The 14th International Conference on Information Security Practice and Experience (ISPEC 2018) will be held in Tokyo in September 2018. The ISPEC conference is an established forum that brings together researchers and practitioners to provide a confluence of new information security technologies, including their applications and their integration with IT systems in various vertical sectors. In previous years, ISPEC has taken place in Singapore (2005), Hangzhou, China (2006), Hong Kong, China (2007), Sydney, Australia (2008), Xi'an, China (2009), Seoul, Korea (2010), Guangzhou, China (2011), Hangzhou, China (2012), Lanzhou, China (2013), Fuzhou, China (2014), Beijing, China (2015), Zhangjiajie, China (2016) and Melbourne, Australia (2017). For all sessions, the conference proceedings were published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. ISPEC2018 is supported by the Technical Committee on Information Security (ISEC), IEICE, Japan, and sponsored by Hitachi, Ltd., Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and TOSHIBA Corporation.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

-Cryptology -Applied cryptography -Mobile security -Cloud security -Access control -Privacy enhanced technology -Viruses and malware -Software security -Database security -Web security -Operating system security -Intrusion detection -Big data security and privacy -Biometric Security -Implementation -Network security -Key management -Security and privacy in ubiquitous computing -Formal methods for security -Digital forensics -Security for critical infrastructures -Embedded systems security -Lightweight security -Smart grid security -Cyber security for urban transportation -Cyber-physical security -Cryptocurrency

Submission Guidelines General Co-Chairs Submitted papers must not substantially overlap Kazumasa Omote, University of Tsukuba, Japan with papers that have been published or that are Jiageng Chen, Central China Normal University, China simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Papers must be Program Co-Chairs clearly presented in English, must not exceed 16 Chunhua Su, University of Aizu, Japan pages in length excluding the references and Hiroaki Kikuchi, Meiji University, Japan appendixes (up to 20 pages), in Springer LNCS Format with Portable Document Format (.pdf). Liaison Chair Papers will be selected based on their Naoto Yanai, Osaka University, Japan originality, timeliness, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. Submission of a paper Local Organizing Chair Keita Emura, NICT, Japan should be regarded as a commitment that, should

the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors Publication Co-chairs will register and attend the conference to present Weizhi Meng, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark the work. Takeshi Okamoto, Tsukuba University of Technology, Japan

Important Dates Publicity Co-chairs Submission Deadline: 2018.4.25, 23:59 JST Debiao He, Wuhan University, China Acceptance Notification: 2018.5.25 Atsuo Inomata, Tokyo Denki University/NAIST, Japan Camera-ready Copy Due: 2018.6.15 Conference Dates: 2018.9.25 - 9.27 Registration Chair

Masaki Fujikawa, Kogakuin University, Japan Venue Tokyo Campus, University of Tsukuba Web Chair Organizing Committee Kaitai Liang, University of Surrey, UK Honored Chair Eiji Okamoto, University of Tsukuba, Japan More Details: http://www.risk.tsukuba.ac.jp/ispec2018/