CFP: 23rd International Conference on Security and Cryptography (SECRYPT)

[Sabrina De Capitani di Vimercati]

CALL FOR PAPERS
23rd International Conference on Security and Cryptography (SECRYPT)
July 16 - 18, 2026 Porto, Portugal
https://secrypt.scitevents.org

SECRYPT is an annual international conference covering research in
information and communication security. The 23rd International
Conference on Security and Cryptography (SECRYPT 2026) will be held in
Porto, Portugal, July 16-18, 2026.

The conference seeks submissions from academia, industry, and
government presenting novel research on all theoretical and practical
aspects of data protection, privacy, security, and cryptography.

Papers describing the application of security technology, the
implementation of systems, and lessons learned are also encouraged.

CONFERENCE TOPICS
The conference topics include, but are not limited to:

Access Control
Adversarial Machine Learning
Anonymity
Applied Cryptography
Biometrics Security and Privacy
Blockchains Security
Critical Infrastructure Protection
Data Integrity
Data Protection
Database Security and Privacy
Digital Forensics
Digital Rights Management
Ethical and Legal Implications of Security and Privacy
Formal Methods for Security
Human Factors and Human Behavior Recognition Techniques
Identification, Authentication and Non-Repudiation
Identity Management
Information Hiding
Information Systems Auditing
Insider Threats and Countermeasures
Intellectual Property Protection
Intrusion Detection & Prevention
Machine Learning and AI Security
Management of Computing Security
Network Security
Organizational Security Policies
Peer-to-Peer Security
Personal Data Protection for Information Systems
Privacy
Privacy Enhancing Technologies
Reliability and Dependability
Risk Assessment
Secure Federated Learning
Secure Software Development Methodologies
Security and Privacy for Big Data
Security and Privacy in Complex Systems
Security and Privacy in Crowdsourcing
Security and Privacy in IT Outsourcing
Security and Privacy in Location-Based Services
Security and Privacy in Mobile Systems
Security and Privacy in Pervasive/Ubiquitous Computing
Security and Privacy in Smart Grids
Security and Privacy in Social Networks
Security and Privacy in the Cloud
Security and Privacy in Web Services
Security and Privacy Policies
Security Area Control
Security Deployment
Security Engineering
Security in Distributed Systems
Security Information Systems Architecture
Security Management
Security Metrics and Measurement
Security Protocols
Security Requirements
Security Usability
Security Verification and Validation
Security Vulnerabilities of Large Language Models
Sensor and Mobile Ad Hoc Network Security
Service and Systems Design and QoS Network Security
Software Security
Trust Management and Reputation Systems
Ubiquitous Computing Security
Wireless Network Security



PAPER SUBMISSIONS
Submitted papers must be in English and must not substantially overlap
with papers that have been published or that are simultaneously
submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Submissions
are to be made to the submission web site at
https://www.insticc.org/primoris

Papers can be submitted as REGULAR or POSITION papers.

- REGULAR Paper: Regular papers present work where research is
completed. They can be up to 12 pages. Authors of regular submitted
papers will indicate at the time of submission whether they would
like their paper to also be considered for publication as a position
paper.

- POSITION Paper: A position paper presents results that are
preliminary or that simply require fewer pages to describe. A
position paper may be a short report and discussion of ideas, facts,
situations, methods, procedures or results of scientific research
(theoretical or experimental) on one of the conference topics. The
acceptance of a position paper is restricted to the categories of
"short paper"

Submitted papers must be formatted according to the SECRYPT format,
which is described at https://secrypt.scitevents.org/Guidelines.aspx

Submission page limit is 12 pages for regular paper and 8 pages for
position papers. Accepted papers will be subject to the limit of: 12
pages for full papers, 8 pages for short papers with oral
presentation, and 6 pages for short papers with poster
presentation. Authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their
papers will be presented at the conference. All papers presented in
the conference will be published in the conference proceedings and in
the digital library.

IMPORTANT DATES:
Regular/Position Paper Submission: March 3, 2026
Authors Notification: April 30, 2026
Camera Ready and Registration: May 15, 2026

CONFERENCE CHAIR:
Pierangela Samarati, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy

PROGRAM CHAIR
Sabrina De Capitani di Vimercati, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Massimiliano Albanese, George Mason University, United States
Cristina Alcaraz, University of Malaga, Spain
Peter Amthor, Technische Universitat Ilmenau, Germany
Mário Antunes, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal
Muhammad Rizwan Asghar, University of Surrey, United Kingdom
Xiaochun Cheng, Swansea University, United Kingdom
Marijke Coetzee, North-West University, South Africa
Pasquale Coscia, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Nora Cuppens, Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada
Jun Dai, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, United States
Bijoy Das, National Institute of Technology Calicut, India
Mario Di Raimondo, Università of Catania, Italy
Vasiliki Diamantopoulou, University of the Aegean, Greece
Ruggero Donida Labati, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Santiago Escobar, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Alberto Ferrante, IDSIA, Universita della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland
Josep-Lluis Ferrer-Gomila, Balearic Islands University, Spain
Sara Foresti, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Angelo Genovese, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Lorena Gonzalez, University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain
Dimitris Gritzalis, Athens University of Economics, Greece
Gilles Guette, Inria/Universite Rennes, France
Tiago Heinrich, Max Planck Institute for Informatics, Germany
Swee-Huay Heng, Faculty of Information Science, Multimedia University, Malaysia
Pedro R. M. Inácio, Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Christos Kalloniatis, University of the Aegean, Greece
Anne Kayem, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
Shinsaku Kiyomoto, KDDI Research Inc., Japan
Maryline Laurent, Télécom SudParis, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France
Wenjuan Li, The Education University of Hong Kong, China
Giovanni Livraga, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Thomas Loruenser, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria
Lukas Malina, Brno University of Technology, Czechia
Carlos A. Maziero, Computer Science Dept, UFPR, Brazil
David Megias,  Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
Gerard Memmi, Telecom Paris, France
Guillermo Navarro-Arribas, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
Christoforos Ntantogian, Ionian University, Greece
Rolf Oppliger, eSECURITY Technologies, Switzerland
Stefano Paraboschi, Università degli Studi di Bergamo, Italy
Joon Park, Syracuse University, United States
Michalis Pavlidis, University of Brighton, United Kingdom
Günther Pernul, University of Regensburg, Germany
Marco Rosa, SAP, France
Jun Shao, Zhejiang Gongshang University, China
R. K. Shyamasundar, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
Nicolas Sklavos, University of Patras, Greece
Shamik Sural, Indian Institute of Technology, India
Jacques Traore, Independent Researcher, France
Anselme Tueno, SAP SE, Germany
Fei Zuo, University of Central Oklahoma, United States

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