[agents] IJCCBS: Special Issue on "Methods and Tools for Assurance of Critical Infrastructure Protection"

[Stefano Marrone]

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.:[ CALL FOR PAPERS  ]:.

Int. J. of Critical Computer-Based Systems. Special Issue on: "Methods 
and Tools for Assurance of Critical Infrastructure Protection"

URL: http://www.inderscience.com/info/ingeneral/cfp.php?id=3464
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# Guest Editors:
Dr. Stefano Marrone, Second University of Naples, Italy
Dr. Ricardo J. Rodríguez, University of Zaragoza, Spain

Modern society relies on large, heterogeneous, and complex software 
intensive systems to support all kinds of daily activities. Services 
such as urban transportation, logistics, healthcare, data communication, 
railway, aerospace, and power distribution, among others, are becoming 
heavily dependent on the availability of such infrastructures. Any 
discontinuity of service may lead to serious problems, from severe 
financial losses to fatalities or injuries. Discontinuity causes may 
have different natures, from human error or unexpected acts of nature to 
intentional attacks like sabotage or terrorism. Safety and security 
(S&S) assessments in critical infrastructures measure how these 
disruptions are handled and quantify the impact suffered by the critical 
infrastructure under abnormal operation. These assessments are normally 
performed using analytical or simulation based techniques often 
addressing one single specific aspect at a time rather than studying 
these infrastructures in a holistic manner.

This special issue aims at bringing together contributions by scientists 
and practitioners to shed light on the advancements on assurance methods 
and techniques for critical infrastructure protection. We invite 
investigators to contribute original research articles as well as review 
articles that assemble visions, ideas, experiences, and research 
advancement in this area.

The issue will carry revised and substantially extended versions of 
selected papers presented at the 1st International Workshop on Safety & 
Security aSSurance for Critical Infrastructures Protection (S4CIP 2016) 
, but we also strongly encourage researchers unable to participate in 
the conference to submit articles for this call.

# Subject Coverage

Suitable topics include, but are not limited, to the following:

* Methods and methodologies: threat, vulnerability and risk assessment; 
model based penetration testing; security metrics definition and 
evaluation; RAMSS analysis; crisis and emergency management; unifying 
modelling methodologies for cyber and physical security; resilience 
engineering.
* Modelling: stochastic modelling; formal methods; domain specific 
languages and model driven engineering; multi level hierarchical 
modelling; multi paradigm modelling.
* Analysis: quantitative and qualitative evaluation; interconnections 
among non-functional aspects (e.g. reliability vs. Safety, Security vs. 
Performance); multisolution processes; resilience analysis
* Domains: cyber physical systems; critical infrastructure protection; 
SCADA and control systems security; homeland security; transportations, 
manufacturing, energy, health and banking applications; computer 
networks and cloud infrastructures.

# Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be 
currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. 
Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper was not originally 
copyrighted and if it has been completely re-written).

All papers are refereed through a **double blind** process. No author 
names or affiliations may appear on the title page, and papers should 
avoid revealing their identity in the text. When referring to your 
previous work, do so in the third person, as though it were written by 
someone else. Only blind the reference itself in the (unusual) case that 
a third-person reference is infeasible. Contact the Guest Editors if you 
have any questions. Papers that are not properly anonymized may be 
rejected without review.

All papers must be submitted online.

#  Important Dates

Submission of manuscripts: 20 December, 2016
Notification to authors: 20 February, 2017
Revised paper: 10 April, 2017
Final Decision: 30 April, 2017
Final versions due: 31 May, 2017