5G-ENSURE & CHARISMA @2nd International Workshop on Security in NFV-SDN (SNS 2017)

The 2nd edition of the International Workshop on Security in NFV-SDN (SNS2017) takes place on 3 July in conjunction with the 3rd IEEE Conference on Network Softwarisation (IEEE NetSoft 2017), 3-7 July at the School of Engineering and Architecture, University of Bologna, Italy.

Network Function Virtualisation (NFV) and Software Defined Network (SDN) technologies are radically changing telecommunication networks. NFV virtualises network services to reduce the dependency on underlying hardware which aids resource management, provides faster service enablement and lowers OPEX and CAPEX. SDN separates the control functions from the underlying physical network by decoupling the control and data planes thereby offering improved programmability, ease of deployment, management, reduced costs, better scalability, availability, flexibility and fine‐grain control of traffic. But how does this widespread adoption of NVF‐SDN impact on network security, especially with an increased attack surface implied by virtualisation?

Topics of interest (not limited to)
-Security threats and vulnerabilities introduced by NFV and SDN technologies
-Management and orchestration of NFV and SDN elements for security
-Security, reliability and privacy through SDN and NFV in 5G networks
-Threat detection and mitigation through SDN and NFV
-Security policy specification and management in SDN and NFV systems
-Security related monitoring and analytics in SDN and NFV solutions
-5G security architecture, trust and confidence
-Authentication, Authorization and Accounting in SDN
-Security of applying SDN to wireless and mobile network
-Security of applying NFV and SDN to IoT
-Security of applying NFV and SDN to cloud computing
-Risk and compliance issues in SDN
-Security architectures for SDN
-Security standards for SDN
-Security of SDN data plane
-Security of SDN control plane
-Security of SDN application plane
-Security of routing in SDN
-Security as a service for SDN

Workshop Co-Chairs

-Dr. Shao Ying Zhu, University of Derby, UK
-Linas Maknavicius, Nokia Bell Labs, France
-Eleni Trouva, NCSR Demokritos, Greece
-Dr. Colin Allison, University of St Andrews, UK
-Dr. George Gardikis, Space Hellas, Greece

Technical Program Committee
-Michail-Alexandros Kourtis – NCSR Demokritos, Greece
-Gergely Biczók – Budapest Univ. of Technology and Economics, Hungary
-Roberto Bifulco – NEC Labs Europe, Germany
-Carolina Canales – Ericsson, Spain
-Walter Cerroni, University of Bologna
-Augusto Ciuffoletti – University of Pisa, Italy
-Miguel Angel Garcia – Ericsson, Spain
-Ludovic Jacquin – Hewlett Packard Labs, UK
-Harilaos Koumaras – NCSR Demokritos, Greece
-Jianxin Li-Beihang University, China
-Antonios Litke – Infili Information Intelligence Ltd, Greece
-Diego Lopez, Telefonica, Spain
-Alan Miller – University of St Andrews, UK
-Nikolaos Papadakis – Infili Information Intelligence Ltd, Greece
-Yacine Rebahi, Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems FOKUS, Germany
-Sandra Scott-Hayward – Queen’s University Belfast, UK
-Muhammad Shuaib Siddiqui – i2CAT, Spain
-George Xilouris – NCSR Demokritos, Greece
-Yacine Rebahi, Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems FOKUS, Germany

Call for Papers for SNS2017 and important dates
The Call for Papers is for topics of interest, including but not limited to:

-Security threats and vulnerabilities introduced by NFV and SDN technologies
-Management and orchestration of NFV and SDN elements for security
-Security, reliability and privacy through SDN and NFV in 5G networks
-5G security architecture, trust and confidence
-Security related monitoring and analytics in SDN and NFV solutions

Deadline for paper submission: 27 March 2017
Notification of acceptance: 18 April 2017
Early Bird Registration: 30 May 2017

Contacts
Shao Ying Zhu s.y.zhu@derby.ac.uk
Eleni Trouva trouva@iit.demokritos.gr