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WICSPIT 2017, Special Session on Innovative CyberSecurity and Privacy for Internet of Things: Strategies, Technologies, and Implementations
Chair(s): Victor Chang and Roger A. Hallman
Special Session on Innovative CyberSecurity and Privacy for Internet of Things: Strategies, Technologies, and Implementations -
WICSPIT
2017
Paper Submission:
February 27, 2017 (expired)
Authors Notification:
March 1, 2017 (expired)
Camera Ready and Registration:
March 13, 2017 (expired)
Scope
Cyber-attackers are steadily getting more creative and ambitious in their exploits and causing real-world damage (e.g., the German steel mill hack in 2014, the Ukrainian Power Grid hack in 2015). Proprietary and personally identifiable information are vulnerable to leakage as well (e.g., the Sony hack in 2014, the US Office of Personnel Management in 2014). The Internet of Things (IoT), a platform which allows everything to process information, communicate data, and analyze context opens up new vulnerabilities for both security and privacy. Smart buildings and smart cities, for example, will collect and process data for millions of individuals. Industrial systems, which were never intended to be linked via common protocols, are recognized as suddenly being open to security threats that can limit service availability and possibly cause considerable damage. Autonomous systems allowed to operate with minimal oversight are ripe targets for cyber-attacks. Data stored and processed in confidence in the cloud may be subject to exfiltration, leading to public embarrassment or the exposure of proprietary information.