Sixteenth International
World Wide Web Conference
May 8-12, 2007
Banff, Alberta, Canada
http://www2007.org
In
cooperation
with
Security, Privacy, Reliability and Ethics Track
Call for Papers
The flexibility and richness of the Web architecture have come at the price of
increasing complexity and lack of a sound overall security architecture. The movement
toward Web-based services, and the increasing dependency on the Web, have also
made reliability a first-rate security concern. From malware and spyware, drive-by
downloads, typo squatting, denial of service attacks, to phishing and identity theft, a
variety of threats make the Web an increasingly hostile and dangerous environment.
By undermining user trust, these problems are hampering e-commerce and the growth
of online communities.
This track promotes the view that security, privacy, reliability, and sound guiding
ethics must be part of the texture of a successful World Wide Web. In addition to
devising practical tools and techniques, it is the duty of the research community to
promote and guide business adoption of security technology for the Web and to help
inform related legislation. We seek novel research (both theoretical and practical) in
security, privacy, reliability, and ethics as they relate to the Web, including but not
limited to the following areas:
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Authentication, authorization, and auditing on the web
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Availability and reliability of Web servers and services
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Intrusion detection and honeypots
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The Insider threat
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Privacy-enhancing technologies, including anonymity, pseudonymity and identity
management, specifically for the web
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User interfaces and usability as they relate to use of cryptography and online scams
such as phishing and pharming
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Applications of cryptography to the web, including PKI and supporting concepts like
digital signatures, certification, etc.
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Electronic commerce, particularly security mechanisms for e-cash, auctions,
payment, and fraud detection
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Economic / business analysis of Web security and privacy
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Legal and legislative approaches to issues of Web security and privacy
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Secure and robust management of server farms
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Dealing with client-side risks
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Security for new web services (blogs, RSS, wikis, etc.)
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Wireless web security (including RFID, sensors, and mobile phones)
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Content protection and abuse on the web (DRM, web/blog spam, etc.)
Track Chair
Angelos Keromytis
Columbia University
USA
angelos@cs.columbia.edu
Deputy Chair
Dan Wallach
Rice University
USA
dwallach@cs.rice.edu
Submissions should
present original reports of
substantive new work and
can be up to 10 pages in
length. Papers should
properly place the work
within the field, cite
related work, and clearly
indicate the innovative
aspects of the work and its
contribution to the field. In
addition to regular papers,
we also solicit submissions
of position papers
articulating high-level
architectural visions,
describing challenging
future directions, or
critiquing current design
wisdom.
Submissions due:
November 20, 2006
For further information:
http://www2007.org