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CALL FOR PAPERS

Brief description ----------------- The IEEE GLOBECOM 2008 Computer and Communications Network Security Symposium (CCNS) will be held in New Orleans, USA, November 2008. With the advent of pervasive computer applications and due to the proliferation of heterogeneous wired and wireless computer networks, computer and network security has become paramount. The Computer and Communications Network Security Symposium will address all aspects of the modeling, design, implementation, deployment, and management of computer/network security algorithms, protocols, architectures, and systems. Furthermore, contributions devoted to the evaluation, optimization, or enhancement of security mechanisms for current technologies as well as devising efficient security and privacy solutions for emerging technologies are solicited. Original papers are invited in the area of computer and network security. Papers must represent high-quality and previously unpublished work. Contributions in CCNS symposium target wired networks as well as wireless networks.: 3G/ 4G, Satellite, IEEE 802.11, Bluetooth, Ad hoc, vehicular, Sensor and RFID networks, WiMAX/ 802.16, 802.16e and Peer-to-peer systems.

Topics of interest ------------------ Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: - Secure PHY, MAC, Routing and upper layer protocols - Secure Cross layer design - Authentication protocols and services authorization - Confidentiality - Data and system integrity - Availability of secure services - Key Distribution and management - PKI and security management - Trust models and Trust establishment - Identity management and access control - Deployment and management of computer/network security policies - Monitoring Design for security - Distributed Intrusion Detection Systems & Countermeasures - Traffic filtering and Firewalling - IPv6 security, IPSec - Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) - Prevention, Detection and Reaction Design - Revocation of malicious parties - Light-weight cryptography - Quantum Cryptography and QKD - Applications of Cryptography and Cryptanalysis in communications security - Security and mobility - Mobile code security - Network traffic analysis techniques - Secure naming and addressing (Privacy and anonymity) - Application/network penetration testing - Advanced Cryptographic Testbeds - Network security metrics and performance evaluation - Operating System(OS) security and log analysis tools - Security modelling and protocol design - Security specification techniques - Self-healing networks - Smart cards and secure hardware - Biometric security: technologies, risks and vulnerabilities - Information hiding and watermarking - Vulnerability, exploitation tools, and virus/worm analysis - Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDOS) attacks and countermeasures - DNS spoofing and security - Critical infrastructure security - Single- and multi-source intrusion detection and response (automation) - Web, e-commerce, m-commerce, and e-mail security - New design for unknown attacks detection

Sponsoring Technical Committees ------------------------------- IEEE ComSoc Communications and Information Security (CISTC) IEEE ComSoc Radio Communications (RCC)

Important Dates --------------- Papers submission deadline: March 15, 2008 Notification of decision: June 28, 2008 Camera-ready deadline: August 15, 2008

Instructions for Authors ------------------------ Papers must represent high-quality and previously unpublished work. Original research papers are solicited in all areas of computer and communications network security. All submissions will be handled electronically through the EDAS conference management system at www.edas.info and must be in pdf format, with a maximum length of five pages. A formatting template may be found at http://www.ieee.org/web/publications/authors/transjnl/index.html.

IEEE Gobecom 2008 Security Symposium co-Chairs ---------------------------------------------- Abderrahim Benslimane, LIA/CERI, France Jiankun Hu, RMIT University, Australia Peter Mueller, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland ************************************************************************