YSTS 6th Edition Sao Paulo, Brazil May 7th, 2012 Call for Papers Opens: December 10th 2012 Call for Papers Close: February 26th 2012 http://www.ysts.org @ystscon INTRODUCTION After 5 very successful editions we are off to the 6th edition of the you Sh0t the Sheriff security conference and we are sending this off so you send us the coolest stuff you've been working on. The conference will happening on May, 7th, 2012 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This is your chance to speak about that cool research you’ve been working on, to those whom matter in the Brazilian Information Security realm. ABOUT THE CONFERENCE you Sh0t the Sheriff is a very unique, one-day, event dedicated to bringing cutting edge talks to the top-notch professionals of the Information Security Community in Brazil. The conference’s main goal is to bring the attendees to the most up-to-date state of the information security world by mixing professionals and topics from different Infosec segments of the market. yStS is a very exclusive, mostly invite-only security con. Getting a talk accepted, will, not only get you to the event, but after you successfully present your talk, you will receive a challenge-coin that guarantees your entry to yStS for as long as the conference exists. Due to the great success of the previous years' editions, yes, we're keeping the same format: * YSTS 6 will be held at an almost secret location only announced to whom it may concern a couple of weeks before the con * the venue will be, most likely, a very cool club or a bar (seriously, see pictures) * appropriate environment to network with great security folks from Brazil and abroad * since it’s a 1 day con with tons of talks, we provide to everyone coffee, lunch and booze CONFERENCE FORMAT Anything Information Security related is interesting for the conference, although we strictly do not accept commercial/ product-related pitches. Keep in mind though, this is a one-day conference, we receive a lot of submissions, so please do your best in sending new / coolest research. Just in case you need some ideas, some of the topics in security that could be interesting to us: * Mobile Devices * Social Netwoking Threats * Embedded Systems * Social Networking and Client-Side Techniques * Red Team Techniques * Inside Jobs Detection/ Techniques * Operating Systems * Career & Management topics * (cool and useful) Information Security Policies * Privacy in the Digital World * Messing with Network Protocols * 802.11 Wireless and any RF related stuff for that matter * Authentication * Incident Response Stories and Policies * Information Warfare * Malware/ Botnets * DDoS Evolution or Stories * Secure Programming * Hacker Culture * Application Security * Virtualization * DataBase Security * "the" Cloud * Cryptography * System Weaknesses * Infrastructure and Critical Systems * Reverse Engineering * Social Reverse Engineering * Reversing Social Engineering * Caipirinha and Feijoada Hacks * and everything else information security related that our attendees would enjoy, the coolest/ different/ most creative submissions win, keep that in mind! We do like shorter talks, so, please submit your talks and remember they must be 30 minutes long. (yes, we do strictly enforce that) We’re also opened to some 15-minute talks, some of the smart people around might not need 30 minutes to deliver a message, or it might be a project that has been just kicked-off. 15 minutes might be your thing and that's nothing to be ashamed about. you Sh0t the Sheriff is the perfect conference to release your new projects, other people have released very cool research before they presented it at the bigger cons. And yes, we do prefer new hot-topics and, yes, "first-time" speakers are more than welcome. If you got good stuff to speak about, that's all that matters. SPEAKER PRIVILEGES (and, that applies only to the 30 minute-long talks) * USD 1,000.00 to help covering travel expenses for international speakers * Breakfast, lunch and dinner during conference * Pre-and-post-conference official party (and the unofficial ones as well) * Auditing products in traditional Brazilian barbecue restaurants * Life-time free admission for all future yStS conferences (yes, if you 've spoken before at yStS, you have your free-entry guaranteed, just buy us a beer, ohh, wait, it's free anyways, isn't it?) CFP IMPORTANT INFO (aka: what do we need from you) Each paper submission must include the following information: * Abstract/ Presentation Title * Summary or abstract for your presentation * Your Name, company/title, address, email and phone/contact number * Short biography and qualification * Speaking experience * Do you need or have a visa to come to Brasil? * is it a 30 minute or a 15 minute talk? * Technical requirements (others than LCD Projector) * Other publications or conferences where this material has been or will be published/submitted. VERY IMPORTANT DATES Final CFP Submission - February 26th, 2012 Final Notification of Acceptance - March 26th, 2012 Final Material Submission for accepted presentations - May 3rd, 2012 All submissions must be sent via email, in text format only to: cfp/at/ysts.org IMPORTANT CONTACT INFORMATION Paper Submissions: cfp/at/ysts.org General Inquiries: b0ard/at/ysts.org Sponsorship Inquiries: sponsors/at/ysts.org OTHER STUFF website www.ysts.org YSTS 5 video clip http://tinyurl.com/ysts5clip pictures of last con http://tinnyurl.com/ysts5pix1 video channel http://ysts.blip.tv/ twitter @ystscon official twitter hashtag #ystscon We hope to see you there! Luiz Eduardo & Nelson Murilo & Willian Caprino http://www.ysts.org