CRiSIS'2025: 20th International Conference on Risks and Security of Internet and Systems

Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO)
Gatineau, Canada, October 22-24, 2025
Conference website https://crisis2025.uqo.ca

Submission link https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=crisis2025

Abstract registration deadline June 13, 2025
Submission deadline June 13, 2025


The 20th International Conference on Risks and Security of Internet and Systems (CRiSIS) in 2025 continues its tradition of addressing critical security challenges in Internet-connected applications, networks, and systems. The indispensability of the Internet for information exchange among diverse user groups and organizations has led to heightened risks around security and privacy. This vulnerability is exacerbated by the sophistication of online attacks, the proliferation of cybercrime, and the readily available tools for attackers, who are increasingly motivated and skilled. The advent of complex technologies, including pervasive computing, mobile, and wireless devices and networks, introduces new security challenges, necessitating the deployment of advanced security mechanisms and techniques. These advancements are crucial for protecting critical sectors such as energy, transportation, health, defense, banking, critical infrastructures, embedded systems and networks, avionics systems, and more, ensuring an acceptable level of security assurance. CRiSIS 2025 serves as an essential platform for stakeholders in computer and network security from the industrial, academic, and governmental sectors to convene, share insights, and showcase the latest developments in combating Internet-related security threats, vulnerabilities, and the necessary countermeasures to address them.
Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:

Full papers describing mature, original research contributions with substantial and well-validated results, falling within the scope of one or more of the conference topics.
Posters describing early-stage research, promising ideas, or preliminary results.

List of Topics

CRiSIS 2025 targets contributions from both academia and industrials on the following topics, but not limited to:

AI and machine learning-based security approaches
Formal methods and logics-centered security approaches
Analysis and management of risk
Attacks and defenses
Attack data acquisition and network monitoring
Authorization, Authentication, and Identity Management
Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies
Cryptography, biometrics, watermarking
Dependability and fault tolerance of Internet applications
Distributed systems security and safety
Embedded system security and safety
Empirical methods for security and risk evaluation
Hardware-based security and physical security
Intrusion detection and prevention systems
Organizational, ethical, and legal issues
Privacy protection and anonymization
Risk-aware access and usage control
Analysis and management of cyber crisis
Security and risk assessment
Security and risks metrics
Security and dependability of operating systems
Security and safety of critical infrastructures
Security and privacy of peer-to-peer system
Security and privacy of wireless networks
Security in Cloud/Edge/Fog computing
Security models and security policies
Security of big data
Security of industrial control systems
Security of intelligent transportation systems
Security of e-commerce, electronic voting, and database systems
Security of new-generation networks
Security of smart cities
Security of smart grid
Security of social networks
Security of the IoT and IIoT
Security of VoIP and multimedia
Smartphone security and privacy
Traceability, metrology and forensics
Trust management
Ubiquitous computing security
Use of smart cards and personal devices for Internet applications
Virtualization security
Web and Web-service security

Organizing committee

Kamel Adi, general chair
Natalia Stakhanova, program committee co-chair
David Espes, program committee co-chair

Publication

Submitted papers must not significantly overlap with papers already published or those being concurrently submitted to a journal or conference with proceedings. Papers should be written in English and submitted electronically in PDF format.

Selected papers presented at the conference will be included in the post-proceedings, to be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. Authors are required to revise their papers according to review comments before publication. Pre-proceedings will be available at the time of the conference.

The maximum length for submissions is 16 pages for full papers and 6 pages for short papers, following the LNCS formatting guidelines. We recommend the use of LNCS Springer Overleaf Template (https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/springer-lecture-notes-in-computer-science/kzwwpvhwnvfj#.WtR5Hy5ua71). Authors must upload their paper as PDF file using the EasyChair submission system https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=crisis2025
Venue

The conference will take place at the Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO), located in the heart of Gatineau, Quebec. Nestled along the Ottawa River and just minutes from Canada’s capital city, Ottawa, UQO offers a vibrant academic setting that combines modern facilities with a welcoming atmosphere. The university’s main campus is easily accessible by public transportation and is surrounded by a variety of restaurants, hotels, and cultural attractions.
Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to the program committee chairs:

David Espes, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, (david.espes@univ-brest.fr)
Natalia Stakhanova, University of Saskatchewan (natalia@cs.usask.ca)