Papers, special sessions, tutorials, and workshops addressing all aspects of security in information and networks are being sought. Researchers and industrial practitioners working on the following and related subjects are especially encouraged. Doctoral students are encouraged to propose papers on ongoing research.

Broad areas of interest in security theory, technology and applications will include, but are not limited to, the following:

Secure information systems
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Security, privacy, and trust of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies
Consensus mechanisms, especially distributed control and processing applications
Secure smart contracts

Security in networks
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Network security and protocols
Computer network defense
Next-generation network architectures
Autonomous and adaptive security

Development and realization of fundamental technologies
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Cryptographic techniques and key management
Post Quantum Cryptography
Security schemes
New algorithms
IoT Security and Trust
Malware analysis
Access control and intrusion detection
Computational intelligence techniques in security
Trust and privacy

Application Areas
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detection and prevention of cybercrimes such as fraud and phishing
Industrial applications of security
Industrial experiences and challenges of security systems
Security of cyber-physical systems
Security tools and development platforms
Security-aware software engineering
Security challenges in Mobile/Embedded Systems
Cloud security
Security Awareness and Education

Security Assurance
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Critical analysis of existing approaches
Interoperability, service levels and quality issues in security systems
Information assurance, security, and public policy
Security ontology, models, protocols & policies
Standards, guidelines and certification
Information assurance

Types of submissions
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Original papers will be considered; submissions must not substantially duplicate work that any of the authors has published elsewhere or has submitted in parallel to any other conference or workshop that has proceedings. All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least three members of the program committee judging its originality, significance, correctness, presentation and relevance.

Authors are also encouraged to propose position papers on practical studies and experiments, critique of existing work, emerging issues, and novel ideas under development.

Enterprises and research centers developing, implementing, or using security tools and frameworks are encouraged to propose application / tool demo.

Proposals of half-day tutorials on fundamental to advanced subjects covering practical implementation aspects of security are welcome. Proposals of special session(s) to be held in the main conference are welcome

Proposals of workshops to be held in conjunction with the conference are welcome. The theme of a workshop proposal should be closely related to a specific area of the conference topics.