DBSec 2026
Annual IFIP WG 11.3 Conference on Data and Applications Security and Privacy

https://dbsec2026.gmu.edu/
Arlington, Virginia, USA

Conference Dates
7/28/26 - 7/30/26

Submission Dates

    Paper Submission: 3/27/26

Note: This is the 40th edition of DBSec, organized by IFIP Working Group 11.3.

Call for Papers (Full Text)

40th Annual IFIP WG 11.3 Conference on Data and Applications Security
and Privacy (DBSec 2026)

Arlington, Virginia, USA
July 28-30, 2026

About DBSec 2026

DBSec is an annual international conference covering research in data
and applications security and privacy. The 40th Annual IFIP WG 11.3
Conference on Data and Applications Security and Privacy (DBSec 2026)
will be held in Arlington, Virginia, USA, from July 28 to July 30,
2026.

The conference provides a forum for presenting high-quality original
research from academia, industry, and government on both theoretical
and practical aspects of information security.

Topics of Interest

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

    Access control
    Anonymity
    Applied cryptography in data security
    Authentication
    Big data security
    Data and system integrity
    Data for LLMs, GenAI, ML/DL (curation, vector databases)
    Data protection
    Data provenance
    Database security
    Digital rights management
    Distributed and decentralized security
    Identity management
    Intrusion detection
    Knowledge discovery and privacy
    Methodologies for data and application security
    Network security
    Organizational and social aspects of security
    Ownership, privacy, and licensing of data for AI training
    Privacy
    Secure cloud computing
    Secure distributed systems
    Secure information integration
    Security and privacy in crowdsourcing
    Security and privacy in IT outsourcing
    Security and privacy in location-based services
    Security and privacy in P2P and social networks
    Security and privacy in pervasive/ubiquitous computing
    Security and privacy policies
    Security management and audit
    Security metrics
    Threats, vulnerabilities, and risk management
    Trust and reputation systems
    Trust management
    Web security
    Wireless and mobile security

Publication

The conference proceedings will be published by Springer in the
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series.

Important Dates

Deadlines:

    Submission: 3/27/26
    Notification: 5/19/26
    Camera-ready: 5/26/26

Conference dates:

    7/28/26 - 7/30/26

About IFIP

The International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) is a
global non-profit umbrella organization of societies of ICT
professionals that aims to achieve worldwide professional and socially
responsible development and application of information and
communication technologies.

This goal is accomplished by enhancing international cooperation
amongst individuals, national and international organizations in all
aspects of research, development, and application of ICT, by
disseminating and exchanging information, by educating and enhancing
public understanding, by increasing professionalism in the ICT
workforce, and by promoting global digital equity. IFIP is in a unique
position to do so through its membership structure and its lines of
activities.

Conference Host

George Mason University

Partners

International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP)