The 7th International Workshop on Security in Information Systems (WOSIS 2009)

6-7 May, 2009 - Milan, Italy

In conjunction with the 11th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS 2009)

Co-chairs
Alfonso Rodríguez
University of Bio-Bio
Chile
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Mariemma Yagüe
University of Málaga
Spain
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Eduardo Fernández-Medina
University of Castilla-La Mancha
Spain
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Background and Goals
Information Systems Security is one of the most pressing challenges facing all kind of organizations today. Although many companies have discovered how critical information is to the success of their business or operations, very few have managed to be effective in keeping their information safe, in avoiding unauthorized access, preventing intrusions, stopping secret information disclosure, etc.
Nowadays, rapid technological advances are stimulating a greater use of information systems in organizations world-wide, which handle large quantities of data, managed by huge databases and datawarehouses. In addition, information systems quite frequently manage information that can be considered sensitive, since it is related to certain intimate or personal aspects of persons (beliefs, medical data, sexual tendencies, etc.) and which must be specially protected.
Many organizations, including not only companies but also governments of several countries, are now realizing how security problems can affect both business success and citizen rights, and they are proposing security policies, security planning, personal data protection laws, etc.
All of these, including technological, legislative, ethical and political factors, justifies the importance of secure information systems, and encourage us to research in new techniques, models and methodologies, which could aid designers developing and implanting safe information systems which both protect information and keep within the law.

Topics of Interest
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Secure Software Development Methodologies
• Security Requirements (threats, vulnerabilities, risk, etc.)
• Security Information Systems Architecture and Design and Security Patterns
• Security and secure testing
• Security Implementation
• Security Verification and Validation
• Security Deployment
• Security for Grid Computing and Web Services
• Security for Databases and Data Warehouses
• Security Engineering
• Model Driven Security, MDA and automated development
• Security Metrics and Measurement
• Personal Data Protection for Information Systems
• Workflow and Business Process Security
• Security for Agile Software Development
• Case studies and experiences of secure software
• Security for Mobile Computing
• Security for Electronic Commerce and Electronic Business
• Biometric Security
• Network Security
• Digital Rights Management (DRM). Mobile DRM
• Access Control and Rights Expression Languages
• Security & Trust Models
• Semantic Web Technologies applied to Security
• Authentication and Authorization
• Intellectual Property Protection
• Anonymity and Privacy
• Cryptology: Cryptography and Cryptanalysis
• Information hiding: Steganography & Steganalysis

Important Dates
Regular Paper Submission: deadline expired
Authors Notification: deadline expired
Final Paper Submission and Registration: deadline expired

Workshop Program Committee
Ernesto Damiani, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Sabrina De Capitani di Vimercati, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Jaime Delgado, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
Csilla Farkas, University of South Carolina, USA
Eduardo B. Fernández, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Simon N. Foley, University College Cork, Ireland
Steven Furnell, University of Plymouth, UK
Christian Geuer-Pollmann, European Microsoft Innovation Center, Germany
Paolo Giorgini, University of Trento, Italy
Carlos Gutierrez, Correos Telecom, Spain
Michael Hafner, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Renato Iannella, National ICT (NICTA), Australia
Jan Jürjens, The Open University (GB), UK
Stamatis Karnouskos, SAP AG, Germany
Martin Olivier, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Brajendra Panda, University of Arkansas, USA
Günther Pernul, University of Regensburg, Germany
Mario Piattini, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Joachim Posegga, University of Passau, Germany
Torsten Priebe, Capgemini Consulting Osterreich AG, Austria
Indrajit Ray, Colorado State University, USA
Indrakshi Ray, Colorado State University, USA
Damien Sauveron, University of Limoges, France
Ambrosio Toval, University of Murcia, Spain
Rodolfo Villarroel, Universidad Católica del Maule, Chile

Paper Submission
Prospective authors are invited to submit papers for oral presentation in any of the topics listed above. Only full papers in English will be accepted, and the length of the paper should not exceed 10 pages.
Instructions for preparing the manuscript (in Word and Latex formats) are available at the conference Paper Templates web page. Please also check the web page with the Submission Guidelines.
Papers should be submitted electronically via the web-based submission system at: http://www.insticc.org/Primoris

Publications
All accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings book, under an ISBN reference, and in CD-ROM support. Additionally, the best papers will have the chance to publish extended and revised versions in a special issue of a Journal of Universal Computer Science (J.UCS) in the ISI Journal Citation Reports. The Journal of Universal Computer Science - is a high-quality electronic publication that deals with all aspects of computer science. J.UCS has been appearing monthly since 1995 and is thus one of the oldest electronic journals with uninterrupted publication since its foundation. J.UCS is published by Graz University of Technology, Austria, with the support of Know-Center, Austria and the University of Applied Sciences, Austria

Registration Information
At least one author of an accepted paper must register for the workshop. If the registration fees are not received by March 17, 2009 the paper will not be published in the workshop proceedings book.

Secretariat Contacts
ICEIS Workshops - WOSIS 2009
e-mail: workshops@iceis.org