Introduction

IEEE is the Technical Co-Sponsor (TCS) of the International Conference on Cyber Situational Awareness, Data Analytics and Assessment (CyberSA 2016), an international refereed conference dedicated to the advancement of the principles, methods and applications of situational awareness on Cyber Systems, Business Information Systems (BIS), Computer Network Defence (CND), Critical National Infrastructures (CNI), Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) and Internet of Things (IoTs).

 

The aim of the CyberSA 2016 is to encourage participation and promotion of collaborative scientific, industrial and academic inter-workings among individual researchers, practitioners, members of existing associations, academia, standardisation bodies, and including government departments and agencies. The purpose is to build bridges between academia and industry, and to encourage interplay of different cultures.

 

CyberSA 2016 invites researchers and industry practitioners to submit papers that encompass principles, analysis, design, methods and applications. All submitted papers are independently peer-reviewed.

 

The conference proceedings will be submitted, and published on bibliographic indexes by the following: IEEE Computer Society Digital Library, IEEE Xplore Digital Library, DBLP Computer Science, Scopus, CiteSeerX, Computer Science Index, EI Compendex, Academic Search Complete, CiteULike, Google Scholar & Microsoft Academic Search.

Call for paper

Important date

2016-02-26
Abstract submission deadline
2016-02-26
Draft paper submission deadline
2016-03-11
Draft paper acceptance notification
2016-04-08
Final paper submission deadline

Original papers are invited on recent advances in Cyber Situational Awareness, Data Analytics and Assessment. The topics in CyberSA 2016 include but not limited to:

 

Situational Awareness Assessments

  • Assessment models and methodologies for Cyber SA
  • Cyber Situation Awareness Evaluation Recommendation
  • Cyber SA Maturity Models and Frameworks
  • Cyber SA for Social Networks

 

Social Media Analysis

  • Social Network Interaction and Intelligence
  • Web Analytics & Security Incident Response
  • Organised and collaborative Maps and Networks
  • Cyber Behavioural Analytics and Profiling
  • Collaborative Situation Awareness for Decision Making

 

Collaborative Defense Approach

  • Situation Assessment & Decision Making
  • Defense Strategy for the Enhancement of Situational Awareness

 

Risk Management, Governance and Compliance

  • Trust, Privacy and Anonymity Issues
  • Digital Forensic Information Analysis
  • Enterprise Information Security Policies, Standards and Procedures
  • Risks posed by Wireless Networks, including through the use of Mobile Computing, BYOD, Wearable in CND environment

 

Cyber Situational Awareness Tools & Techniques

  • Fuzzy Logic
  • Rough Set
  • Artificial Neural Networks
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Genetic Algorithm
  • Evidence Theory (DST)
  • Bayesian Networks & Set Theory
  • Big Data Analytics
  • Game Theory
  • Graph Theory

 

Network Situational Awareness

  • Cyber Attack Scenarios
  • Situation-Aware and Context-Aware Network Applications
  • CERTs and CSIRTs
  • Security Event and Information Management
  • Application Security, Audits and Penetration Testing

 

Human Factor Cognitive

  • Workload
  • Perception
  • Stress
  • Knowledge
  • Training and Expertise
  • Risk Assessment and Decision Making
  • Forecasting and Prediction
  • Operator SA & Team SA

 

National and Critical Infrastructure Security Issues

  • Information Security
  • Cyber Security
  • Database Security
  • Application Security
  • Law Enforcement and Surveillance
  • Border Protection and Controls
  • Cyber Warfare and Counter Terrorism

 

Situation Awareness in Military Operations

  • Military Doctrinal in Situation Awareness
  • C4ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance)
  • Computer Network Operations
  • Computer Network Defense
  • Mission Awareness, Command and Control

 

Cyber Situational Analytics

  • Attack Graphs
  • Advanced Security Incident Analysis
  • Sensor Correlation and Cross-Correlation
  • Implementing Situational Awareness Systems
  • Information Security Metrics and Measurements

 

Cyber Situational Awareness Frameworks

  • Proactive Defense Strategies
  • Instance-Based Learning
  • Adaptive Neural Logic
  • Human-Assisted Decision Control
  • Human in the Loop
  • Automated Self-Responder

 

Fusion Centres

  • Tools for Metric Optimisation
  • Visualisation and Digital Analytics
  • Data Mining
  • Filtration, Selection, and Risk-Based Prioritisation
  • Metrics for Evaluation and Assessment
  • Usefulness of Multisensor Data Fusion
  • Information Data Fusion
  • Sensor Fusion for Security Incident Analysis
  • Security Incident Analysis
  • Data Association & Correlation
  • Security Information Visualisation
  • Data Analytics
  • Security Monitoring

 

Situational Awareness Applications

  • Situational Awareness in C4ISR
  • Situational Awareness in Cyber Command and Control Centres
  • Situational Awareness in Intrusion Defense
  • Situational Awareness in Cyber Physical Systems (CPS)
  • Situational Awareness for Internet of Things (IoTs), Enterprise Internet of Things (EIoTs)
  • Open Source Applications

 

Cyber Situational Awareness Designs, Solutions and Services

  • Functional Requirements for Situation-aware services
  • Non-Functional Requirements for Situation-aware Services and solutions
  • Interface Design
  • Interoperability
  • Dynamism
  • Complexity
  • Performance
  • Automation
  • Realtime Processing

 

Situational Awareness Training

  • Research and development in Situational Awareness
  • Simulation and Testbeds in Cyber Situation Awareness
  • Experimentation & Instrumentation
  • Modelling
  • Knowledge-base
  • Theoretical Underpinnings in Situation Awareness
  • Team and Group SA
  • Cyber Situational Awareness Methods, Training and Education
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Important Date
  • Conference Date

    Jun 13

    2016

    to

    Jun 14

    2016

  • Feb 26 2016

    Abstract Submission Deadline

  • Feb 26 2016

    Draft paper submission deadline

  • Mar 11 2016

    Draft Paper Acceptance Notification

  • Apr 08 2016

    Final Paper Deadline

  • Jun 14 2016

    Registration deadline

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