*** PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: APRIL 17, 2016 *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Workshop on Network Security Analytics and Automation (NSAA) 2016 In conjunction with the 25th International Conference on Computer Communication and Networks (ICCCN) 2016 Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA, August 1-4, 2016 http://icccn.org/icccn16/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OBJECTIVE AND SCOPES This workshop provides a forum for researchers to explore promising new approaches to enable enterprises to quickly determine courses of action in response to ever changing computer network threats. Emphasis will be focused on building a sustained ecosystem for network security and using big data analytics techniques to determine appropriate responses to prevent massive attack events by neutralizing threats before they have a chance to gather momentum. To this end effective and safe automation and integration of security tools are critical. Topics of interest include, but not limited to: . Cyber threat information sharing standards, ontologies, and infrastructure . Assessing the reputation of cyber threat intelligence sources . Course of action planning based on shared information . Enrichment of shared threat information . Application of big data analytics to identify threats . Visualization of logs and attack information . Integration of network security responses . Orchestration of responses to threats . Curriculum development related to network security analytics and automation . Automation of responses . Safety controls for automation . Network resiliency SUBMISSION Each paper will be reviewed by three members of the program committee. Papers must present novel material and not under review elsewhere at the time of submission. Two types of papers are accepted: . Full papers (6 pages IEEE format) will appear in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library and be presented at the workshop. Up to two more pages can be accommodated if the authors are willing to pay over-length charges at the time of publication. . Position papers (2 pages) will be published on workshop web site. Program Committee reserves the right to not review papers that either exceed the length specification or have been submitted or published elsewhere. An accepted paper must be presented at the conference venue by the registered author. Important Dates: Paper submission via https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icccn2016 by midnight U.S. Pacific Time on April 17, 2016. On the submission page, please select the track for "Workshop on Network Security Analytics and Automation". Notification of acceptance: May 1, 2016. TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Ehab Al-Shaer, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA Zahid Anwar, University of North Carolinat at Charlotte, USA Gerry Dozier, North Carolina A&T State University, USA Bill Chu, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA (Co-Chair) Huirong Fu, Oakland University, USA Donghui Hu, Hefei University of Technology, China Hongxin Hu, Clemson University, USA Di Ma, Univeristy of Michigan-Dearborn, USA Ashiq Rahman, Tennessee Institute of Technology, USA Jason Watson, University of Northern Alabama, USA Jing Xie, FireEye, USA Anna Yu, North Carolina A&T State University, USA (Co-Chair) Xianqing Yu, IBM, USA Justin Zhan, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA Jun Zhu, PayPal, USA CONTACT INFO Bill Chu, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA (billchu@uncc.edu)