SECRYPT 2026 - 23rd International Conference on Security and Cryptography
Conference Meeting

    Dates: July 16-18, 2026
    Location: Vila Galé Porto Hotel, Porto, Portugal

Submission Deadlines

Round 1 - Regular Papers:

    Paper Submission: March 3, 2026
    Authors Notification: April 30, 2026
    Camera Ready: May 15, 2026

Round 2 - Position/Regular Papers:

    Paper Submission: April 16, 2026
    Authors Notification: May 22, 2026
    Camera Ready: June 5, 2026

Details

    Website: https://secrypt.scitevents.org/

Conference Description

SECRYPT is an annual international conference covering research in information and communication security. It is relevant to academia, industry, and government as a venue for sharing novel research on all theoretical and practical aspects of data protection, privacy, security, and applied cryptography. The contributions span all these areas, focusing on the application of security technology, the implementation of systems, and lessons learned.
Important Dates

Round 1 - Regular Papers:

    Paper Submission Deadline: March 3, 2026
    Authors Notification: April 30, 2026
    Camera Ready and Registration: May 15, 2026

Round 2 - Position/Regular Papers:

    Paper Submission Deadline: April 16, 2026
    Authors Notification: May 22, 2026
    Camera Ready and Registration: June 5, 2026

Conference Areas

    Applied Cryptography and Network Security
    Distributed Systems and Architectures
    Data Security and Privacy
    Security and AI/Machine Learning
    Security and Privacy in Emerging Scenarios
    Risks, Policies and Software Security
    Trust Management and Usability

Submission Types

    Regular Papers: Representing completed and validated research
    Position Papers: Short report of work in progress or an arguable opinion about an issue
    Abstracts: Can be submitted but are presented only (not published in proceedings)

Leadership

Conference Chair:

    Pierangela Samarati, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy

Program Chair:

    Sabrina De Capitani Di Vimercati, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy

Co-located Conferences

Registration to SECRYPT allows free access to the following co-located conferences (as a non-speaker):

    ICSOFT 2026 (International Conference on Software Technologies)
    DATA 2026 (International Conference on Data Science, Technology and Applications)
    SIMULTECH 2026 (International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications)
    DeLTA 2026 (International Conference on Deep Learning Theory and Applications)
    SENSORNETS 2026 (International Conference on Sensor Networks)
    QUANTICS 2026 (International Conference on Quantum Information Systems and Communication)

Publication

    All papers presented at the conference will be available at the SCITEPRESS Digital Library
    Selected revised and extended versions of presented papers will be published with Springer in a CCIS (Communications in Computer and Information Science) Series book
    Proceedings will be submitted for indexing by:
        SCOPUS
        Google Scholar
        DBLP
        Semantic Scholar
        Engineering Index (EI Compendex)
        Web of Science/Conference Proceedings Citation Index

In Cooperation With

    Association of Cyber Forensics and Threat Investigators (ACFTI)

Organized By

    INSTICC - Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication

Contact

    Email: secrypt.secretariat@insticc.org
    Address: Avenida de S. Francisco Xavier, Lote 7 Cv. C, 2900-616 Setúbal, Portugal
    Tel: +351 265 520 185
    Fax: +351 265 520 186