SECURE, held on 25th and 26th of October in Warsaw, Poland, is a conference dedicated entirely to IT security and addressed to administrators, security team members and practitioners in this field. SECURE’s unique feature is the organisers’ commitment to providing participants with reliable information about everything that is current and meaningful in IT security. A high professional level of the talks is ensured by CERT Polska during the paper selection process. Particular emphasis is on practical solutions, analysis of the current threats, latest trends in countering threats as well as important legal issues. Participants have an opportunity to gain the latest knowledge, improve their qualifications and exchange experience with experts.

Network attacks are having more and more serious consequences. Targeted elaborate phishing schemes are appearing on a larger scale, leading to losses of amounts measured in millions of euros. Ransomware has exploded, hitting virtually everyone, including new victims such as health care institutions or law firms. We have also witnessed further attacks on industrial systems, such as those targetting the energy/power sector in the Ukraine. The Internet of Things is final arriving, full of “smart” but insecure devices. The attack surface is thus increasing. The challenge in combating serious attacks involves among other things, attribution – the need to reliably assign actors to concrete actions. However, many of the mechanisms for providing accountability on the Internet encounter resistance due to the need to protect the privacy of users. Will these interests always remain in conflict?

If you want to share your experience in these topics, or if you are an expert in one of the areas below, this Call for Speakers is for you.

SECURE 2016 will be held on October 25-26, at the Airport Hotel Okęcie in Warsaw, Poland. The conference topics will be roughly grouped in the following tracks:

technical – practical aspects of implementation and integration of security solutions
organisational – new trends in attacks, threats and their mitigation
legal
Presentation topics

We are looking for speakers willing to deliver a talk covering one or more of the following subjects:

malware evolution and analysis, including viruses, worms and botnets
intrusion detection
innovatory honeypot and sandbox applications
Advanced Persistent Threat attacks
monitoring of network threats
security of smartphones and other mobile systems
security events visualisation
security of SCADA/ICS
early warning against network threats
incident handling
standards for security incident data exchange
DDoS attacks and their mitigation
efficiency of methods for mitigation of new attack vectors
open source security tools
protection of online identity
privacy, confidentiality and anonymity
steganography
Polish and European law in regards to computer and information security
law enforcement actions in regards to cybercrime mitigation
research projects in the area of computer and information security
securing the human
Important facts

proposals for presentations must be submitted only via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=secure2016
proposals should include at least a title, short abstract, name and bio of the speaker
any questions regarding the submission and selection process should be directed to info@secure.edu.pl
time for presentation: 45 minutes, including q&a
commercial presentations will not be accepted
all materials should be submitted in one of the following formats: OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, PDF
slides of presentations will be made available to all participants in an electronic version unless strictly prohibited by the speaker
authors of accepted proposals will receive full conference package (workshops not inclusive), but they are responsible for their travel and accomodation
Important dates

Proposals submission until: July 4, 2016
Acceptance notice by: August 2, 2016
Presentation submission by: October 10, 2016