Author presentations from the workshop: list of presentations

Abstracts of all accepted and invited papers: web or pdf

Workshop schedule: web or pdf

The VizSEC 2007 Workshop on Visualization for Computer Security will provide a forum for new research in visualization for computer security. Building on the success of the previous three VizSEC workshops, we will again be meeting in conjunction with the IEEE Vis and InfoVis Conferences. The workshop will be held in Sacramento, CA USA on October 29, 2007.

The scheduled date for the workshop is Monday, October 29, 2007. Papers are due Saturday, September 15, 2007.

Networked computers are increasingly ubiquitous, and they are subject to attack, misuse, and abuse. Every effort is being made by organizations and individuals to build and maintain trustworthy computing systems. Traditional, signature-based and statistical methods are limited in their capability to cope with the large, evolving data and the dynamic nature of Internet. In many applications, visualization proves very effective to understand large high-dimensional data. Thus, there is a growing interest in the development of visualization methods as alternative or complementary solutions to the pressing cyber security problems.

As a result of previous VizSEC workshops, we have seen both the application of existing visualization techniques to security problems and the development of novel security visualization approaches. However, while security visualization research has addressed the development of applications there has only been limited coverage of user needs and designing visualization to support those needs. To address this shortcoming, the theme of this year's workshop will be on applying user-centered design to VizSEC research, focusing on integrating users' needs, visualization design, and evaluation. This year's workshop will be an incubator for new ideas related to security visualization, a forum for garnering feedback from peers, and a place to identify and meet potential collaborators.

Paper submission is now closed.
We solicit papers that report results on visualization techniques and systems in solving all aspects of cyber security problems. Topics include, but are not limited to:

• Visualization of Internet routing for security
• Visualization of packet traces and network flows for security
• Visualization of security vulnerabilities and attack paths
• Visualization of intrusion detection alerts
• Visualization of application processes for security
• Visualization for forensic analysis
• Visualization for correlating events
• Visualization for computer network defense training
• Visualization for offensive information operations
• Visualization for feature selection
• Visualization for detecting anomalous activity
• Deployment and field testing of VizSEC systems
• Evaluation and user testing of VizSEC systems
• User and design requirements for VizSEC systems
• Lessons learned from VizSEC systems development and deployment

All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be eligible to be published in an edited book by Springer after the workshop.

All submissions must be in PDF format and should not be blinded. Papers should be no more than 16 pages, including references and high resolution, color images. Please format papers using the LaTeX or MS Word templates provided by Springer:
    Springer's author instructions

Please submit PDF papers using the EasyChair workshop site:
    http://www.easychair.org/vizSEC07/ .

Full paper due

Paper acceptances announced

Workshop

Proceedings published

Register through IEEE Visualization 2007 Conference system. There is a single-day option for people who plan to only attend VizSEC 2007. We encourage you to participate in the full conference, including Vis, InfoVis, and VAST.
Registration deadlines and other information are now available.
Registration is now open:
    Register online securely, or
    Download a PDF of the registration form to register by mail or fax.

Along with the Vis and InfoVis conferences, the VizSEC workshop will be held at the Hyatt Regency in Sacramento, California.
Make your hotel registration at the Sacramento Hyatt Regency.

Funding is available from our sponsor to provide a travel stipend to students who are presenting papers.
Please email John Goodall for information:     JohnG < at > SecureDecisions < dot > com

John Goodall, Secure Decisions division of Applied Visions, Inc.

Kwan-Liu Ma, University of California at Davis
Gregory Conti, United States Military Academy

Kulsoom Abdullah, Georgia Institute of Technology
Jim Agutter, University of Utah
Stefan Axelsson, Blekinge Institute of Technology
Anita D'Amico, Secure Decisions
Glenn Fink, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Deborah Frincke, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
John Gerth, Stanford University
Patrick Hertzog, NEXThink S.A.
Kiran Lakkaraju, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Yarden Livnat, University of Utah
Raffael Marty, Splunk
Daniel Keim, University of Konstanz
Stephen North, AT&T Research
Penny Rheingans, UMBC
Walt Tirenin, Air Force Research Laboratory
Soon Tee Teoh, San Jose State University
Kirsten Whitley, Department of Defense

Email questions about the workshop to John Goodall:
    JohnG < at > SecureDecisions < dot > com