Sponsor: ACM SIGSAC
Hosts: Bell Atlantic and George Mason U

In cooperation and participation from:

International Association of Cryptologic Research
IEEE Communications Society TC on Network Operations and Management
IEEE Computer Society TC on Security and Privacy

The purpose of this new conference is to bring together researchers and practitioners of computer and communication security. The emphasis is on the security requirements of the industrial and commercial sectors, e.g. telecommunications, finance, banking, etc. The primary focus is on high quality original unpublished research, case studies and implementation experiences. We also encourage submission of papers addressing the social and legal aspects of security. Conference proceedings will be published by ACM. Selected papers, with suitable revisions, will be considered for publication in upcoming special issues of the Communications of the ACM and IEEE Communications Magazine. Topics of interest include:

Communications & Information Security: Theory and Techniques
Access Control
Cryptanalysis
Digital Signatures
Intrusion Detection
Audit
Cryptosystems
Formal Models
Randomness
Authentication
Crypto. Prtcls
Hash Functions
Viruses and Worms
Authorization
Database Sec.
Integrity
Zero Knowledge
Applications, Case Studies & Experiences
Cellular and Wireless
LAN Security
Security APIs
Smart Cards
Electronic Commerce
Network Firewalls
Security Arch.
Telecom. Sec.
Enterprise Security
Open Systems Security
Security Mgmt.
WAN Security
Social and Policy Issues
Cryptographic standards
Information Priv.
Legal Issues
Tech. Export

Instructions for Authors

Authors should submit five copies of their papers to Ravi Ganesan at the address below by May 15, 1993. Papers should not exceed 7500 words (approx. 15 single spaced pages of 11pt), and should not have been published or submitted else where. As the review process will be anonymous, names and affiliations of authors should appear only on a separate cover sheet. Authors will be notified of review decisions by July 15, 1993. Camera ready copies of accepted papers are due back by August 15, 1993 for inclusion in the Conference proceedings.

Program Committee

Victoria Ashby, MITRE
Steve Bellovin, AT&T Bell Labs.
Whitfield Diffie, SUN Microsystems
Taher El Gamal, RSA
Deborah Estrin, Univ. of Southern CA
Joan Feigenbaum, AT&T Bell Labs.
Virgil Gligor, Univ. of Maryland
Li Gong, ORA Corp.
Richard Graveman, Bellcore
Sushil Jajodia, George Mason U
Carl Landwehr, NRL
E. Stewart Lee, Univ. of Toronto
Giancarlo Martella, Univ. of Milan
Michael Merritt, AT&T Bell Labs
Jonathan Millen, MITRE
Clifford Neuman, USC Info. Sci. Inst.
Steven Rudich, CMU
Rainer Rueppel, R3 Security Engg.
Jacques Stern, DMI-GRECC
Michael Wiener, BNR
Yacov Yacobi, Bellcore

Organizers

General Chairs

Dorothy Denning, Georgetown U, Washington, DC 20057, denning@cs.georgetown.edu
Raymond Pyle, Bell Atlantic, 7th Floor, 11720 Beltsville Drive Beltsville, MD 20705, rpyle@socrates.bell-atl.com

Program Chairs

Ravi Ganesan, Bell Atlantic, 7th Flr, 11720 Beltsville Drive, Beltsville, MD 20705, ravi@socrates.bell-atl.com
Ravi Sandhu, George Mason U, ISSE Dept., Fairfax, VA 22030, sandhu@sitevax.gmu.edu

Proceedings Chair and Treasurer
Victoria Ashby, MITRE, 7525 Coleshire Drive, McLean, VA 22102, ashby@mitre.org

Local Arrangements Chair
Catherine Hoover, George Mason U, Center for Professional Development, Fairfax, VA 22030