Future ICT technologies, such as 5G networks, Cyber-physical Systems, and Internet of Things provide a vision of the Information Society in which: a) people and physical systems are surrounded with intelligent interactive interfaces and objects, and b) environments are capable of recognising and reacting to the presence of different individuals or events in a seamless, unobtrusive, and invisible manner. The success of future ICT technologies will depend on how secure these systems are and to what extent they protect the privacy of individuals.
In 2007, Workshop in Information Security Theory and Practice (WISTP) was created as a forum for bringing together researchers and practitioners in related areas and to encourage interchange and cooperation between the research community and the industrial/consumer community. Based on the growing interest of the participants, 2015 edition is becoming a conference – The 9th WISTP International Conference on Information Security Theory and Practice (WISTP’2015). WISTP 2015 is hosted by the Institute of Computer Science of the Foundation for Research and technology-Hellas (FORTH-ICS), Greece, and it is sponsored by 5G-PPP VirtuWind project, Huawei and Intel.