MMM-ACNS 2012 - Sixth International Conference Mathematical Methods, Models, and Architectures for Computer Network Security (MMM-ACNS-2012)

The main objectives of the MMM-ACNS-2012 Conference are to discuss state-of-the-art in mathematical methods and models for computer networks and information security to promote a better understanding of recent achievements and trends in the computer network security, as well as making use of recent achievements in the area of advanced information technologies for computer network and information assurance.

Security assurance of resident information and computer networks’ software is one of the important problems of the modern computer science and information technology. The problem importance is confirmed by ever increasing multiplicity and diversity of threads and vulnerabilities of computer networks, permanently increasing significance and value of information itself, and by potentially devastating consequences of successful attacks on integrity, resource availability and information confidentiality. Unauthorized access to computer network facilities and network resources, especially in global networks participating in real-time control operations, may be truly disastrous.

There are several reasons for the complexity of the problem under study. The growing size of the network, its interconnectivity, large number of users, increasing number of vulnerable targets within the network (communication protocols, operating systems, servers, applications, etc.), and the appearance of effective and previously unknown types of attacks are among them.

An additional objective of the conference is to bring together researchers and developers from academia, industry and governmental organizations to exchange ideas in a broad range of topics among researchers, security system developers and users from research and commercial perspective.

Since the scope of the conference covers areas presenting specific interest for basic and applied research organizations, information about the conference will be distributed among the corresponding organizations in Russia and worldwide. So far preliminary agreement to participate in the conference is received from leading Russian Institutions doing basic and applied research in Computer Science, Telecommunication and Computer Security and from companies developing relevant industrial applications.