Hi Steve,

On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 4:45 PM, Steven M. Christey
<co...@linus.mitre.org> wrote:
>
> While I'd like to see Black Hat add some more defensive-minded tracks, I
> just realized that this desire might a symptom of a larger problem: there
> aren't really any large-scale conferences dedicated to defense / software
> assurance.  (The OWASP conferences are heavily web-focused;
I believe OWASP is moving towards Application Security in general. At
the chapter meetings I attend, we were told the acronym is probably
going to be changed to "Open Web and Application Security Project".

> Dept. of Homeland Security has its software assurance forum and working
> groups, but those are relatively small.)
Homeland Security also has the HOST program, which partners with
industry, http://www.cyber.st.dhs.gov/host/. I'm just mentioning it
because its seems to be a bit more than a [low volume] forum.

> If somebody built it, would anybody come?
If the prices is right ;)

Jeff

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