Software security is gaining increasing more attention from the computer security community.

Although many attempts have been made to improve software security over the years, traditional software security research has relied on the tools and techniques focusing on testing (e.g. static analysis). We believe that the scope of software security and assurance is much wider than these limited research areas.

Our conference provides a chance for academic and industry professionals to discuss recent progress in the area of software security and assurance and to explore various facets of software security and assurance which have not been thoroughly studied yet. The conference will feature:

Technical papers
Invited talks and panel sessions and
Lightning talks and demos

TOPICS OF INTEREST ARE (BUT NOT LIMITED TO):

Secure software design/architecture
Secure software practices
Security requirements engineering
Security analysis tools and methods
Security evaluation criteria and methodology
Security education and training
Vulnerability, threat, and risk analysis
Malware detection/intrusion detection
Obfuscation and software security
Usability of secure/security software
Security awareness for software developers