IFIP 2018 - Twelfth Annual IFIP WG 11.10 International Conference on Critical Infrastructure Protection

The IFIP Working Group 11.10 on Critical Infrastructure Protection is an active international community of researchers, infrastructure operators and policy-makers dedicated to applying scientific principles, engineering techniques and public policy to address current and future problems in information infrastructure protection. Following the success of the last eleven conferences, the Twelfth Annual IFIP WG 11.10 International Conference on Critical Infrastructure Protection will again provide a forum for presenting original, unpublished research results and innovative ideas related to all aspects of critical infrastructure protection. Papers and panel proposals are solicited. Submissions will be refereed by members of Working Group 11.10 and other internationally-recognized experts in critical infrastructure protection. Papers and panel submissions will be selected based on their technical merit and relevance to IFIP WG 11.10. The conference will be limited to sixty participants to facilitate interactions among researchers and intense discussions of research and implementation issues.
A selection of papers from the conference will be published in an edited volume – the twelfth in the series entitled Critical Infrastructure Protection (Springer) – in the fall of 2018 Revised and/or extended versions of outstanding papers from the conference will be published in the International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection (Elsevier).
Papers are solicited in all areas of critical infrastructure protection. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
Infrastructure vulnerabilities, threats and risks
Security challenges, solutions and implementation issues
Infrastructure sector interdependencies and security implications
Risk analysis, risk assessment and impact assessment methodologies
Modeling and simulation of critical infrastructures
Legal, economic, policy and human factors issues related to critical infrastructure protection
Secure information sharing
Infrastructure protection case studies
Distributed control systems/SCADA security
Telecommunications network security
Instructions for Authors
Technical Papers: Contributions (in .pdf format) should be emailed to the Program Chair (sujeet-AT-utulsa.edu). Manuscripts should be in English and not longer than 25 pages (double-spaced format with a 12-point font). Each submission should have a cover page with the title, contact information of the authors and an abstract of approximately 200 words.
Panels: Panel proposals should be emailed to the Program Chair (sujeet-AT-utulsa.edu). Proposals should include a description of the topic, along with the contact information of the panel organizer and a list of panelists.
Conference Deadlines
Paper/Panel Submission: January 10, 2018
Notification of Acceptance: February 5, 2018
General Chair: David Balenson (SRI International, USA)
Program Chair: Sujeet Shenoi (University of Tulsa, USA)
IFIP WG 11.10 Website: www.ifip1110.org