INTRODUCTION
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Following the success of IEEE TSCloud 2011, the IEEE TSCloud 2012 Symposium brings together researchers with an interest in theoretical foundations and practical approaches to trust and security in cloud computing. The emphasis is on high-impact, novel/adopted theories and paradigms that address mathematical and logical underpinnings in trust and security in cloud computing, e.g. encryption, obfuscation, virtualisation security, governance, accountability, etc.

This year’s theme is on "Transparency and Accountability for the Cloud".
While several techniques exist for the protection and security of the cloud, there is currently a lack of techniques for achieving accountability for the cloud via logging and achieving transparency of data and information provenance.

Topics of interest for both main and demo tracks include, but are not limited to:

•Malware detection in cloud computing
•Cryptography and encryption techniques for cloud computing •Data obfuscation for cloud computing •Accountability in cloud computing •Identity management in cloud computing •Account and Domain management in cloud computing •Security in virtualized environments •Governance, regulation and compliance in cloud computing •Data analytics for security in cloud computing •Visualization for security in cloud computing •Cloud computing threat detection techniques •Trust in cloud services •Trust reputation systems for cloud computing •Reports on critical, real-life security and trust use cases in cloud computing •Secure and trusted workflows in cloud computing •Techniques preventing the nefarious use of cloud computing •Cloud data leakage and data loss •Position papers on issues in security and trust in cloud computing


Important Dates
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Submission Deadline: 14 March, 2012
Authors Notification: 18 April, 2012
Final Manuscript Due: 08 May, 2012
Registration Due: 08 May, 2012
Conference Date: 25-27 June, 2012

PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINE
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Prospective authors are invited to submit manuscripts reporting original unpublished research and recent developments in the topics related to the workshop. The length of the papers should not exceed 6 pages + 2 pages for overlength charges (IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Manuscripts style: two columns, single-spaced, 10-point font), including figures and references.

You can confirm the IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Author Guidelines at the following web page: URL:
http://www.computer.org/portal/web/cscps/formatting

Once accepted, the paper will be included into the IEEE conference proceedings published by IEEE Computer Society Press (indexed by EI). At least one of the authors of any accepted paper is requested to register the paper.


PAPER SUBMISSION SITE
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All papers are to be submitted to the EasyChair manuscript system at:

https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=tscloud2012


OTHER INFO/ UPDATES
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http://tscloud.org