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Ninth Annual Industrial Control System Security (ICSS) Workshop

December 5, 2023 - Austin, Texas

The ninth Industrial Control System Security (ICSS) Workshop will be held on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, in conjunction with the Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC). ACSAC will be held at the AT&T Conference Center in Austin, Texas.

Call for Papers. Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) and industrial control systems (ICS) monitor and control a wide range of critical industrial and infrastructure processes, such as water treatment, power generation and transmission, oil and gas refining, and manufacturing. Furthermore, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is rapidly expanding the interconnectivity of ICS environments and introducing many new threats. These environments have been identified as a key target of more generic threats (ransomware, e.g., CL0p), along with more recent tailored nation-state threats targeting electric transmission and distribution systems (e.g., COSMICENERGY).

The essential requirement for high availability in SCADA and industrial control systems, along with the use of resource-constrained computing devices, legacy operating systems, and proprietary software applications, limits the applicability of traditional information security solutions. The goal of this workshop is to explore new techniques that are more effective and efficient at improving the security and resilience of critical control systems in the face of emerging threats. Papers of interest, including (but not limited to) the following subject categories, are solicited:


IIoT security

Intrusion detection and prevention

Emerging threats to ICS

Vulnerability analysis and risk management

Digital forensics for ICS/PLCs

Techniques for engineering high(er) assurance ICSs

ICS-oriented cybersecurity education

Performance evaluation of security methods and tools in control systems

Innovative ICS/SCADA testbed designs

Supply chain vulnerabilities and protections

Modeling ICS security and resilience properties


Technical Paper Submissions


Submissions should be 6-10 pages, using the double-column ACM proceedings format (acmart) template available at https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow, with the [sigconf, anonymous] options. Two additional pages can be used for the Appendix. Note that the reviewers are not expected to read the Appendix.

All submissions must be anonymous.

The submission website is https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icss23

Publication

The accepted workshop papers and slides will be published on the ACSAC website with open access. Last year’s proceedings are available at https://www.acsac.org/2022/workshops/icss/

Important Dates

Submission Deadline: September 1, 2023 September 15, 2023

Acceptance Notification: October 6, 2023 October 12, 2023

Final Manuscript due on: November 3, 2023

Workshop Date: December 5, 2023

Further details about the workshop can be found on the workshop website:

https://www.acsac.org/2023/workshops/icss/

Contact the workshop organizers at icss23@easychair.org



Organizing Committees

General Co-Chairs:

Harvey Rubinovitz, The MITRE Corporation

Greg Shannon, Idaho National Laboratory

Program Co-Chairs:

Irfan Ahmed, Virginia Commonwealth University

Mina Guirguis, Texas State University

Panel Chair

Gabriela Ciocarlie, The Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CyManII)

Publication Chair

Wooyeon Jo, Virginia Commonwealth University

Publicity Chair

Muhammad Haris Rais, Virginia State University

Program Committee Members include:

TBD

Workshop Registration

If you are interested in attending, please check off the appropriate box on the conference registration form and add in the Industrial Control System Security (ICSS) Workshop fee.

For accepted papers, at least one author must register and attend.



Regards,

Muhammad Haris Rais

Publicity Chair, ICSS 2023