SAW 2016 - The 3rd International Workshop on Software Assurance

to be held in conjunction with the 11th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security

August 31 – September 2, 2016
Salzburg, Austria

Software security is drawing more attention from the software engineering community, in part due to the many highly publicized attacks exploiting software vulnerabilities. Software increasingly affects our daily lives: our social networks, our automobiles, our smart home systems, our smart phones, and our financial well-being.

Although many attempts have been made to improve software security over the years, the focus of these efforts has traditionally been limited to just a few tools and techniques such as static analysis, penetration testing, and secure coding.

We believe that the scope of software security is much wider than those heavily studied research areas and would like to invite researchers to explore other facets of software security, which have not been as thoroughly studied.

Topics of interest comprise but are not limited to:

Software safety and its relationship to security
Secure software design/architecture
Security frameworks and their adoption
Security patterns
Agile methodologies and software security
Security analysis tools and methods
Software security metrics
Model-Driven Architecture (MDA) and software Security
Secure software development process
Software security risk Management
IT auditing and its relationship to secure software Engineering
Business continuity planning and its relationship to secure software Engineering
Malware detection/intrusion detection
Obfuscation and software security

******** Important Dates ********

Submission Deadline April 25, 2016
Author Notification May 25, 2016
Proceedings Version June 8, 2016
Conference August 31 – September 2, 2016

******** Workshop Chairs ********
Rick Kazman
University of Hawaii/Software Engineering Institute (SEI), USA

Jungwoo Ryoo
Information Sciences and Technology, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Simon Tjoa
St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Austria

******** Program Committee ********

Robert Ellison, Software Engineering Institute (SEI)/Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), USA
Rick Kazman, University of Hawaii/SEI, USA
Dae-kyoo Kim, Oakland University, USA.
Suntae Kim, Kangwon National University, Republic of Korea
Phillip Laplante, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Jungwoo Ryoo, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Sebastian Schrittwieser, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Austria
Eunjee Song, Baylor University, USA
Paul Tavolato, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Austria
A Min Tjoa, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Simon Tjoa, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Austria
Edgar Weippl, Secure Business Austria (SBA) Research, Austria
Carol Woody, SEI/CERT, USA

******** Submission ********

The proceedings of ARES (including workshops) have been published by Conference Publishing Services (CPS). The submission guidelines valid for the SAW workshop are the same as for the ARES conference. To submit a paper please visit our submission page (http://www.ares-conference.eu/conference/conference/submission/).