EAI is actively monitoring the COVID-19 situation to ensure the safety, comfort and quality of experience for attendees and a successful course of the event.

Scope

The International Conference on Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime will be held from December 07 to December 09, 2021, in Singapore. This three-day event is expected to attract well over 200 participants, including academics, practitioners, criminologists (or law enforcement) and vendors, providing business and intellectual engagement opportunities among attendees. The conference is organized by the European Alliance for Innovation.

Like last year, the focus of this year’s conference is on various applications of digital evidence and forensics beyond “traditional” cybercrime investigations and litigation. Topics may include new challenges posed by emerging technologies, including 5G, edge computing, AI-controlled systems, cryptocurrencies, darknet investigations, hardware forensics, and AI-based systems to process unstructured information such as CCTV, social media, IoT data. This year, quantum computing is being added as a current topic.

Potential workshops may include password cracking for forensics, forensic education, forensic applications of AI (e.g., AI for network detection), responding to an incident from a police or corporate interaction perspective, including what to expect when you involve law enforcement.

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Publication

All registered papers will be submitted for publishing by Springer and made available through SpringerLink Digital Library: ICDF2C Conference Proceedings.

ICDF2C proceedings are indexed in leading indexing services, including Ei Compendex, ISI Web of Science, Scopus, CrossRef, Google Scholar, DBLP, as well as EAI’s own EU Digital Library (EUDL).

Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to:
- IEEE Security & Privacy (IF: 2.04) (to be confirmed)

All accepted authors are eligible to submit an extended version in a fast track of:
- EAI Endorsed Transactions on e-Learning (Open Access)
- EAI Endorsed Transactions on Safety and Security (Open Access)

Additional publication opportunities:
- EAI/Springer Innovations in Communications and Computing Book Series

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Topics

The works that will be presented at conference will focus on (but not limited to) the following topics:

Digital and Multimedia Evidence and Forensics:
- Novel Digital Forensic Techniques and Tools;
- Multimedia Forensics (including but not limited to Image-, Audio-, and Video Analysis, Biometrics, Linguistic Analysis of Texts);
- Chip-off Forensics;
- Mobile & Network Forensics;
- ICS/SCADA Forensics;
- Live Data Forensics;
- Forensic Lab Management and Accreditation.

Legal Applications:
- E-Discovery;
- Investigations of Cybercrime, Terrorism, Computer-Related Fraud, Computer-Related Forgery, Content-Related offenses (Child abuse materials, Promotion of extremism), Copyright Infringement;
- Other Legal Aspects of Digital Evidence Procedure and Applications.

Applications in Technological Security:
- Cloud Computing Security;
- Web Application Security;
- Database Security;
- Intrusion Detection/Prevention;
- Network Security;
- Mobile Device Security;
- Smart Grid Security;
- Self-Organized Resilient Systems;
- Critical Infrastructure Security;
- ICS/SCADA Security;
- Security of “Internet of Things”;
- Quantum Computing Security;
- Digital Currency Security
- Security of Wearable Devices;
- Digital Rights Management.

Applications / Issues in National and International Security Issues, Human Rights:
- Trans-National Cybercrime Investigations and Mutual Legal Assistance;
- Internet-based Espionage & Advanced Persistent Threats;
- State-Sponsored Cyber Warfare & Terrorism;
- International Cyber Conflicts; Government Surveillance;
- Censorship and Control of the Internet;
- International Cyber Laws and Confidence Building Measures.

Applications in Organizational Security and Incident Response:
- Incident Response;
- Disaster Recovery;
- Insider Threat Management;
- Risk Management;
- Business Continuity;
- Security Policies;
- Security Auditing;
- Regulatory Compliance;
- Economics of Security;
- Behavioral Information Security.

Security and Forensics Education:
- Accreditation of Security and Forensics Training;
- Innovative Pedagogic Techniques;
- Certifications;
- Hands-on Security Laboratories and Tabletop Exercises;
- Education Infrastructure;
- Diversity in Security/Forensics Education;
- Online Security/Forensics Education.

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General Chairs
Pavel Gladysyhev - University College Dublin, Ireland
Sanjay Goel - University at Albany, SUNY, USA

Vice-Chair
Alexey Chilikov - Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Russia

Technical Program Committee Chairs
Daryl Johnson - Rochester Institute of Technology, State University of New York, USA
George Markowsky - Missouri University of Science & Technology, USA
Joshua Isaac James - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

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This event is organized by EAI (www.eai.eu).

EAI – European Alliance for Innovation is a non-profit organization and a professional community established in cooperation with the European Commission to empower the global research and innovation, and to promote cooperation between European and International ICT communities.