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<p>CALL FOR PAPERS<br>
IEEE TNSM SPECIAL ISSUE ON LATEST DEVELOPMENTS FOR SECURITY
MANAGEMENT OF NETWORKS AND SERVICES<br>
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Submission Deadline: <b>October 15, 2020</b><br>
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Dear Colleagues:<br>
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We cordially invite you to share your latest research results by
submitting your manuscript to the IEEE Transactions on Network and
Service Management Special Issue on "Latest Developments for
Security Management of Networks and Services".<br>
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CALL FOR PAPERS<br>
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As the backbone of communications amongst objects, humans,
companies, and administrations, the Internet has become a great
integration platform capable of efficiently interconnecting
billions of entities, from RFID chips to data centers. This
platform provides access to multiple hardware and virtualized
resources (servers, networking, storage, applications, connected
objects) coming from cloud computing and internet-of-things
infrastructures. From these resources that may be hosted and
distributed amongst different providers and tenants, the building
and operation of complex and value-added networked systems is
enabled.<br>
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These networked systems are, however, subject to a large variety
of security attacks, such as distributed denial-of-service,
man-in-the-middle, web-injection and malicious software attacks,
orchestrated in a more or less stealthy manner through the
Internet. While they are gaining in sophistication and
coordination (i.e. advanced persistent threats), these attacks may
affect the fundamental security goals of confidentiality,
integrity, availability and non-repudiation of resources. The
accessibility, distribution, and increased complexity of networked
systems make them particularly vulnerable targets. In that
context, cybersecurity techniques offer new perspectives for
protecting these networked systems, through the elaboration of
intelligent and efficient management methods for detecting,
analyzing and mitigating such attacks.<br>
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IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (IEEE TNSM) is
a premier journal for timely publication of archival research on
the management of networks, systems, services and applications.
Following the success of the last recent TNSM special issue on
cybersecurity techniques for managing networked systems in 2020,
this special issue will also focus on latest developments for
security management of networks and services. We welcome
submissions addressing the important challenges (see the
non-exhaustive list of topics below) and presenting novel research
or experimentation results. Survey papers that offer a perspective
on related work and identify key challenges for future research
will be considered as well. We look forward to your submissions!<br>
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ABOUT THE SPECIAL ISSUE<br>
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Topics of interest for this special issue, include, but are not
limited to the following:<br>
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• Network and service management for security<br>
• Security of network and service management<br>
• Security management architecture, protocols and APIs<br>
• Secure and resilient design and deployment of networked systems<br>
• Monitoring and detection of threats and attacks<br>
• Artificial intelligence, machine learning for cyber-security<br>
• Analytics and big data for security management<br>
• Modeling for security management<br>
• Configuration and orchestration of security mechanisms<br>
• Algorithms for security management<br>
• Security automation, policy-based management<br>
• NFV-based security functions and services<br>
• Security of programmable components<br>
• Chaining and orchestration of security functions<br>
• Distributed security management<br>
• Intrusion detection, tolerance, and prevention<br>
• Resilience against large-scale distributed attacks<br>
• Trust and identity management<br>
• Verification and enforcement of security properties<br>
• Vulnerability prevention and remediation<br>
• Performance of security management<br>
• Security of cloud applications and services<br>
• Security of data-center infrastructures<br>
• Security of 5G networks and services<br>
• Security of smart environments<br>
• Security of Internet of Things<br>
• Security of SCADA, industrial and health networks<br>
• Security of SDN- and NFV-based systems<br>
• Network forensics, auditing and responses to incidents<br>
• Privacy-preserving solutions for cybersecurity<br>
• Detailed experience reports from experimental testbeds<br>
• Blockchains for security management<br>
• Security-related business, regulation and legal aspects<br>
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SUBMISSION FORMAT<br>
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Papers will be evaluated based on their originality, presentation,
relevance and contribution to the field of management of
software-defined virtualized systems, as well as their overall
quality and suitability for the special issue. The submitted
papers must be written in good English and describe original
research which has not been published nor currently under review
by other journals or conferences. Previously published conference
papers should be clearly identified by the authors at the initial
submission stage and an explanation should be provided of how such
papers have been extended in order to be considered for this
special issue.<br>
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Author guidelines for preparation of the manuscript can be found
at:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.comsoc.org/tnsm/author-guidelines"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.comsoc.org/tnsm/author-guidelines</a><br>
For more information, please contact Remi Badonnel (<a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:remi.badonnel@loria.fr" moz-do-not-send="true">remi.badonnel@loria.fr</a>).<br>
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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES<br>
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All manuscripts and any supplementary material should be submitted
through the IEEE ManuscriptCentral service located at: <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tnsm"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tnsm</a><br>
Authors must indicate in the submission cover letter that their
manuscript is intended for the “Latest Developments for Security
Management of Networks and Services” special issue.<br>
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IMPORTANT DATES<br>
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Paper submission date: <b>October 15, 2020</b><br>
Notification of acceptance: February 15, 2021<br>
Publication date*: June 1st, 2021<br>
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GUEST EDITORS<br>
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Rémi Badonnel, Telecom Nancy – LORIA / INRIA, France<br>
Carol Fung, Virginia Commonwealth University, United States<br>
Sandra Scott-Hayward, Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom<br>
Qi Li, Tsinghua University, China<br>
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(* online published version will be available in IEEE Xplore after
the camera ready version has been submitted with final DOI)<br>
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