SecureComm 2012 - 8th International ICST Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks

Securecomm seeks high-quality research contributions in the form of well-developed papers. Topics of interest encompass research advances in ALL areas of secure communications and networking. Topics in other areas (e.g., formal methods, database security, secure software, theoretical cryptography) will be considered only if a clear connection to private or secure communication/networking is demonstrated.
Technical papers describing original unpublished research are solicited. Submissions must not be concurrently under review by a conference, journal or any other venue that has proceedings.
Topics
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
Security & Privacy in Wired, Wireless, Mobile, Hybrid, Sensor, Ad Hoc networks
Network Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Firewalls, Packet Filters
Malware and botnets
Communication Privacy and Anonymity
Distributed denial of service
Public Key Infrastructures, key management, credentials
Web security
Secure Routing, Naming/Addressing, Network Management
Security & Privacy in Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, e.g., RFIDs
Security & Privacy for emerging technologies: VoIP, peer-to-peer and overlay network systems, Web 2.0
Publications
Conference proceedings
Accepted papers will be published in Springer's LNICST series and will appear in the SpringerLink, one of the largest digital libraries online that covers a variety of scientific disciplines, as well as in the ICST's own EU Digital Library (EUDL). LNICST volumes are submitted for inclusion to leading indexing services, including DBLP, Google Scholar, ACM Digital Library, ISI Proceedings, EI Engineering Index, CrossRef, Scopus. See http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-... for more information about indexing.
ICST Transactions Special Issue
Selected authors will be invited to submit an extended version of their SecureComm papers to a special issue of the ICST Transactions on Security and Safety.
Submission Instructions
Paper submission will be handled electronically. Papers must be formatted using Springer LNICST Authors' Kit (http://securecomm.org/2012/show/authors-kit) and submitted through the Confy paper submission system.
Papers must not exceed 18 pages in length. Well-marked appendices of up to 2 pages are allowed but will be read only at the discretion of reviewers. CD proceedings will be distributed during the conference days and will be published by Springer LNICST.
For any other information please contact the General Chair.