Full papers
Original, unpublished research papers submitted for peer review, up to 14 pages including references and appendices, to be presented in-person and published in the IFIP AICT series by Springer.
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SEC 2026
IFIP International Information Security Conference
The IFIP SEC 2026 conference is the flagship event of IFIP Technical Committee 11, focusing on information security and privacy protection in information processing systems. It brings together researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and government to discuss current and future challenges in ICT security and privacy, co-located with the WISE 2026 conference on information security education.
Key deadlines
Verified September 9, 2026Abstract registration
April 25, 2026
AoE
Full paper
May 2, 2026
AoE
Conference timeline
Submission and decisions
Abstract registrationKey deadline
April 25, 2026 · AoE
Full paperKey deadline
May 2, 2026 · AoE
Paper fit
Contribution paths
A strong submission should clearly identify its contribution and evaluate it appropriately.
Research areas in scope
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Technical Topics
Access control and authenticationAI for cybersecurityApplied cryptographyAudit and risk analysisBig data security and privacyCloud security and privacyCritical infrastructure protectionCyber-physical systems securityData and applications securityDigital forensicsHuman aspects of security and privacyIdentity managementIndustry networks securityInformation security educationInformation security managementInformation technology misuse and the lawIoT securityManaging information security functionsMobile securityMultilateral securityNetwork & distributed systems securityPervasive systems securityPrivacy protection and Privacy-by-designPrivacy-enhancing technologiesQuantum computations and post-quantum cryptographySecurity and privacy in LLM’sSide-channel attacksSurveillance and counter-surveillanceTrust management
Policies worth checking twice
- Submitted papers must be original, unpublished, and not submitted to another conference or journal for consideration.
- All papers must be written in English.
- Submissions must not be anonymised.
- PC members are not required to read appendices; papers must be intelligible without them.
- Authors must follow Springer LNCS formatting instructions.
- At least one author of each accepted paper must register and present in-person.
- Each accepted paper requires at least one full registration.
- Extended versions of selected papers for Computers & Security must contain at least 30% new material.
Official sources
Compiled from the official call for papers. The organizers’ pages remain authoritative.
Official conference siteCall for papersImportant datesProgramCall for Papers (PDF)Springer 'code of conduct' for authors
Last verified September 9, 2026