CALL FOR PAPERS
The Italian Conference on CyberSecurity (ITASEC) is an annual event supported and organized by the CINI Cybersecurity National Lab. In the 2025 edition, ITASEC will join forces with the Conference on “Security and Rights in the Cyber Space” (SERICS) supported and organized by the SERICS Foundation under the PNRR (National Recovery and Resilience Plan) – Next Generation EU.
The Joint National Conference on Cybersecurity will take place in Bologna, from February 3rd to February 8th, 2025. The venue will be Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Plesso Belmeloro, Via Beniamino Andreatta, 8.
It will be a forum to meet, discuss and exchange experiences among people coming from academia and industry, from the public and the private sectors, who are interested in cybersecurity and all its applications.
The 2025 edition will include (i) a Scientific and Technical (S&T) Track, whose purpose is to gather Italian researchers working in the field of cybersecurity, (ii) presentations of the most relevant results achieved by SERICS Extended Partnership, and (iii) Scientific Keynotes.
IMPORTANT DATES
- December 16, 2024 (EXTENDED): Deadline for Paper submission
- January 3, 2025: Author notification
- February 3-8, 2025: Conference
- February 20, 2025: Camera-ready deadline
PAPER SUBMISSION
Two kinds of submissions are solicited:
- Original, unpublished contributions that will be included in an open-access post-proceeding volume of CEUR Workshop Proceedings, indexed by both Scopus and DBLP;
- Already published or preliminary work that will not be included in the post-proceedings volume.
Authors are requested to clearly indicate whether they would like to have their paper included in the proceedings volume.
Submissions are single-blind and may indicate the names and affiliations of the authors.
A selection of the best papers will be invited to be extended in forthcoming dedicated Special Issues in indexed journals. Authors of works of particular interest and quality will be invited to publish their contributions.
Any paper related to cybersecurity is welcome. Topics of interest encompass all areas of cybersecurity, including (but not limited to) the following research domains.
Human, social and legal aspects:
- Disinformation, fake news and deep fakes
- Human issues and awareness
- Security management and governance
- Cyber education and training
- Legal aspects, compliance and regulation
AI and Cybersecurity
- Decision support systems
- Security of AI and Machine learning
- AI for security systems
Infrastructure security:
- Hardware and Device Security
- Operating System Security
- Cloud Security
- Network and wireless security
- Security of telecommunications, 5G/6G
Information security:
- Access control and authorization
- Identity, Authentication, and Accountability
- Anonymity and Anonymous Communication
- Data security and privacy
- Cryptography and Cryptanalysis
- Blockchain and Distributed Ledgers
- Quantum computing security
Software and platform security:
- Formal models in security
- Security-by-design
- Secure programming and lifecycle management
- Security Architectures
- Software vulnerability detection and assessment
Attacks and defense models and methods:
- Threat intelligence
- Incident response and management
- Digital forensics
- Cyber ranges
- Monitoring and detection
Vertical domains and cyber-physical systems security:
- Big Data security
- IoT Security
- Industry 4.0/5.0 security
- Security in Healthcare
- Smart infrastructure security
- Supply chain security
The topic list is not meant to be exhaustive: papers addressing any aspect of digital security and privacy are welcome. (Although, papers without a clear application to cybersecurity will be considered out of scope.)
Papers must be in English, formatted in pdf according to the EasyChair style and not longer than 10 pages, excluding bibliography.
Extra material exceeding the page limit can be included in an appendix of at most 4 pages
Papers should be submitted to:
https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=itasec25