[ieeetcsc-discuss] [INFO-CFP] SIS'08 - 3rd International Workshop on Secure Information Systems

[Marcin Paprzycki]

Call for Papers

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3rd International Workshop on Secure Information Systems (SIS'08)
October 20-22, 2008, Wisla, Poland
http://www.sis.imcsit.org/
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The 3rd International Workshop on Secure Information Systems (SIS'08)
will be held in Wisla, Poland on October 20-22, 2008, in conjunction
with the International Multiconference on Computer Science and
Information Technology.

The SIS workshop is envisioned as a forum to promote the exchange of
ideas and results addressing complex security issues that arise in
modern information systems. We aim at bringing together a community of
security researchers and practitioners working in such divers areas as
networking security, antivirus protection, intrusion detection,
cryptography, security protocols, and others. We would like to promote
an integrated view at the security of information systems.

As information systems evolve, becoming more complex and ubiquitous,
issues relating to security, privacy and dependability become more
critical. At the same time, the global and distributed character of
modern computing - typically involving interconnected heterogeneous
execution environments - introduces many new and challenging engineering
and scientific problems. Providing protection against increasingly
sophisticated attacks requires strengthening the interaction between
different security communities, e.g. antivirus and networking. New
technologies lead to the emergence of new threats and attack strategies,
involving smart mobile devices, peer-to-peer networks, instant
messaging, VoIP, mesh networks or even networked consumer devices, such
as house appliances or cars. Furthermore, the increasing openness of the
communications infrastructure results in novel threats and can
jeopardize critical enterprise and public infrastructure, such as
industrial automation and process control systems. Not only it is
estimated that half of all Web applications and Internet storefronts
still contain some security vulnerabilities, but secure commerce
applications are also exposed to increasingly elaborate attacks,
including spyware, phishing and other social engineering methods.
In order to develop a secure system, security has to be considered in
all phases of the lifecycle and adequately addressed in all layers of
the system. At the same time, good engineering has to take into account
both scientific and economic aspects of every solution: the cost of
security has to be carefully measured against its benefits - in
particular the expected cost of mitigated risks. Most companies and
individuals treat security measures in information system as a
necessary, but often uncomfortable, overhead. The increasing penetration
of computing in all domains of everyday life means that security of
critical business systems is often managed and maintained by personnel
who are not knowledgeable in the field. This highlights the importance
of usability and ease of configuration of security mechanism and protocols.

Covered topics include (but are not limited to):

* Access control
* Adaptive security
* Cryptography
* Copyright protection
* Cyberforensics
* Honeypots
* Information hiding
* Intrusion detection
* Network security
* Privacy
* Secure commerce
* Security exploits
* Security policies
* Security protocols
* Security services
* Security evaluation and prediction
* Software protection
* Trusted computing
* Threat modeling
* Usability and security
* Viruses and worms
* Zero-configuration security mechanisms


PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION

Paper will be refereed and accepted on the basis of their scientific
merit and the relevance to the workshop.

Accepted and presented papers will be included into the Conference
Proceedings and published on a CD (ISSN 1896-7094).

Extended versions of selected papers presented during the conference
will be published as a Special Issue of the Springer's Telecommunication
Systems Journal

(http://www.springerlink.com/content/101753/).

Authors should submit draft papers (as Postscript, PDF of MSWord file).

Their total length should not exceed 10 pages of (LNCS style). While
preparing your papers, please use templates available at the
correspondent WWW site (http://www.imcsit.org/).


DATES

Submission of Papers:                   May 18, 2008
Notification of Acceptance:             July 14, 2008
Camera-Ready Papers:                    September 1, 2008
Conference:                             October 20-22, 2008


WORKSHOP CHAIRS:

Krzysztof Szczypiorski, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Konrad Wrona, NATO C3 Agency, The Netherlands

PROGRAM COMMITTEE (tenative):

Ishfaq Ahmad, University of Texas at Arlington, USA
Sergey Bratus, Dartmouth College, USA
Nicolas T. Courtois, University College London, UK
Lech J. Janczewski, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Igor Kotenko, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Kamil Kulesza, IFTR PAS, Poland and University of Cambridge, UK
Josef Pieprzyk,  Macquarie University, Australia
Zbigniew Piotrowski, Military University of Technology, Poland and
University College London, UK
Sugata Sanyal, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India
Andreas Schaad, SAP Research, Germany
Janusz Stoklosa, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Osamu Takata,  Hitachi Europe Ltd., UK
Johnson Thomas, Oklahoma State University, Tulsa, USA
Thomas Walter, DoCoMo Labs Europe, Germany