Updated!

The 20th IFIP International Information Security Conference (IFIP/SEC 2005) will be held at Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, JAPAN, 30th May - 1st June 2005.

IFIP/SEC 2005 is organized by IFIP TC-11 (Technical Committee on Security & Protection in Information Processing Systems) with the support of (Information Processing Society of Japan).

Papers offering novel research contributions in any aspect of computer security are solicited for submission to the 20th IFIP International Information Security Conference. Papers may present theory, applications or practical experiences on topics including, but not limited to:

• Applications of cryptography
• Authentication
• Data protection
• DRM & content security
• Privacy, anonymity
• Computer forensics
• Internet and web security
• Information hiding
• Security in sensor networks
• Intrusion detection
• Security management
• Security verification
• Commercial and industrial security
• Data and system integrity
• Authorization and access control
• Information warfare and critical protection infrastructure
• Security models and policies
• Risk analysis and risk management
• Secure e-government
• e-business/e-commerce security
• Secure information systems development
• Assurance
• Key management
• Security architectures
• Information law, ethics
• Mobility and ubiquitous systems

Submitted papers must be original, unpublished, and not submitted to another conference or journal for consideration of publication. Papers must be written in English; they should be at most 16 pages long in total, including bibliography and well-marked appendices. The paper should be intelligible without its appendices.

Accepted papers will be presented at the conference and published in the conference proceedings, by Kluwer Academic Publishers. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register with the conference and present the paper.

Papers must be submitted in electronic form through the web. Web site for the electronic submission is now available at https://sec2005.org/submission.html .

Camera-ready versions will probably be requested to follow the publisher's templates (www.wkap.com/ifip/styles) and be at most 16 pages long in total, including bibliography and well-marked appendices.

Conference General Chair

• Ryoichi Sasaki, Tokyo Denki University, JAPAN

Programme Committee co-Chairs

• Sihan Qing, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CHINA
• Eiji Okamoto, University of Tsukuba, JAPAN

Local Organizing Committee Chair

• Yuko Murayama, Iwate Prefectural University, JAPAN