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                            CALL FOR PAPERS

                               IMF 2013

                      7th International Conference
           on IT Security Incident Management & IT Forensics

                        March 12th - 14th, 2013
                          Nuremberg,  Germany
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Conference Background
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Today IT security is an integral aspect in operating IT-Systems.  Yet,
despite high-end precautionary measures taken, not every attack or
security mishap can be prevented and hence incidents will go on
happening.  In such cases forensic capabilities in investigating
incidents in both technical and legal aspects are paramount.  Thus,
capable incident response and forensic procedures have gained essential
relevance in IT infrastructure operations and there is ample need for
research and standardization in this area.

In law enforcement IT forensics is an important branch and its
significance constantly increases since IT has become an essential part
in almost every aspect of daily life. IT systems produce traces and
evidence in many ways that play a more and more relevant role in
resolving cases.


Conference Goals
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The IMF conference provides a platform for experts from throughout the
world to present and discuss recent technical and methodical advances in
the fields of IT security incident response and management and IT
forensics.  It shall enable collaboration and exchange of ideas between
industry (both as users and solution providers), academia,
law-enforcement and other government bodies.


Conference Topics
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The scope of IMF 2013 is broad and includes, but is not limited to the
following areas:
 
IT Security Incident Response
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  * Incident Response Procedures and Methods
  * Incident Response Formats and Standardization 
  * Tools Supporting Incident 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
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  * 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
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IMF invites to submit full papers of up to 20 pages, presenting novel
and mature research results as well as practice papers, describing best
practices, case studies or lessons learned of up to 20 pages. Proposals
for workshops, discussions and presentations on practical methods and
challenges are also welcome.

All submissions must be written in English (see below), and 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 to be presented at the conference will be included in the
conference proceedings.

Submission Guidelines
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http://www.imf-conference.org/imf2013/

Language
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IMF 2013's scope is international hence all submissions must be written
in English. Presentations of accepted papers also must be done in
English.


Publication
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Accepted papers will be published by the IEEE Computer Society's
Conference Publishing Services. Each participant of the conference will
receive a printed copy.


Dates and Deadlines
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October 15th, 2012: Deadline for submissions
December 3th, 2012: Notification of acceptance or rejection 
December 10th, 2012: Due date for final camera ready copies 
March 12th through 14th, 2013: IMF 2013 Conference


Fees and Registration Information
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Information on fees and registration will be available at
http://www.imf-conference.org/imf2013/


Conference Chair
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Felix Freiling
Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg
chair-2013@imf-conference.org


Program Chair
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Holger Morgenstern
IT Expert Witness, gutachten.info
pc-chair-2013@imf-conference.org


Sponsor Chair
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sponsor-chair-2013@imf-conference.org 


Organizing Committee
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Jack Cole
Ralf Ehlert
Felix Freiling
Sandra Frings
Oliver Goebel
Detlef Guenther
Stefan Kiltz
Holger Morgenstern
Jens Nedon
Dirk Schadt


Programm Committee
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Will soon be available at 
http://www.imf-conference.org/imf2013/


Steering Committee
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Sandra Frings
Oliver Goebel
Detlef Guenther
Holger Morgenstern
Jens Nedon
Dirk Schadt


Under the Auspices of
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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
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Fraunhofer Institut fuer Arbeitswirtschaft und Organisation IAO
gutachten.info
IABG
SPOT Consulting
Universitaet Stuttgart, RUS-CERT


In Co-Operation with
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ENISA - European Network and information Security Agency


Sponsored by
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Fraunhofer Institut fuer Arbeitswirtschaft und Organisation IAO


Sponsorship
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We invite interested organizations to serve as sponsors for IMF 2013;
please contact the organization committee at
sponsor-chair-2011@imf-conference.org


Location
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Hilton Hotel
Valznerweiherstraße 200
90480 Nuremberg
Germany

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Best wishes
-- 
Oliver Goebel                        mailto:goebel@cert.uni-stuttgart.de
Stabsstelle DV-Sicherheit (RUS-CERT) Tel:+49 711 685 1 CERT
Universitaet Stuttgart               Tel:+49 711 685 8-3678 / Fax:-3688
Breitscheidstr. 2, 70174 Stuttgart   http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/