Security Theme

Security addresses the various components of an information system that safeguard the data and associated infrastructure from unauthorized activity. Topics of interest in this theme include (but are not limited to):

  • access control
  • adaptive security and system management
  • analysis of network and security protocols
  • applications of cryptographic techniques
  • attacks against networks and machines
  • authentication and authorization of users, systems, and applications
  • botnets
  • critical infrastructure security
  • firewall technologies
  • forensics and diagnostics for security
  • intrusion and anomaly detection and prevention
  • malicious code analysis, anti-virus, anti-spyware
  • network infrastructure security
  • operating system security
  • public safety and emergency management
  • security architectures
  • security in heterogeneous and large-scale environments
  • techniques for developing secure systems
  • web security
  • wireless and pervasive/ubiquitous computing security

Technical Program Chairs

  • Natalia Stakhanova (UNB, Canada)
  • Viorel Onut (IBM, Canada)

Committee

  • Gail-Joon Ahn(Arizona State University,USA)
  • Jose Andre Morales(Carnegie Mellon University,USA)
  • Matt Bishop(University of California, Davis,USA)
  • Ioana Cristina Boureanu(EPFL,Switzerland)
  • Kevin Butler(University of Oregon,USA)
  • Alvaro Cardenas(Fujitsu Laboratories of America,USA)
  • Barbara Carminati(University of Insubria,Spain)
  • Sonia Chiasson(Carleton University,Canada)
  • Mathieu Couture(Canadian Cyber Incident Response Centre,Canada)
  • Marco Cova(University of Birmingham,UK)
  • Alfredo Cuzzocrea (ICAR-CNR & University of Calabria, Italy)
  • Jose M. Fernandez(Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal,Canada)
  • Luis Javier Garcia Villalba(Complutense University of Madrid,Spain)
  • Yong Guan(Iowa State University,USA)
  • Peter Gutmann(University of Auckland,New Zealand)
  • Rob Johnson(Stony Brook University,USA)
  • Guy-Vincent Jourdan(University of Ottawa,Canada)
  • Arun Lakhotia(University of Louisiana at Lafayette,USA)
  • Zhiqiang Lin(University of Texas at Dallas,USA)
  • Javier Lopez(University of Malaga,Spain)
  • Wei Lu(Keene State College,USA)
  • Todd McDonald(University of South Alabama,USA)
  • Katerina Mitrokotsa(EPFL, Switzerland)
  • Charles Morisset(National Research Council - C.N.R.,Italy)
  • Kara Nance(University of Alaska Fairbanks,USA)
  • Gabriele Oligeri,(University of Trento,Italy)
  • Xinming Ou(Kansas State University,USA)
  • Maria Papadaki(Plymouth University,UK)
  • Michalis Polychronakis(Columbia University,USA)
  • Konrad Rieck(University of Gottingen,Germany)
  • Pierangela Samarati(University degli Studi di Milano,Italy)
  • Seungwon Shin(Texas A&M University,USA)
  • Asia Slowinska(Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam,Netherlands)
  • Anil Somayaji(Carleton University,Canada)
  • Abhinav Srivastava(AT&T Research,USA)
  • Angelos Stavrou(George Mason University,USA)
  • Julie Thorpe(University of Ontario Institute of Technology,Canada)
  • Ben Uphoff(Los Alamos National Laboratory,USA)
  • Mahesh V. Tripunitara(University of Waterloo,Canada)
  • Andreas Wespi(IBM Zurich Research Laboratory,Switzerland)
  • Alec Yasinsac(University of South Alabama,USA)
  • Leylya Yumer(Symantec,France)
  • Nur Zincir-Heywood(Dalhousie University,Canada)