Call for Papers IEEE Network Magazine Special Issue on Cyber Security of Networked Critical Infrastructures http://dl.comsoc.org/livepubs/ni/info/cfp/cfpnetwork0113.htm
The daily lives of millions of people depend on processing information and material through a network of critical infrastructures. Critical infrastructures include agriculture and food, water, public health, emergency services, government, the defense industrial base, information and telecommunications, energy, transportation and shipping, banking and finance, chemical industry and hazardous materials, post, national monuments and icons, and critical manufacturing. Disruption or disturbance of critical infrastructures can lead to economical and human losses. Additionally, the control network of most critical installations is integrated with broader information and communication systems, including the company business network. Most maintenance services on process control equipment are performed remotely. Further, the cyber security of critical infrastructure systems has come into focus recently as more of these systems are exposed to the Internet. Therefore, Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) has become a topic of interest for academics, industries, governments, and researchers in the recent years. A common theme among critical infrastructure is the dependence upon secure cyber systems for command and control. This special issue will focus on network aspects that impact the cyber security of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience. Tutorial based manuscripts which cover recent advances in one or more of the topic areas below are requested. Topics may include (but are not limited to): Security of supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems Security of the smart grid Cyber security of industrial control systems Security of complex and distributed critical infrastructures DNS and Internet Security (as critical infrastructures) Security metrics, benchmarks, and data sets Attack modeling, prevention, mitigation, and defense Early warning and intrusion detection systems Self-healing and self-protection systems Advanced forensic methodologies Cyber-physical systems security approaches and algorithms Critical infrastructure security policies, standards and regulations Vulnerability and risk assessment methodologies for distributed critical infrastructures Simulation and testbeds for the security evaluation of critical infrastructures Manuscript Submission Submission must follow the IEEE Network manuscript guidelines at http://dl.comsoc.org/livepubs/ni/info/authors.html. Articles should be of tutorial in nature. Mathematical equations should be kept to a minimum. A limit of 10 references is recommended. Articles should not exceed 4500 words. Figures and tables should be limited to a combined total of six. Authors should submit their manuscripts in PDF through ScholarOne (ManuscriptCentral) for IEEE Network Magazine. Choose this special issue from the drop down menu on the submission page (A link to ScholarOne will be added to the CFP page soon). Authors uncertain about the relevance of their paper to this special issue should inquire with the guest editors before submission at [email protected]. Schedule Submissions deadline: June 1, 2012 Author notifications: September 1, 2012 Accepted papers in final form: November 1, 2012 Publication of special issue: January 2013 _______________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. [email protected] https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc
