A large fraction of the population in the world now spends a great deal of time in cyberspace. Cyberspace has become a critical infrastructure that is embedded in almost all other critical infrastructures and enables every movement of human society. It is thus very much in the public interest to have a safe and secure cyberspace.

In the past several years, there has been large number of attacks in cyberspace, such as attacks on the Internet, attacks on embedded/real-time computing and control systems, and attacks on dedicated computing facilities. Many research efforts have been made to achieve cyberspace safety and security, such as blocking and limiting the impact of compromise, enabling accountability, promoting deployment of defense systems, and deterring potential attackers and penalizing attackers.

In this context, we focus our program on Cyberspace Safety and Security, such as authentication, access control, availability, integrity, privacy, confidentiality, dependability and sustainability issues of cyberspace. The aim of this workshop is to provide a leading edge forum to foster interaction between researchers and developers with the cyberspace safety and security communities, and to give attendees an opportunity to network with experts in this area.

Previously CSS has been held in Sydney, Australia (2008) and Chengdu, China (2009).

Submitted papers must not substantially overlap with papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Papers must be clearly presented in English, must not exceed 6 pages, including tables, figures, references and appendixes, in IEEE proceedings 8.5" x 11" Two-Column Format with Portable Document Format (.pdf). Papers will be selected based on their originality, timeliness, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. Submission of a paper should be regarded as a commitment that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register and attend the conference to present the work. IEEE templates that will be used for preparing the final version of the papers. The templates are available here: http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html Accepted papers will be published by IEEE and included in the IEEE digital library. Selected best papers will be published in international journals.

Topics include but not limited to:

Access Control and Trust Management
Active Defense Techniques and Systems
Attack Containment
Attack Recovery
Benchmark, Analysis and Evaluation of Cybersecurity
Digital Rights Management
Distributed Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems
Denial-of-Service Attacks and Countermeasures
Identity Management and Authentication
Implementation, Deployment and Management of Cybersecurity
Intelligent Defense Systems
Internet and Network Forensics
Risk Assessment in Cybersecurity
Secure Design and Testing
Secure Network Architectures
Security for Large-scale Systems and Critical Infrastructures
Security for P2P systems and Grid Systems
Security for Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks
Security in Web Services
Security in Pervasive and Embedded Systems
Security Theory and Tools
Spam Detection and Prevention
Social and Legal Issues in Cybersecurity
Software and System Assurance
Viruses, Worms, and Other Malicious Code

Important Dates

Submission due: June 6, 2011, at 11:59pm Australian Eastern Time, UTC +10 hours, no extension
Author notification: July 11, 2011
Camera-ready version & early registration due: July 21, 2011, no extension