Call for Papers

The IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security (CNS) is a premier forum for cyber security researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and users to exchange ideas, techniques and tools, raise awareness, and share experiences related to all practical and theoretical aspects of communications and network security. The conference seeks submissions from academia, government, and industry presenting novel research results in communications and network security.

Particular topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Anonymity and privacy technologies
Biometric authentication and identity management
Blockchain
Censorship countermeasures and privacy
Combating cyber-crime (anti-spam, anti-phishing, anti-fraud techniques, etc.)
Computer and network forensics
Cyber deterrence strategies
Data and application security
Data protection and integrity
Game-theoretic security technologies
Implementation and evaluation of networked security systems
Information-theoretic security
Intrusion detection, prevention, and response
Key management, public key infrastructures, certification, revocation, and authentication
Malware detection and mitigation
Security metrics and models
Physical-layer and cross-layer security technologies
Security and privacy for big data
Security and privacy for data and network outsourcing services
Security and privacy for mobile and wearable devices
Security and privacy in cellular networks
Security and privacy in cloud and edge computing
Internet Security: protocols, standards, measurements
Security and privacy in crowdsourcing
Security and privacy in cyber-physical systems
Security and privacy in emerging wireless technologies and applications (dynamic spectrum sharing, cognitive radio networks, millimeter wave communications, MIMO systems, smart/connected vehicles, UAS, etc.)
Security and privacy in peer-to-peer and overlay networks
Security and privacy in WiFi, ad hoc, mesh, sensor, vehicular, body-area, disruption/delay tolerant, and social networks.
Security and privacy in smart cities, smart and connected health, IoT, and RFID systems
Security for critical infrastructures (smart grids, transportation systems, etc.)
Security for future Internet architectures and designs
Security for software-defined and data center networks
Security in machine learning
Social, economic, and policy issues of trust, security, and privacy
Traffic analysis
Usable security and privacy
Web, e-commerce, m-commerce, and e-mail security

Due to the COVID-19 situation, the conference organizers kept in mind the safety of all participants and have decided to hold the conference in a completely online mode. Accepted and presented technical papers will be published in the 2021 IEEE CNS Proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore® as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases. The review process will be double-blind. See the website for detailed instructions and submission rules and regulations and for author requirements for accepted papers.

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