Aims & Scope
The ERCIM Working Group on Security and Trust Management aims at the following goals.
Research.
| · | foundations and applications of security and trust in ICT are investigated. Interactions between trust management and common security issues (e.g., confidentiality, integrity and availability) are studied; |
| · | new areas connected with security management are being identifying and promoting, e.g., the management of dynamic and mobile coalitions such as P2Ps, MANETs, Web/GRID services; |
| · | new areas connected with trust management, e.g., reputation, recommendation and collaboration, are being investigated too; |
| · | a platform for presenting and discussing new trends is being proposed. |
Education and dissemination of knowledge.
| · | a promotion of the growth of young researchers interested in the field of security; |
| · | supports for the organization of meetings related to research issues in security and trust management; |
| · | a forum for exchanging expertise, also with industry; |
| · | the increase of a public awareness towards issues related to information security. |
Topics of interest.
| · | rigorous semantics and computational models for security and trust; |
| · | security and trust management architectures, mechanisms and policies; |
| · | networked systems security; |
| · | privacy and anonymity; |
| · | identity management; |
| · | ICT for securing digital as well as physical assets; |
| · | cryptography. |