Call For Papers

Areas of interest for NSS 2026 include but are not limited to:

• Intrusion Detection and Prevention
• Network Infrastructure Security
• NFV/SDN Security
• Network Attacks and Defenses
• Secure Networked Systems
• Distributed Systems Security
• Cloud Security
• Mobile Security
• Malware/Ransomware Analysis and Detection
• Digital Forensics
• Analysis of Network Security Protocols
• Program and Binary Analysis
• Formal Verification for Network Systems and Protocols
• Fuzzy Testing
• Privacy-enhancing Techniques and Anonymity
• Cryptographic Protocols with Networks and Systems
• Blockchain Protocols and Systems
• Smart Contract Security
• Blockchain Powered Applications and Services
• Trustworthy Machine Learning and AI
• Privacy-preserving Machine Learning
• Federated Learning Protocols and Systems
• Hardware Security
• Cyber-Physical Systems Security
• Internet of Things Security
• Side-Channel Attacks and Countermeasures
• Confidential Computing and Its Applications
• Watermarking and Digital Rights Management
• Security and Privacy For Digital Health
• Human Factors in Network and System Security

Areas of interest for SocialSec 2026 include but are not limited to:

• Attacks in/via social networks
• Security and privacy in big databases
• Information control and detection
• Applied cryptography for big data
• Malicious behavior modeling in social networks
• Big data system security
• Malicious information propagation via social networks
• Mobile social networks security
• Phishing problems in social networks
• Security and privacy in cloud
• Privacy protection in social networks
• Forensics in social networks and big data
• Big data analytics for threats and attacks prediction
• Privacy and Security of AI
• AI for Privacy and Security
• Spam problems in social networks
• Security of blockchain
• Trust and reputations in social networks
• Privacy and Security in Cooperative AI
• Big data outsourcing
• Users Behavior
• Big data forensics
• Security and Privacy in Metaverse

Paper Submission Information

Authors are invited to submit original papers: they must not substantially duplicate work that any of the authors have published elsewhere or have submitted in parallel to any other conferences that have proceedings or any journal. The submission must be anonymous, with no author names, affiliations, acknowledgements, or obvious references. Papers must be clearly presented in English, Please ensure that your papers are in the single-column LNCS format, with full papers between 12 to 15 pages, and short papers and poster papers no less than 6 pages. All submissions must be received by 11:59 PM AoE (UTC-12) on the day of the corresponding deadline.

Springer LNCS Author Information

NssSocialSec 2026 Submission Link

Springer Code of Conduct

Previous NSS Proceedings on SpringerLink

Previous SocialSec Proceedings on SpringerLink

Publications

TBD