The 1st International Software Assurance Workshop

to be held in conjunction with the 9th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security
(ARES 2014 – http://www.ares-conference.eu)

8th – 12th September 2014
University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Fribourg, Switzerland

Software security is drawing more attention from the software engineering community, in part due to the many highly publicized attacks exploiting software vulnerabilities. Software increasingly affects our daily lives: our social networks, our automobiles, our smart home systems, our smart phones, and our financial well-being.

Although many attempts have been made to improve software security over the years, the focus of these efforts has traditionally been limited to just a few tools and techniques such as static analysis, penetration testing, and secure coding.

We believe that the scope of software security is much wider than those heavily studied research areas and would like to invite researchers to explore other facets of software security, which have not been as thoroughly studied.

Topics of interest comprise but are not limited to:
Software safety and its relationship to security
Secure software design/architecture
Security frameworks and their adoption
Security analysis tools and methods
Software security metrics
Model-Driven Architecture (MDA) and software security
Secure software development process
Software security risk management
IT auditing and its relationship to secure software engineering
Business continuity planning and its relationship to secure software engineering
Malware detection/intrusion detection
Obfuscation and software security
Important Dates
Submission Deadline April 28th, 2014
Author Notification May 26th, 2014
Author Registration June 10th, 2014
Proceedings Version June 20th, 2014
Conference September 8th – 12th, 2014
Workshop Chairs

Rick Kazman
University of Hawaii/Software Engineering Institute (SEI), USA

Jungwoo Ryoo
Information Sciences and Technology, Pennsylvania State University

Simon Tjoa
St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Austria

Program Committee

Rick Kazman, University of Hawaii/Software Engineering Institute (SEI), USA
Dae-Kyoo Kim, Oakland University, USA
Suntae Kim, Kangwon National University, Korea
Phillip Laplante, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Jungwoo Ryoo, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Sebastian Schrittwieser, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Austria
Paul Tavolato, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Austria
A Min Tjoa, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Simon Tjoa, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Austria
Edgar Weippl, SBA Research, Austria
Eunjee Song, Baylor University, USA
Moussa Ouedraogo, Public Research Centre Henri Tudor, Luxembourg
Robert Ellison, Software Engineering Institute (SEI)/Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), USA
Carol Woody, SEI/CERT, USA

Submission

The submission guidelines valid for the SAW workshop are the same as for the ARES conference. They can be found >>here<<.