Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following:

    Network security and privacy (for all types of networks such as wired, wireless, mobile, hybrid, sensor, vehicular, satellite, 5G, 6G, ad hoc, peer-to-peer, and software-defined networks)
    Attacks on telecommunications and networking (e.g., malware, botnets, DoS, MitM, relay attacks, side channel attacks, phishing/pharming, DNS poisoning/hijacking, address spoofing, cybersquatting)
    Security protocols at all network layers and for different applications (e.g., for secure routing, naming/addressing, network management, remote authentication and attestation)
    Physical layer security (e.g., jamming, GPS spoofing)
    Systems security with a strong secure communication and networking element (e.g., security in cloud, edge and fog computing, IoT, RFID, cyber-physical sysytems, teleconferencing)
    Network intrusion detection and prevention, firewalls, packet filters
    Web and mobile security & privacy
    Anonymous communications and other forms of privacy-enhancing or privacy-aware communications (e.g., Tor, darknet)
    Distributed ledger technologies (blockchain and cryptocurrencies)
    Internet censorship and countermeasures
    Resilience of computer networks and critical infrastructures
    Visualisation of secure communications and networking
    Cyber (both offensive and defensive) deception related to secure communications and networking (e.g., honeypots / honeytokens, cyber fraud)
    False information online including mis-, dis- and mal-information
    Moving target defence
    Information hiding (steganography, steganalysis, and digital watermarking)
    Privacy-preserving computing in secure communication and networking
    Cryptographic systems for secure communications and networking (e.g., key management, multi-party computing, broadcast encryption, sectre sharing schemes)
    Quantum key distribution and other quantum-based secure communications
    Network, internet and cloud forensics
    Cyber threat intelligence and cyber incident responses
    Cybercrime investigation and attribution
    Data leakage/loss prevention/protection (DLP)
    Secure communication and networking applications (e.g., industry 4.0, energy, smart cities, transportation, water, logistics, waste)
    Security and privacy of contact tracing and other COVID-19 related digital interventions with a core element on telecommunications or networking
    Socio-technical aspects of secure communications and networking (e.g., usability, human behaviours, legal issues, cybercrime, economics)