Dear Colleagues,

I wanted you and your students to know about Cyber Security Awareness Week's new affiliation with Kaspersky Lab this year will open up new opportunities for student research.

Winners of the Kaspersky American Cup at NYU-Poly's CSAW will win cash prizes and travel to the international Kaspersky Cup in Europe next spring.  The Kaspersky American Cup should be particularly interesting to undergraduate and graduate students who aren't typically able to compete with the PhD-level published research in the AT&T Best Paper Challenge at CSAW.  The Kaspersky American Cup welcomes UNPUBLISHED research, and all finalists will win trips to Brooklyn Nov. 9 - 11 to participate in CSAW and special Kaspersky conferences.

Even cybersecurity students who don't qualify for the finals in CSAW or the Kaspersky American Cup can participate in CSAW this year.  We're planning to open the career fair to non-finalists from all schools; the Quiz Tournament is always lots of fun and a chance to win cash prizes; and the Kaspersky conferences will welcome student registrants.

I hope you will encourage your students to join the fun and opportunities to meet their peers and professionals. More information isathttp://www.poly.edu/csaw2011.

regards, nasir

For more information: http://www.kaspersky.com/educational-events/it_security_conference_2012_usa#tab=tab-1