Call for Papers IEEE/SADFE-2011 Sixth International Workshop on Systematic Approaches to Digital Forensic Engineering In conjunction with IEEE Security and Privacy Symposium, Oakland, CA, USA, May 26, 2011 ********************************************************************** Paper submissions due: February 18, 2011 http://conf.ncku.edu.tw/sadfe/sadfe11/ Papers will be published in the IEEE digital library ********************************************************************** The SADFE (Systematic Approaches to Digital Forensic Engineering) International Workshop promotes systematic approaches to cyber crime investigations, by furthering the advancement of digital forensic engineering as a disciplined science and practice. Today's digital artifacts permeate our lives and are part of every crime and every case of digital discovery. The field of digital forensics faces many challenges, including scale, scope and presentation of highly technical information in legal venues to nontechnical audiences. Digital evidence may be extant for only nanoseconds or for years; they may consist of a single modified bit, or huge volumes of data; they may be found locally or spread globally throughout a complex digital infrastructure on public or private systems. Following the success of previous SADFE workshops, cyber crime investigations and digital forensics tools will continue to be the key topics of the meeting. We also welcome a broader range of digital forensics papers that do not necessarily involve either crime or digital forensics tools. General attack analysis, the insider threat, insurance and compliance investigations, similar forms of retrospective analysis, and digital discovery are all viable topics. Past speakers and attendees of SADFE have included computer and information scientists, social scientists, digital forensic practitioners, IT professionals, law enforcement, lawyers, and judges. The synthesis of science with practice and the law with technology form the foundation of this conference. Workshop Topics SADFE addresses the gap between today's practice and the establishment of digital forensics as a science. To advance the field, SADFE-2011 solicits broad-based, innovative approaches to digital forensic engineering in the following four areas: Digital Data and Evidence Management: advanced digital evidence discovery, collection, and storage * Identification, authentication and collection of digital evidence * Post-collection handling of evidence and the preservation of data integrity and admissibility * Evidence preservation, archiving and storage * Forensic ready and compliance ready architectures and processes, including network processes * Managing geographically, politically and/or jurisdictionally dispersed data artifacts * Data and web mining systems for identification and authentication of relevant data * Botnet forensics Scientific Principle-based Digital Forensic Processes: systematic engineering processes supporting digital evidence management that is sound on scientific, technical and legal grounds * Legal and technical aspects of admissibility and evidence tests * Examination environments for digital data * Courtroom expert witness and case presentation * Case studies illustrating privacy, legal and legislative issues * Forensic tool validation: legal implications and issues * Legal and privacy implications for digital and computational forensic analysis * Handling increasing volumes of digital discovery Digital Evidence Analytics: advanced digital evidence analysis, correlation, and presentation * Advanced search, analysis, and presentation of digital evidence * Cyber crime scenario analysis and reconstruction technologies * Legal case construction & digital evidence support * Cyber-crime strategy analysis & modeling * Combining digital and non-digital evidence * Supporting qualitative or statistical evidence * Computational systems and computational forensic analysis * Digital evidence in the face of encryption Forensic-support technologies: forensic-enabled and proactive monitoring/response * Forensics of embedded or non-traditional devices (e.g. digicams, cell phones, SCADA) * Innovative forensic engineering tools and applications * Proactive forensic-enabled support for incident response * Forensic tool validation: methodologies and principles * Legal and technical collaboration * Digital forensics surveillance technology and procedures * "Honeypot" and other target systems for data collection and monitoring * Quantitative attack impact assessment Best Paper, Best Student Paper, and Best Poster Awards To honor the outstanding work in digital forensics, the SADFE will provide awards for the highest overall quality papers and posters from the accepted program, as measured by scientific contribution, depth, and impact. A student must be the first author to be eligible for the best student paper award. Instructions for Paper, Panel, and Poster Submissions The SADFE-2011 Program Committee invites three types of submissions: Full papers, Visionary/Opinion papers, and "Work-in-Progress" short papers Full papers present mature research results. Papers accepted for presentation at the Workshop will be included in the SADFE-2011 proceedings, which will be included in the IEEE Digital Library. Each full paper submission can have 8 pages plus up to 2 over-length pages and should follow the IEEE 8.5" x 11" Two-Column Format. Papers must include an abstract and a list of keywords, and clearly indicate the corresponding author. More specific requirements about the format can be found at: http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/authors/authors_journals.html. As a new call this year, we are soliciting a visionary paper or two, or a panel that looks at where the discipline currently stands (Similar to the SP main conference's Call for SoK papers). The goal is to encourage work that provide useful and insightful perspectives on major DF research areas, support or challenge long-held beliefs or DF principles with compelling evidence, or provide an extensive and realistic evaluation of competing approaches to solving specific problems. Such papers can offer a high value to our community but would otherwise not be accepted because they lack novel research contributions. The shorter "Work-in-Progress" papers should describe interesting developing work or concepts in the field of digital forensic. These papers should emphasize the nature of the problem they present, potential solution and implications/impacts to the field, in such a way that it will engender community discussion. A selection of these papers will be presented at SADFE-2011 in a Work-in-Progress session. Work-in-Progress papers should be 3-5 pages long. Work-in-Progress papers will be included as an appendix in the SADFE proceedings. Authors may participate in only one Work-in-Progress paper (in the case of multiple submissions, later submissions will be deleted). Posters Describing work in progress and/or specific tools available without charge to the research community (i.e., no vendor posters should be submitted). Submissions must consist of a one-page abstract which will be posted online on the SADFE website. Note that the SADFE will have a joint poster session with the SP main conference. In addition, authors of the accepted posters will have an opportunity to briefly introduce their work during the break of SADFE workshop. Paper Acceptance Each paper submission will be reviewed by the SADFE-2011 Program Committee members and/or some external reviewers. The selection process will be based on review technical merits. Panel and posters decisions will be made by the Program Chair with recommendations from the Program Committee and Steering Committee. Double Submissions, Uniqueness & Presentation SADFE-2011 is intended to support discussion and publication of novel results. To meet this goal, submissions must not substantially duplicate work that any of the authors has published elsewhere. Work submitted in parallel to any other conference or workshop with proceedings is explicitly excluded from participation. If the work has been submitted elsewhere in a venue, which does not include proceedings, the extent of the replication and the nature of the other venue should be clearly indicated in a cover letter submitted along with the paper. For accepted Full Papers, Posters, and Work-in-Progress papers, it is required that at least one of the authors attends the workshop to present the paper. The presenting author must be registered by the date of the camera-ready submission deadline. The deadline for Work-in-Progress and Full papers is the same. All submissions (papers & panel proposals) must be submitted electronically, following the instructions to be provided on the website. Papers must list all authors and their affiliations; in the case of multiple authors, the contact author must be indicated. Workshop Format The SADFE workshop will consist of invited talks, paper presentations, and panel discussions. Additionally, the poster authors will present at the poster session in the SP main conference. All presentations, talks and panel discussions will be made in English. Important dates Deadline for paper and panel proposal submissions: 02/18/2011 Notification of paper/panel decision: 04/15/2011 Deadline for final paper camera ready copy: 04/25/2011 Deadline for poster session abstracts: 04/15/2011 Notification of poster decision: 04/21/2011 IEEE/SADFE-2011 workshop date: 05/26, 2011 Steering Committee: Deborah Frincke, Co-Chair (Pacific Northwest National Lab) Ming-Yuh Huang, Co-Chair (Northwest Security Institute) Michael Losavio (University of Louisville) Alec Yasinsac (University of South Alabama) Robert F. Erbacher (Northwest Security Institute) Wenke Lee (George Institute of Technology) Barbara Endicott-Popovsky (University of Washington)