19^th International Conference on Network Security & Applications (CNSA 2026)

March 14 ~ 15, 2026, Vienna, Austria

Hybrid -- Registered authors can present their work online or face to face.

Scope & Topics

19^th International Conference on Network Security & Applications (CNSA 2026) brings together cutting edge research, emerging technologies, and real world innovations in securing today’s highly connected digital ecosystems. As networks evolve toward cloud‑native architectures, software defined infrastructures, IoT‑driven environments, and large‑scale distributed systems, the security landscape continues to expand in complexity and urgency. CNSA 2026 aims to unite researchers, practitioners, and industry experts to examine modern security challenges, explore advanced defensive strategies, and foster interdisciplinary collaboration. The conference serves as a forum for sharing breakthroughs, discussing practical deployments, and shaping the future of secure communication and computation across diverse platforms and environments.

We invite authors to submit high‑quality contributions (including original research, system designs, experimental studies, surveys, and industrial case reports) that present significant advances in, but not limited to, the following areas:

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following

• Artificial intelligence, Machine Learning for Security
  
• Attacks on Virtualized Systems
  
• Blockchain Technology and Cyber Security
  
• Cloud Security
  
• Cognitive Security
  
• Cryptographic Protocols
  
• Cyber Physical System (CPS) security
  
• Database and System Security
  
• Data Center Network Control, Security and Optimization
  
• Designing a Security Policy
  
• E-mail Security, Spam, Phishing, E-mail fraud
  
• Hardware-Based Attacks
  
• Internet of Things (IoT) Security
  
• Internet Security, Applications Security & Network Management
  
• Intrusion Detection and Prevention
  
• Network and Wireless Network Security
  
• Peer-to-Peer Network Security
  
• Performance Evaluations of Protocols & Security Applications
  
• Security in Fog / edge Computing
  
• Security of Virtual Machines
  
• Security threats & Countermeasures (DDoS, MiM, Session Hijacking, Replay attack, Phishing, Scams etc,)
  
• Security, trust and privacy challenges
  
• Smart City Security
  
• Smart Grid security
  
• Ubiquitous Computing Security
  
• Virus, Worms, Trojan Protection
  
• Web 2.0 security
  

Paper Submission

Authors are invited to submit papers through the conference Submission System by January 24, 2026. Submissions must be original and should not have been published previously or be under consideration for publication while being evaluated for this conference. The proceedings of the conference will be published by The proceedings of the conference will be published by Computer Science Conference Proceedings (H index 45) in Computer Science & Information Technology (CS & IT) series (Confirmed).

Selected papers from CNSA 2026, after further revisions, will be published in the special issue of the following journals.

• International Journal of Network Security & Its Applications (IJNSA) -ERA Indexed
  
• International Journal of Computer Networks & Communications (IJCNC) - Scopus, ERA Indexed
  
• International Journal on Cryptography and Information Security (IJCIS)
• International Journal of Security, Privacy and Trust Management (IJSPTM)
• Information Technology in Industry (ITII)

Important Dates

Co - Located Event

• 16^thInternational Conference on Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology (CCSEIT 2026)
  
• 13^th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Applications (AIAP 2026)
  
• 13^th International Conference on Data Mining and Database (DMDB 2026)
  
• 13^th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioscience (ICBB 2026)
  
• 15^th International Conference on Information Theory (IT 2026)
  
• 7^th International Conference on Natural Language Processing, Information Retrieval and AI (NIAI 2026)
  
• 7^th International Conference on Signal Processing and Machine Learning (SIGML 2026)
  
• 7^th International Conference on Cloud and Internet of Things (ICCIoT 2026)
  
• 15^th International Conference on Mobile & Wireless Networks (MoWiN 2026)
  

***** The invited talk proposals can be submitted to cnsa@ccseit2026.org