Call for papers The 17th Nordic Conference in Secure IT Systems, organized at Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden from October 31 to November 2 2012, welcomes contributions in the form of papers, short papers and posters. Submission deadline: 4 June 2012 Notification of acceptance: 6 July 2012 Camera-ready deadline:12 August 2012 NordSec 2012: 31 October - 2 November 2012 Since 1996, the NordSec conferences have brought together computer security researchers and practitioners from around the world, particular from the Nordic countries and Northern Europe. The conference focuses on applied IT security and is intended to encourage interaction between academic and industrial research. Contributions should reflect original research, developments, studies and practical experience within all areas of IT security. NordSec 2012 welcomes contributions over a broad range of topics in IT security, including, but not limited to, the following areas: Applied Cryptography Information Warfare & Cyber Security Communication & Network Security Wireless and Mobile Security Computer Crime and Forensics Hardware Security Virtual Platform Security Web and Cloud Security Identity Management Authentication and Biometrics Firewalls and Intrusion Detection New Ideas and Paradigms in Security Operating System Security PKI Systems and Key Escrow Privacy & Anonymity Security Education and Training Security Evaluations and Assurance Security Management and Audit Social-Engineering and Phishing Software and Application Security Trust and Reputation Management The proceedings are published in the Springer LNCS series, and are accessible online through SpringerLink. The conference also includes sessions for presenting shorter papers. Short papers appear in locally printed proceedings, and their presentation is limited to 10 minutes each, 5 minutes time allotted for questions and discussion in order to stimulate feedback to students and other authors. For more details see: http://www.bth.se/com/nordsec2012.nsf/pages/nordsec2012