We invite you to submit your papers and posters to the International Conference on Applied CyberSecurity ACS21 (https://acsconf.org/). ACS21 will be a virtual conference with an optional opening ceremony held in Dubai on the 13th and 14th of November 2021.

The conference proceedings will be published in SpringerLink's series "Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems" (Scopus and ISI-indexed). Selected papers will also be invited for publication in a special issue of a journal (https://acsconf.org/callforpapers).

The conference will also host a student poster competition where students and fresh graduates, individually or as groups of up to 3, can present their security projects.

Registration fees: $0
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The ACS21 organizing committee, in consideration of the Covid-19 pandemic, has decided to exempt the registration fee for attending the conference this year for academics and students; the conference registration is free.

Conference Themes
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The conference topics of interest are organized into themes as follows:

1- Industry 4.0 Security & AI: Machine learning applications to security and data-driven security, AI security, 5G security, Internet of Things Security, Cloud security, Operational technology security, Cyber physical systems security
2- Ethical hacking and Digital forensics: Malware and unwanted software, Source code and binaries security, Vulnerability Assessment and Security Assessment, multimedia security, mobile, watermarking & data hiding, denial-of-service attacks and countermeasures
3- Information Security Management: Governance, risk management, security policies, compliance, operations, incident management, usability & human factors, Security and privacy policies and metrics, Threat Modelling, IT security laws and policies, security awareness, education and training, access management
4- Secure Infrastructure: Network and wireless security, smart cities security, web security, mobile security & privacy, distributed systems security, anonymity and privacy, intrusion and anomaly detection and prevention, OS security, infrastructure security, authentication and authorization, biometrics, secure computer architectures, blockchains and distributed ledger security, social network security, application security, cryptography applications, security architectures, embedded systems security

Conference Proceedings and Paper Submission
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The conference proceedings will be published in Springer's Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems.
Your submitted work can either be a full-length or a short paper. Full-length papers are limited to 10 pages and present mature work. Short papers are limited to 7 pages and contain intermediary results that might not have been extensively evaluated. Both types of papers are to be submitted to EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acs21).
Instructions for authors: https://acsconf.org/instructionsforauthors

Journal Publication
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We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Electronics (impact factor 2.4) has agreed to publish, in a special issue on Security, Usability and Machine Learning, the top papers from the conference. The selected papers are expected to be further developed after the conference and will have to satisfy the journal's review process.

Important Dates
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* Paper submission - August 28th 2021
* Notification of acceptance - September 15th 2021
* Camera ready paper submission - September 25th 2021
Student Posters: please check https://acsconf.org/importantdates

Call for Papers
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https://acsconf.org/callforpapers