• Security and privacy in computer networks (e.g., wired, wireless, mobile, hybrid, sensor, vehicular, satellite, 5G, 6G, ad hoc, peer-to-peer, and software-defined networks)
• Security and privacy in systems with a strong secure communication and networking element (e.g., security in cloud, IoT, cyber-physical systems, edge and fog computing, and teleconferencing)
• Physical layer security (e.g., jamming, GPS spoofing)
• Web and mobile security and privacy
• Security protocols at all network layers and for different applications (e.g., for secure routing, naming/addressing, network management, remote authentication and attestation)
• Network attacks (e.g., DDoS, MitM, malware, botnets, side-channel attacks, phishing/pharming, cybersquatting) and defenses (e.g., network intrusion detection and prevention, firewalls, packet filters, moving target defence)
• Network, internet and cloud forensics
• Cybercrime investigation and attribution
• Cyber threat intelligence and cyber incident responses
• Anonymous and privacy-aware communications (e.g., Tor, darknet)
• Internet censorship and circumvention
• Secure communication and networking applications (e.g., industry 4.0, energy, transportation, smart cities)
• Quantum key distribution and other quantum-based secure communications
• Visualization of secure communications and networking
• Privacy-preserving computing in secure communication and networking (e.g., privacy-preserving machine learning)
• Distributed ledger technologies (e.g., blockchain and cryptocurrencies)
• Resilience of computer networks and critical infrastructures
• Defending false information online (e.g., mis-, dis- and mal-information)
• Socio-technical aspects of secure communications and networking (e.g., usability, human behaviours, legal issues, cybercrime, economics)
• Security and privacy of contact tracing and other COVID-19 related digital interventions with a core element on telecommunications or networking

All registered papers will be submitted for publishing by Springer and made available through SpringerLink Digital Library: SecureComm Conference Proceedings.

SecureComm proceedings are indexed in leading indexing services, such as Web of Science, Compendex, Scopus, DBLP, EU Digital Library, Google Scholar, IO-Port, MathSciNet, Inspec, and Zentralblatt MATH.

Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to:

• Springer Wireless Networks Journal (WINET) [IF: 2.602 (2021)]

All accepted authors are eligible to submit an extended version in a fast track of:

• EAI Endorsed Transactions on Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems (Open Access) – recently accepted for inclusion in Scopus
• EAI Endorsed Transactions on Security and Safety (Open Access)

Additional publication opportunities:

• EAI/Springer Innovations in Communications and Computing Book Series
  (titles in this series are indexed in Ei Compendex, Web of Science & Scopus)

Conference ranking:

• GII-GRIN-SCIE: B (Top 21%)
• LiveSHINE: A
• CORE conference ranking: C

SecureComm authors have enjoyed over:

• 534.000 paper downloads
• 6000+ citations (avg. 8,73 citations per paper)
• H – Index 37

Top performing SecureComm paper is currently at 414 citations and counting!

This event is organized by EAI.

EAI – European Alliance for Innovation is a non-profit organization and a professional community established in cooperation with the European Commission to empower the global research and innovation, and to promote cooperation between European and International ICT communities.

EAI’s vision is to foster excellence in research and innovation on the principles of transparency, objectivity, equality, and openness. Our guiding principle is community cooperation to create better research, provide fair recognition of excellence and transform best ideas into commercial value proposition.

EAI‘s mission is to create an environment that rewards excellence transparently, and builds recognition objectively regardless of age, economic status or country of origin, where no membership fees or closed door committees stand in the way of your research career.

Through these shared values, EAI leads the way toward advancing the world of research and innovation, empowering individuals and institutions for the good of society to fully benefit from the digital revolution.