Call For Papers The International Workshop on Modelling & Applied Simulation September 17-19, 2008 Briatico, Italy Modeling Information Security at the International Workshop on Modelling & Applied Simulation (MAS 2008) http://www.msc-les.org/conf/MAS2008/index_file/ModelingInformationSecurity.htm Track Description Information stored in systems varies from personal computers to networks become prone to unknown and unpredictable attacks from many destinations and the security of such repository is a major concern to everybody. Countering newer attacks plays an important role in implementing and enforcing information systems security. As information systems grow in different directions, effective security systems must evolve. With the proliferation of the number of vulnerability points introduced by the use of distributed systems, some type of assurance is needed that the systems and network are secure. Thus, a comprehensive approach proposing different architectures addressing the research issues on security is required to meet the growing demands of large number of users. The proposed track would address the new architectures and federated architectures by fusing the best components of the tested architectures. Papers are solicited in the information security models, architectures and protocols. Papers can address newer methods, models and architectures on Information Security. Nevertheless different topics concerning Modeling Information Security are welcome. Key Dates Submissions of Extended Abstracts (first submission) April 12, 2008 Notification of acceptance: May 20, 2008 Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration: June 10, 2008 Authors' Guidelines (further information author’s instruction section) FIRST SUBMISSION http://mas2008.isaatc.ull.es/ Extended abstracts (minimum 2 pages), full draft papers or other proposals should be submitted for the review process through the submission section by April 12, 2008. The extended abstract or the full draft paper must contain title, authors, affiliations, addresses, main body and references. Each extended abstract or full draft paper will be reviewed by at least two members of the International Program Committee taking into consideration scientific quality, originality and relevance. Only original papers, written in English will be accepted. The extended abstract or the full draft paper should be prepared by following the final paper formatting. However any type of paper formatting can be accepted for the first submission. NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE Notification of acceptance will be sent by May 20, 2008. CAMERA READY PAPER SUBMISSION The International Program Committee will accept two types of camera ready papers: extended paper (10 pages, 2 columns); regular paper (6 pages, 2 columns) both for regular and special sessions. The camera ready paper must adhere to the conference template. The .dot file contains the complete instructions for preparing a camera ready copy for the Proceedings. The final version of the paper must be a PDF file. Your camera ready paper (extended paper or regular paper) in PDF format must be submitted by using the submission section before the 10th of June 2008 The page limit for manuscripts is ten (10) pages (included in the author registration fee). Additional pages will require an additional fee. If your work must be cleared or approved before publication by your institution, company, or governmental agency, please be sure that process will be completed by the due date above or we will not be able to include it in the CD Conference Proceedings. Chair: Pit Pichappan Affiliation: Al Imam University, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) Contacts: pichappan@dirf.org, ppichappan@gmail.com -------------------------------------