Digital Identity Protection Workshop

International Conference on Security and Management (SAM'08)

The 2008 World Congress in Computer Science,
Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA July 14^th – 17^th, 2008

To support emerging online activities within the digital information infrastructure, such as commerce, healthcare, entertainment and scientific collaboration, it is increasingly important to verify and protect the digital identity of the individuals involved. Identity management (IdM) systems have improved the management of identity information and user convenience; however they do not provide specific solutions to address protection of identity from threats such as identity theft and privacy violation. Moreover, current IdM systems do not consider various types of identity information which are increasingly becoming an integral part of an individual's identity; such as biometric, history information, user device ensembles and so on. Such types of identity data also need to be used with other digital identifiers and protected against misuse.

This Digital Identity Protection workshop in WorldComp'08 (WORLDCOMP'08:

http://www.worldacademyofscience.org/) aims at discussing solutions for the protection of digital identity. We encourage both researchers and practitioners to participate and submit papers on topics including, but not limited to the following:

* Identity threat analysis

* Identity theft by malware

* Protection from social engineering attacks

* Identity security and assurance protocols

* Key management techniques

* Security algorithms for identity protection

* Surveillance technologies

* Location based identity management

* Mobile identity management

* Identity encryption technologies

* Identity management in grid systems

* History based identity reputation system

* Biometric technologies

* Application of trusted computing to identity protections

* Secure identity management for healthcare and finance

You are invited to submit an abstract and full paper of 5-10 pages (short or full papers). All accepted papers will be published in the SAM’08 conference proceedings.

Submission Instructions:

Submitted papers must not substantially overlap with papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Papers should be at most 10 pages, using at least 10.5-point font and reasonable margins on A4 or US letter-size paper (8.5 inch x 11 inch). Each submission should start with the title, abstract, and names and contact information of authors. The introduction should give background and summarize the contributions of the paper at a level appropriate for a non-specialist reader. Papers must be electronically submitted in PDF or portable PostScript format and must be received by the deadline of April 4, 2008. Authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their paper will be presented at the workshop.

Please email the submission to – abhilasha.bhargav-spantzel@intel.com

Program Chairs:

Abhilasha Bhargav-Spantzel

Elisa Bertino, Purdue University

Program Committee:

Selim Aissi, Intel

Rafae Bhatti, Oracle

Marco Casassa Mont, HP

Julie Earp, North Carolina State University

Britta Glade, Liberty Alliance

Thomas Gross, IBM

Eve Maler, Sun Microsystems

Kevin O'Neil, CYVA Research Corporation

Bob Pinheiro Robert Pinheiro Consulting LLC

Mohamed Shehab, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Dieter Sommer, IBM

Anna Squicciarini, Pennsylvania State University

Kenji Takahashi, NTT

Danfeng Yao, Rutgers University

Important Dates:

Paper abstract submissions due : March 14, 2008

Full paper submissions due : April 4, 2008

Notification to the authors: April 12, 2008
International Conference on Security and Management (SAM'08): July 14-17, 2008

For further details please refer to the conference website –

http://www.worldacademyofscience.org/