Call for Papers

IEEE Security & Privacy

 

Internet Infrastructure Security (July/August 2012)

Final submissions due to ScholarOne: 15 November 2011

Please email the guest editors a brief description of the article you plan to submit by 15 October 2011.

The Internet is increasingly recognized as a key factor in modern life around the world, a point that has been acknowledged now by major government officials. Every day, the news media report one more way that cybersecurity —or a breach of it – threatens some aspect of modern life. Recent events such as Stuxnet, global routing anomalies, the signing of the DNS root, world IPv6 day, and more highlight the fragility of the Internet at this critical time. With the growing pace of changes to the Internet, together with more convergence on IP networks, significant new questions are emerging about Internet threats and solutions.

This special issue of IEEE Security & Privacy will address the issues facing Internet infrastructure security now from multiple viewpoints including the public, private, and research sectors, and seeks to examine the current state of Internet infrastructure security and how those needs can be satisfied. We solicit articles from

  • Individual researchers examining the current state of affairs
  • Industry practitioners and researchers driving this area of research
  • Government agencies and international organizations, including technical experts and policy researchers
  • Industry alliances tackling these challenges

Potential submission topics include (but are not limited to):

  • DNSsec and other DNS issues
  • Global routing (e.g. BGP) and route security
  • Security considerations of IPv6 and next generation protocols
  • Securing SCADA and industrial control systems
  • Mobile networks and their security
  • Denial of service attacks
  • Public key infrastructures and wide-area identity management solutions
  • Fault tolerance in Internet infrastructures
  • Vulnerability and dependence measurements on critical Internet infrastructure
  • Infrastructure attack measurement, reporting, and response 

Submission Guidelines

Submissions will be subject to the IEEE Computer Society’s peer-review process. Articles should be at most 6,000 words, with a maximum of 15 references, and should be understandable to a broad audience of people interested in security and privacy. The writing style should be down to earth, practical, and original. Authors should not assume that the audience will have specialized experience in a particular subfield. All accepted articles will be edited according to the IEEE Computer Society style guide. Submit your papers to Scholar­One at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cs-ieee.

Questions?

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