1 SIGSAC VIABILITY REVIEW Sushil Jajodia March 19, 2005

2 PastPast Activities –2 yearly conferences (CCS and SACMAT) Member benefits –2 conference proceedings every year –Reduced registration fee

3 PresentPresent SIG Officers –Chair (Sushil Jajodia since July 2003) –Steering committee (Atluri, Faigin, Samarati, Sandhu)

4 CCSCCS CCS has become a week long event (M-F) 3 day conference with two parallel tracks (Research papers track, Govt/Industry papers and Tutorial track) Several co-located workshops (8 in 2004) Increasing submissions (17/64 in 1997 to 35/251 in 2004) Increasing participants (100 up to 2001 to 375 in 2004)

5 CCS Surplus YearCCS Surplus 2000$ $27, $14, $53, $50,000 (expected)

6 Membership and Finances Stable membership –773 professional, 35 affiliate, 165 student, 1 institution Improving fund balance –June 01 $16,760 –June 02 $34,330 –June 03 $41,754 –June 04 $93,325

7 FutureFuture Elections –Chair: Sushil Jajodia, Virgil Gligor –Vice-chair: Pierangela Samarati, Paul Kendall –Treasurer/Secretary: Vijay Atluri, Chuck Youman Awards (Outstanding Innovation and Outstanding Contribution) High quality conference in Asia (Asia CCS) in March 2006