assurance aspects in CII design and evolution Assurance aspects in CII operation and maintenance
Sponsors
					Advanced Research Institute