Conference Background

IT security is an integral aspect in operating IT systems today. Yet, as even high-end precautionary measures cannot prevent every attack or security mishap, forensic capabilities in investigating such incidents in both technical and legal aspects are paramount. Capable incident response and forensic procedures have thus gained essential relevance in IT infrastructure operations and in law-enforcement, and there is ample need for research and standardization in this area.

Since 2003, the IMF conference has established itself as one of the premier European venues for presenting research on IT security incident response and management and IT forensics. The conference provides a platform for experts from throughout the world to present and discuss recent technical and methodical advances in the field. It shall enable collaboration and exchange of ideas between industry (both as users and solution providers), academia, law-enforcement and other government bodies.

Conference Goals

IMF's intent is to gather experts from throughout the world in order to present and discuss recent technical and methodical advances in the fields of IT security incident response and management and IT forensics. The conference provides a platform for collaboration and exchange of ideas between industry, academia, law-enforcement and other government bodies.

Conference Topics

The scope of IMF 2014 is broad and includes, but is not limited to the following areas:

IT Security Incident Management

• Incident Management and Response Procedures and Methods
• Incident Management and Response Formats and Standardization
• Tools Supporting Incident Management and Response
• Incident Analysis
• CERTs/CSIRTs
• Information Sources, Information Exchange, Communities
• Dealing with Vulnerabilities (Vulnerability Response)
• Monitoring and Early Warning
• Incident Response in Non-Standard Environments (e.g. Embedded Systems)
• Education and Training
• Organizations
• Legal and Enterprise Aspects (Jurisdiction, Applicable Laws and Regulations)

IT Forensics

• Trends and Challenges in IT Forensics
• Application of Forensic Techniques in New Areas
• Tools and Technology in Procedures for IT Forensics
• Methods for the Gathering, Handling, Processing and Analysis of Digital Evidence
• Evidence Protection in IT Environments
• IT Forensics in Non-Standard Environments (e.g. Embedded Systems)
• Source-Determination and Manipulation Detection (e.g. Multimedia Forensics)
• Standardization in IT Forensics
• Education and Training
• Organizations
• Legal and Enterprise Aspects (Jurisdiction, Applicable Laws and Regulations)

Submission Details

IMF invites to submit full papers, presenting novel and mature research results, as well as practice papers, describing best practices, case studies or lessons learned. The maximum paper length is 20 pages, including the bibliography and well-marked appendices. Proposals for workshops, discussions and presentations on practical methods and challenges are also welcome.

Please submit your paper here.

You will find the submission guidelines here.

All submissions must be written in English language (see below) and submitted either in postscript or PDF format. Submissions must be anonymized. Authors of accepted papers must ensure that their papers will be presented at the conference. Submitted full papers must not substantially overlap papers that have been published elsewhere or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings.

All submissions will be reviewed by the program committee and papers accepted for presentation at the conference will be included in the conference proceedings.

Language

IMF 2014's scope is international. Hence all submissions must be written in English language. Presentations of accepted papers must be given in English language as well.

Publication

Accepted papers will be published by Conference Publishing Services and submitted to the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Each participant of the conference will receive a printed copy.

Dates and Deadlines

December 8th, 2013: Deadline for paper registration
December 15th, 2013: Deadline for uploading final version of paper January 31st, 2014: Notification of acceptance or rejection
February 15th, 2014: Due date for final camera ready copies
May 12th through 14th, 2014: IMF 2014 Conference

General Chair

Rainer Böhme
University of Münster, Germany
chair-2014@imf-conference.org

Program Co-Chairs

Holger Morgenstern
Albstadt-Sigmaringen University, Germany

Felix Freiling
Friedrich-Alexander-University, Germany

pc-chair-2014@imf-conference.org

Sponsor Chair

sponsor-chair-2014@imf-conference.org

Organizing Committee

Rainer Böhme
Felix Freiling
Sandra Frings
Oliver Göbel
Detlef Günther
Stefan Kiltz
Holger Morgenstern
Jens Nedon
Dirk Schadt

Programm Committee (confirmed)

Rafael Accorsi, University of Freiburg
Harald Baier, CASED
Sebastien Braun, LKA Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart
Susan Brenner, University of Dayton School of Law
Levente Buttyan, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Jack Cole, ARL
Andreas Dewald, FAU
Felix Freiling, FAU
Sandra Frings, Fraunhofer IAO
Pavel Gladyshev, UCD
Oliver Göbel, Universitaet Stuttgart, RUS CERT
Bernd Grobauer, Siemens CERT
Detlef Günther, Volkswagen AG
Vijay Gurbani, Bell Labs Alcatel-Lucent
Bernhard Haemmerli, ACRIS
Stefan Kiltz, University of Magdeburg
Matthias Kirchner, WWU Münster
Kwok-Yan Lam, Tsinghua University
Robert Martin, MITRE
Holger Morgenstern, Albstadt-Sigmaringen University
Dirk Schadt, SPOT Consulting
Mark Schiller, Stratton Security Ltd.
Sebastian Schinzel, Münster University of Applied Sciences
Marko Schuba, FH Aachen - Aachen University of Applied Sciences
Andreas Schuster, Deutsche Telekom AG
Asia Slowinska, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Marco Thorbruegge, ENISA
Stephen Wolthusen, Gjovik University College

Steering Committee

Sandra Frings
Oliver Göbel
Detlef Günther
Holger Morgenstern
Jens Nedon
Dirk Schadt

Under the Auspices of

German Informatics Society (GI e.V.)
Wissenschaftszentrum Ahrstr. 45, 53175 Bonn, Germany Tel.: +49 228 302 145, Fax: +49 228 302 167

Special Interest Group SIDAR

Supported by

ERCIS - European Research Center for Information Systems
Fraunhofer-Institut für Arbeitswirtschaft und Organisation IAO
gutachten.info
IABG
SPOT Consulting
Universitaet Stuttgart, RUS-CERT
Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet Müster

In Co-Operation with

ENISA - European Network and information Security Agency

Sponsorship

We invite interested organizations to serve as sponsors for IMF 2014; please contact the organization committee at (sponsor-chair-2014@imf-conference.org).

Location

Stadthotel Münster GmbH
Aegidiistraße 21
48143 Münster
Germany