Network Security Systems

Symposium Co-Chairs
Stamatios Kartalopoulos, University of Oklahoma, USA, kartalopoulos@ou.edu
Hsiao-Hwa Chen, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan, hshwchen@ieee.org
Mohsen Guizani, Western Michigan University, USA, mguizani@cs.wmich.edu

Scope
The IEEE GLOBECOM 2006 Computer and Network Security Systems Symposium will be held in San Francisco, CA USA, 27 November - 1 December 2006. Original papers are invited in the area of computers, information and communication networks security. With the advent of pervasive computer applications and due to the proliferation of heterogeneous wired and wireless computer networks, computer and communications network security has become paramount. The Computer and Network Security System Symposium will address all aspects of the modeling, design, implementation, deployment, and management of computer/network security algorithms, protocols, key distribution , architectures, transmission 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. Papers must represent high-quality and previously unpublished work. The goal of this Symposium is to publish original articles of interest to the general wireless , wired and optical community, and to advance the state of the art of computer and communications network security systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following.

Topics of Interest
•  3G, 4G security
•  802.11 security, 802.11i
•  Ad hoc network security
•  Advance cryptography and Quantum cryptography
•  Application/network penetration testing
•  Authentication protocols
•  Biometric security: technologies, risks and vulnerabilities
•  Bluetooth security
•  Computer and network forensics
•  Critical infrastructure security
•  Data and system integrity
•  Deployment and management of computer/network security policies
•  Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDOS) attacks and countermeasures
•  Distributed systems security
•  DNS spoofing and security
•  Encryption standards
•  Encryption vulnerabilities
•  Financial cryptosystems
•  Firewalls
•  Formal trust models
•  Information hiding and watermarking
•  Intrusion detection, localization, and avoidance
•  IPv6 security, IPSec
•  Key distribution and management
•  Light-weight cryptography
•  Message authentication
•  Mobile code security
•  Network security metrics and performance evaluation
•  Network traffic analysis techniques
•  Operating System(OS) security and log analysis tools
•  Optical Network security
•  Peer-to-peer systems
•  Public-key cryptography
•  Revocation of malicious parties
•  Robust Security Network (RSN)
•  Secure naming
•  Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
•  Security modeling and protocol design
•  Security specification techniques
•  Self-healing networks
•  Sensor network security
•  Single- and multi-source intrusion detection and response (automation)
•  Smart cards and secure hardware
•  Source and link authentication
•  Symmetric key cryptography
•  Transport Layer Security (TLS)
•  Trust establishment
•  Upper-layer authentication
•  Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
•  Vulnerability, exploitation tools, and virus/worm analysis
•  Web, e-commerce, m-commerce, and e-mail security
•  Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)