October 18-21, 1999 

Hyatt Regency Crystal City  
Arlington, Virginia, USA 
(Located five minutes from downtown Washington, D.C.) 

The National Information Systems Security Conference is an annual conference sponsored by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and National Computer Security Center of the National Security Agency. It is usually held in October. 

The audience represents a broad range of information security interests spanning government, industry, commercial, and academic communities. 

The conference consists of presentations of papers in various subject area tracks, tutorials, and panels. Various INFOSEC agencies have information and demonstration booths, and there is a separate vendor exposition.