NordSec 2012 - 17th Nordic Conference on Secure IT Systems

The 17th Nordic Conference in Secure IT Systems, organized at Blekinge Institute of Technology from October 31 to November 2 2012, welcomes contributions in the form of papers, short papers and posters. Since 1996, the NordSec conferences have brought together computer security researchers and practitioners from around the world, particular from the Nordic countries and Northern Europe. The conference focuses on applied IT security and is intended to encourage interaction between academic and industrial research.
Contributions should reflect original research, developments, studies and practical experience within all areas of IT security. NordSec 2012 welcomes contributions over a broad range of topics in IT security, including, but not limited to, the following areas:
Applied Cryptography
Commercial Security Policies and Enforcement
Communication and Network Security
Computer Crime and Information Warfare
Hardware and Smart Card Applications
Internet and Web Security
Intrusion Detection
Language-based Techniques for Security
New Ideas and Paradigms in Security
Operating System Security
PKI Systems and Key Escrow
Privacy and Anonymity
Security Education and Training
Security Evaluations and Measurements
Security Management and Audit
Access Control and Security Models
Security Protocols
Social-Engineering and Phishing
Security Usability
Software Security, Attacks, and Defenses
Trust and Reputation Management
Violating business models in the cloud
Security in digital ecosystems
The proceedings are published in the Springer LNCS series, and are accessible online through SpringerLink. The conference also includes sessions for presenting shorter papers. Short papers appear in locally printed proceedings, and their presentation is limited to 10 minutes each, 5 minutes time allotted for questions and discussion in order to stimulate feedback to students and other authors.