Workshop on Secure Cryptographic Implementation (SCI) In conjunction with ACNS 2023

In recent years, we have witnessed severe security incidences caused by buggy protocols or implementations of cryptographic algorithms: POODLE, DROWN, OpenSSL Heartbleed, Windows certificate validation vulnerabilities, PDF shadow attacks, Google Titan Token Bluetooth bugs, etc. It is critical for practitioners and researchers to ensure the security of cryptographic software and hardware, which are essential for a wide range of systems, services, and applications.

The aim of the SCI workshop is to provide an international forum of scientific research and development to explore the security issues in the implementation and deployment of cryptographic solutions. We are interested in these main aspects: (1) vulnerabilities and defenses in the implementation of cryptographic algorithms; (2) vulnerabilities and defenses in the implementation of cryptographic protocols; (3) defective cryptographic algorithms and protocols deployed in the wild; (3) weak cryptographic keys and random numbers in the cryptographic implementation; (4) runtime cryptographic key attacks and protections; (5) certificates and key management; (6) misuse or abuse of cryptographic services; and (7) other topics on secure cryptographic implementations.

We try to promote secure cryptographic solutions in the Internet, by exploring and discussing the (in)security issues. We solicit submissions of original research papers on a wide range of topics, including but not limited to:

Secure implementations of crypto algorithms & protocols
Fuzzing and vulnerabilities of crypto algorithms & protocols
Measurement of cryptographic solutions in the wild, defective or updated
Designs of random bit generators
Weak cryptographic keys and defective random bit generators
Side channel attacks and defenses
Cryptographic key protections and memory attacks
PKI certificate services and key management
HTTPS/TLS vulnerabilities and attacks
Measurement and bugs of certificate-based solutions
Audit and monitoring of cryptographic services
Physical attacks and defenses of cryptographic implementation
Verification and evaluation of cryptographic implementation
High-performance cryptographic engines
Cryptographic hardware
Cryptography for Blockchain
Cryptography for IoT/CPS
Cryptography for the Cloud
Cryptography for Mobile systems
Cryptography for VANET

We are especially interested in papers with novel ideas, position papers, pilot studies, and initial findings. ACNS will also award a best papers from the 2023 ACNS workshops (ADSC, AIBlock, AIHWS, AIoTS, CIMSS, Cloud S&P, SCI, SecMT, SiMLA and S&P-FL), with 500 EUR prize sponsored by Springer. Meanwhile, the workshop will include an interesting keynote talk, which will be announced on the workshop web site as arrangements are finalized.

Prospective authors are invited to submit manuscripts describing original work. The manuscript has to be written in English and in PDF format. All submissions must follow the original LNCS format (see http://www.springeronline.com/lncs) with a page limit of 20 pages including all references and appendices.

The proceedings of the SCI workshop will be published by Springer in the LNCS series.

Sebastian Berndt University of Lübeck, Germany
Florian Caullery HENSOLDT Cyber GmbH, Germany
Bo Chen Michigan Technological University, USA
Jiankuo Dong Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
Haixin Duan Tsinghua University, China
Niall Emmart NVIDIA Corporation, USA
Johann Großschädl University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Shanqing Guo Shandong University, China
Rongxing Lu University of New Brunswick, Canada
Bingyu Li Beihang University, China
Fengjun Li University of Kansas, USA
Ximeng Liu Fuzhou University, China
Chunli Lv China Agricultural University, China
Di Ma ZDNS, China
Yuan Ma Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Kui Ren Zhejiang University, China
Ruisheng Shi Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
Ding Wang Nankai University, China
Juan Wang Wuhan University, China
Danfeng (Daphne) Yao Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
Fangyu Zheng Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Cong Zuo Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

In Conjunction with
ACNS 2023

Important Dates:

In Conjunction with ACNS 2023

Important Dates:

In Conjunction with
ACNS 2023