18th Working Conference on Information Security Management

General Information

Co-located with the IFIP SEC conference in Linköping, Sweden

PDF Call for Papers

14-16 June 2027

Organised by IFIP TC-11 Working Group 11.1

Information security has become a strategic priority for organisations worldwide, making information security management more important than ever. The continuously evolving cyber threat landscape, the increasing sophistication of attacks, and the rapid adoption of emerging technologies—particularly artificial intelligence (AI)—are transforming both the challenges and opportunities of securing information assets. These developments require organisations to rethink information security management from a socio-technical perspective, integrating governance, risk management, human behaviour, organisational capabilities, and advanced technologies. Consequently, effective information security management extends beyond technical safeguards and compliance mechanisms to encompass organisational, behavioural, ethical, legal, and societal dimensions that together support resilient and trustworthy digital transformation.

The 18^th Working Conference on Information Security Management, organized by IFIP TC-11 Working Group 11.1 (Information Security Management) and co-hosted with the 42nd IFIP SEC conference, invites you to contribute to the next Working Conference by submitting a full paper; short paper (e.g. research in progress); or, proposal for panel discussions and tutorials. Contributions can either be of a practical, industry-focused nature or reports on academic activities.

We welcome submissions from academia, industry and government.  The Working Conference will offer a stream for research in progress short papers that may be particularly suitable for early career researchers and research students to allow research ideas to be explored and feedback obtained in a friendly environment.  There will be ample opportunity to engage in networking to build your contacts.

Call for Papers

PDF Call for Papers [coming soon].

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

Instructions to authors

Submitted papers must be written in English, be original, unpublished, and not submitted to another conference or journal for consideration.  Submissions should be anonymised.  PC members are not required to read the appendices, so the paper should be intelligible without them.

Each paper will receive at least two reviews. At least one author of each accepted paper must register by the registration date and present the paper at the conference.  Refer to our website for submission details.

Accepted papers will be included in the SEC27 conference proceedings published in the IFIP AICT series by Springer.  Submissions should be at most 14 pages long including references and appendices for full papers, 8 pages for short papers.  Authors must follow the Springer LNCS formatting instructions. For camera-ready papers use Latex or Word format (Author instructions and templates can be found here: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines).

The following resource may assist with preparing your paper for submission:

• Springer 'code of conduct' for authors
• Springer instructions for paper preparation
• Copyright assignment form (required on submission for review) [coming soon]

Submission

Papers have to be submitted via the Easychair conference system, which can be found at [coming soon].

Important Dates

Committees

Co-chairs

Murray Jennex, West Texas A&M University, USA (Chair, WG11.1)

Ella Kolkowska, Örebro University, Sweden (Vice-Chair, WG11.1)

Paul Haskell-Dowland, Edith Cowan University, Australia (Secretary, WG 11.1)

International Program Committee

TBC

Logistics

Please refer to the IFIP SEC 2027 website for further information.