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The Eighth International Workshop on Security In Information Systems WOSIS-2011

8-11 June, 2011 - Beijing, China

 

To be held in conjunction with the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS 2011) http://www.iceis.org/

 

Co-chairs:

Dr. David G. Rosado

University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

David.GRosado@uclm.es

 

Dr. Luis Enrique Sánchez

University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

LuisE.Sanchez@uclm.es

 

Dr. Jan Jürjens

Technical University of Dortmund, Germany

jan.jurjens@cs.tu-dortmund.de

 

Workshop Background and Goals

Information Systems Security is one of the most pressing challenges facing all kinds of organizations today. Although many companies have discovered how critical information is to the success of their business or operations, very few have managed to be effective in maintaining their information secure, avoiding unauthorized access, preventing intrusions, stopping secret information disclosure, etc.

There are various definitions of security, but all of them basically agree on the same components. Security in information systems considers the protection of information and of the systems that manage it, against a wide range of threats in order to ensure business continuity, minimize risks and maximize the return on investment and business opportunities.

Security is, therefore, currently a widespread and growing concern that covers all areas of society: business, domestic, financial, government, and so on. In fact, the so-called information society is increasingly dependent on a wide range of software systems whose mission is critical, such as air traffic control systems, financial systems, or public health systems. The potential losses that are faced by businesses and organizations that rely on all these systems, both hardware and software, therefore signify that it is crucial for information systems to be properly secured from the outset.

With the increasing dependence that the information society has on Information and Communication Technology (ICT), the need to protect information is increasingly important for companies. The demand for products, systems and services with which to manage and maintain information is therefore increasing, and the realization of superficial security controls is not sufficient. It is necessary to apply a rigorous approach to the assessing and improvement of the security of products and processes that take place in the context of ICT. This has led to the emergence of Information Security Management Systems (ISMS), which are of great importance to the stability of companies’ information systems.

In this new edition of WOSIS, the traditional information systems security will be maintained but that area of security engineering which is oriented towards developing secure software, security aspects in new applications and technologies, and security management will also be considered. Topics such as model driven security approaches, security requirements elicitations, security in Cloud and Mobile computing, e-services, analysis and management of risks, and/or security assessment are therefore welcome in the WOSIS 2011 edition.

 

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

-          Secure Software Development Methodologies and Security for Agile Software Development

-          Information Security Management System

-          Security Requirements (threats, vulnerabilities, risk, etc.)

-          Security Information Systems Architecture and Design

-          Model Driven Security, MDA and automated development

-          Security Patterns

-          Security Management and Assessment

-          Analysis and management of risks

-          Security Implementation, Secure programming and Security Deployment

-          Security Verification and Validation

-          Case studies and experiences of secure software

-          Security and secure testing

-          Security culture

-          Applications and extensions of UMLSec

-          Security in Object-oriented, Component-based, Aspect-oriented, Service-oriented software Engineering

-          Open Security Standards and Security Certification

-          Security for SOA, Web Services, Grid computing and Cloud Computing 

-          Security for Databases and Data Warehouses

-          Workflow and Business Process Security

-          Security Metrics and Measurement

-          Security Ontologies

-          Security in Software Product Lines

-          Distributed and Network Security

-          Security & Trust Models

-          Authentication, Authorization and Access Control

-          Anonymity and Privacy

-          Security for Mobile Computing, sensors networks, multimedia systems

-          Security for Electronic Commerce, Electronic Business and e-Services (e-voting, e-banking, e-governement)

-          Security for embedded systems, smart cards and RFID

-          Security Issues in Ubiquitous/Pervasive Computing

-          Intellectual Property Protection

-          Digital Rights Management (DRM). Mobile DRM

-          Personal Data Protection for Information Systems and Digital Identity management

-          Access Control and Rights Expression Languages

-          Semantic Web Technologies applied to Security

-          Security Engineering

-          Prevention and Detection of intrusions

-          Biometric Security

-          Cryptology: Cryptography and Cryptanalysis

-          Information hiding: Steganography & Steganalysis

-          Digital Forensics

-          Cyber terrorism

 

Important Dates

Regular Paper Submission:  28 February, 2011

Authors Notification: 21 March, 2011

Camera Ready Submission Deadline: 31 March, 2011

 

Paper Submission

Prospective authors are invited to submit papers for oral presentation in any of the topics listed above. Submitted papers must present original, non-published work of high quality. Only papers in English will be accepted, and the length of the paper should not exceed 10 pages for full papers and 6 pages for short papers (figures and appendices included).

Instructions for preparing the manuscript (in Word and Latex formats) are available at the conference Paper Templates web page. Please also check the web page with the Submission Guidelines. Papers should be submitted electronically via the web-based submission system at: http://www.insticc.org/Primoris

 

Publications

All accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings book, under an ISBN reference, and in CD-ROM support. Additionally, the best papers will have the chance to publish extended and revised versions in a special issue of a Journal (to be confirmed) in the ISI Journal Citation Reports.

 

Conference Location

The workshop will be held at Beijing, China

 

Registration Information

To attend the workshop you need to register at http://www.iceis.org  ICEIS 2011 Secretariat - The Eighth International Workshop on Security In Information Systems WOSIS 2011

E-mail: iceis.secretariat@insticc.org

Web site: http://www.iceis.org