[DFSci] CFP: ACSAC ICSS 2021 (Deadline: September 17)

[Hyunguk Yoo]

*Seventh Annual Industrial Control System Security (ICSS) Workshop*

The seventh Industrial Control System Security Workshop will be held online
Tuesday, December 7, 2021, in conjunction with the Annual Computer Security
Applications Conference (ACSAC).

*Statement on COVID19.* This workshop and ACSAC is being held Virtually
this year. More information is available at the conference site,
https://www.acsac.org/

*Call for Papers.* Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) and
industrial control systems (ICS) monitor and control a wide range of
industrial and infrastructure processes such as water treatment, power
generation and transmission, oil and gas refining and steel manufacturing.
Furthermore, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is rapidly expanding
the interconnectivity of ICS environments and introducing many new threats.
These environments have been identified as a key target of more generic
threats (ransomware), along with more recent tailored nation-state threats
targeting safety instrumented systems (TRISIS).

The critical requirement for high availability in SCADA and industrial
control systems, along with the use of resource-constrained computing
devices, legacy operating systems, and proprietary software applications
limits the applicability of traditional information security solutions. The
goal of this workshop is to explore new techniques to improve the
security-critical control systems in the face of emerging threats. Papers
of interest including (but not limited to) the following subject categories
are solicited:

● IIoT security

● Intrusion detection and prevention

● Emerging threats to ICS

● Vulnerability analysis and risk management

● Digital forensics for ICS/PLCs

● ICS oriented cybersecurity education

● Performance evaluation of security methods and tools in control systems

● Innovative ICS/SCADA testbed designs

● Supply chain vulnerabilities and protections



*Technical Paper Submissions*

Submissions should be 5-10 pages, using the double-column ACM proceedings
format (acmart) template available at
https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow, with the
[sigconf, anonymous] options. Two additional pages can be used for the
Appendix. Note that the reviewers are not expected to read the Appendix.

Submissions should not use older ACM templates (e.g., sig-alternate). If
you encounter any problems with the acmart template, please contact
acmtexsupport at aptaracorp.com. You can also report problems with the
template to https://github.com/borisveytsman/acmart/issues so that they are
reviewed by SIG volunteers. ,

All submissions must be anonymous. The submission website is at
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icss20212.


*Publication*

The accepted workshop papers will be published by ACM. The slides will be
published on the ACSAC website.


*Important Date*

Submission Deadline: September 17, 2021

Acceptance Notification: October 22, 2021

Final Manuscript due: November 15, 2021

Workshop Date: December 7, 2021



*Further details about the workshop can be found at the workshop web site: *

https://www.acsac.org/2021/workshops/icss/