The purpose of SECRYPT 2012, the International Conference on Security and Cryptography, is to bring together researchers, mathematicians, engineers and practitioners interested on security aspects related to information and communication. Theoretical and practical advances in the fields of cryptography and coding are a key factor in the growth of data communications, data networks and distributed computing. In addition to the mathematical theory and practice of cryptography and coding, SECRYPT also focuses on other aspects of information systems and network security, including applications in the scope of the knowledge society in general and information systems development in particular, especially in the context of e-business, internet and global enterprises.
Information theory and information security are hot topics nowadays, ranging from statistics and stochastic processes to coding, from detection and estimation to Shannon theory, from data compression to data networks and systems security, cryptography, as well as many other topics that can be listed, as indicated below.

Ideas on how to analyze and approach security problems by combining information and communication technologies with the appropriate theoretical work including information theory and communication theory, either in the scope of R&D projects, engineering or business applications, are welcome. Papers describing new methods or technologies, advanced prototypes, systems, tools and techniques and general survey papers indicating future directions are also encouraged. Papers describing original work are invited in any of the areas listed below. Accepted papers, presented at the conference by one of the authors, will be published in the Proceedings of SECRYPT, with an ISBN. Acceptance will be based on quality, relevance and originality. Both full research reports and work-in-progress reports are welcome. There will be both oral and poster sessions.
The best papers will be selected to appear in a book to be published by Springer-Verlag.

Special sessions, case studies and tutorials dedicated to technical/scientific topics related to the main conference are also envisaged: researchers interested in organizing a special session, or companies interested in presenting their products/methodologies or researchers interested in holding a tutorial are invited to contact the conference secretariat.

• Access Control
• Applied Cryptography
• Authentication
• Biometrics Security and Privacy
• 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 Behaviour Recognition Techniques
• Identification, Authentication and Non-repudiation
• Identity Management
• Information Hiding
• Information Systems Auditing
• Insider Threats and Countermeasures
• Intellectual Property Protection
• Intrusion Detection & Prevention
• 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 Cloud Computing
• Secure Software Development Methodologies
• Security Protocols
• Security and Privacy in Mobile Systems
• Security and privacy in Complex Systems
• Security and Privacy in IT Outsourcing
• Security and Privacy in Location-based Services
• Security and Privacy in Pervasive/Ubiquitous Computing
• Security and Privacy in Social Networks
• Security and Privacy in Web Services
• Security and Privacy Policies
• Security Area Control
• Security Deployment
• Security Engineering
• Security for Grid Computing
• Security in Distributed Systems
• Security Information Systems Architecture and Design and Security Patterns
• Security Management
• Security Metrics and Measurement
• Security Requirements (threats, vulnerabilities, risk, formal methods, etc.)
• Security Verification and Validation
• 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 (WiFi, WiMAX, WiMedia and others)

All accepted papers (full, short and posters) will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and on CD-ROM support.
All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SciTePress Digital Library (http://www.scitepress.org/DigitalLibrary/).
SciTePress is member of CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/).
A short list of presented papers will be selected so that revised and extended versions of these papers will be published by Springer-Verlag in a CCIS Series book.
A short list of papers presented at the conference will be selected for publication of extended and revised versions in the Journal of Information
Processing Systems (JIPS).
A short list of papers presented at the conference will be selected for publication of extended and revised
versions in the Journal of Networks (JNW).
The proceedings will be submitted for indexation by Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (ISI), INSPEC, DBLP and EI (Elsevier Index).

SECRYPT Secretariat
Address: Av. D. Manuel I, 27A, 2º esq.
             2910-595 Setubal - Portugal
Tel.: +351 265 520 185
Fax: +44 203 014 5432
e-mail: secrypt.secretariat@insticc.org
Web: http://www.secrypt.icete.org/

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