CfP: MetriSec 2009

[Stephan.Neuhaus at disi.unitn.it (Stephan Neuhaus)]

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                          Call for Papers

                           MetriSec 2009
  5th International Workshop on SECURITY MEASUREMENTS AND METRICS
      (Formerly the Workshop on Quality of Protection - QoP)

        http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/conference/MetriSec2009/

         Affiliated with the International Symposium on
       Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM)

                         October 14, 2009
                   Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA

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WORKSHOP OVERVIEW

Quantitative assessment is a major stumbling block for software and  
system security. Although some security metrics exist, they are rarely  
adequate. The engineering importance of metrics is intuitive: you  
cannot consistently improve what you cannot measure. Economics is an  
additional driver for security metrics: customers are unlikely to pay  
a premium for security if they are unable to quantify what they receive.

The goal of the workshop is to foster research into security  
measurements and metrics and to continue building the community of  
individuals interested in this field. MetriSec continues the tradition  
started by the Quality of Protection (QoP) workshop series; this year,  
the new co-location with ESEM is an opportunity for the security  
metrics folks to meet the metrics community at large.

The organizers solicit original submissions from industry and academic  
experts on the development and application of repeatable, meaningful  
measurements in the fields of software and system security. The topics  
of interest include, but are not limited to:

* Security metrics
* Security measurement and monitoring
* Development of predictive models
* Experimental validation of models
* Formal theories of security metrics
* Security quality assurance
* Empirical assessment of security architectures and solutions
* Mining data from attack and vulnerability repositories: e.g. CVE, CVSS
* Static analysis metrics
* Simulation and statistical analysis
* Stochastic modeling
* Security risk analysis
* Industrial experience


IMPORTANT DATES

Abstract submission: May 28
Submission of paper: June 4
Acceptance notification: July 10
Submission of camera-ready: August 15


PUBLICATION

Authors of accepted papers must present their work at the workshop.  
The proceedings of the workshop will be electronically published by  
the IEEE.


PAPER SUBMISSION

Submissions are sought in any of the following three categories:
(a) Research papers describing original results, both theoretical and  
experimental, are solicited in any of the above mentioned topics.  
Theoretical papers should clearly state the contribution and include  
some initial validation. This year, experimental papers are  
particularly welcome. In this case authors are  required to explicitly  
state their hypothesis, to detail the methodology used, and to  
describe the experiment set-up.
(b) Preliminary research results or new ideas can be submitted in the  
form of short papers.
(c) Industry experience reports are also welcome. Industry papers  
should have at least one author from industry or government, and will  
be considered for their industrial relevance.

The page limit for the final proceedings version is 8 pages in double- 
column format; short papers are limited to 4 pages. Authors should use  
the ACM SIG Proceedings Template when preparing their submission. Only  
PDF files are accepted.


PROGRAM CHAIRS

Andy Ozment (US)
Riccardo Scandariato (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BE)


WEB CHAIR

Thomas Heyman (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BE)