15th IEEE Symposium on Visualization for Cyber Security (VizSec) Call for Papers =============================================================== *** http://vizsec.org/vizsec2018/#cfp *** VizSec brings together researchers and practitioners in information  visualization and security to address the specific needs of the cyber  security community through new and insightful visualization techniques.  VizSec 2018 will be held in Berlin, Germany in conjunction with IEEE VIS on  Monday October 22nd.  VizSec solicits both full and short papers, both of which will be published  in the proceedings that will be published by IEEE. VizSec also solicits  posters. Authors of accepted papers and posters must guarantee that their  papers and posters will be presented at the conference.  Technical Papers ---------------- Full papers describing novel contributions in security visualization are  solicited. Papers may present techniques, applications, theory, analysis,  experiments, or evaluations. We encourage the submission of papers on  technologies and methods that improve cyber security practices, including,  but not limited to:   - Situation awareness and/or understanding   - Incident handling including triage, exploration, correlation, and      response   - Computer forensics   - Recording and reporting results of investigations   - Assisting proactive security configuration and deployment   - Reverse engineering and malware analysis   - Vulnerability management   - Multiple data source analysis   - Analyzing information requirements for computer network defense   - Evaluation and/or user testing of VizSec systems   - Criteria for assessing the effectiveness of cyber security      visualizations (whether from a security goal perspective or a      human factors perspective)   - Modeling system and network behavior   - Modeling attacker and defender behavior   - Studying risk and impact of cyber attacks   - Predicting future attacks or targets   - Security metrics and education   - Software security   - Mobile application security   - Social networking privacy and security When applicable, visualization and interaction techniques that effectively  capture the insights of human analysts and/or allow analysts to collaborate  efficiently are particularly desirable. Submissions including tests and evaluations of existing tools and techniques  are also considered particularly desirable. If possible, making the data  used for the tests available will also be considered positively. If you do  not have real-world data to demonstrate your visualization, you may be  interested in looking at the VizSec Data Sets page: http://vizsec.org/data/ Short Papers ------------ Short papers describing practical applications of security visualization are  solicited. We encourage the submission of papers discussing the introduction  of cyber security visualizations into operational context, including, but  not limited to:   - Cases where visualization made positive contributions towards meeting      operational needs   - Gaps or negative outcomes from visualization deployments   - Situations where visualization was not utilized, but could have had a      positive impact   - Lessons learned from operational engagements   - Insights gained from the transition process Cyber security practitioners from industry, as well as the research  community, are encouraged to submit case studies. Posters ------- Poster submissions may showcase late-breaking results, work in progress,  preliminary results, or visual representations relevant to the VizSec  community. The poster program will be a great opportunity for the authors to  interact with the attendees and solicit feedback. Accepted poster abstracts  will be made available on the VizSec website : http://vizsec.org/vizsec2018/ Important Dates --------------- Papers and Short Papers:    - Jul 18: Submission Deadline   - Aug 10: Author Notification   - Sep 14: Camera Ready Deadline Posters:    - Aug 29: Abstract Deadline   - Sep 9: Author Notification Submissions ----------- Details about how to submit can be found on VizSec website:  http://vizsec.org/vizsec2018/#cfp