1st International CNCCS Workshop on Security Aspects for Online Social Networks (CNCCS - SAONS)

To be held in conjunction with the Sixth International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2011)

Online social networks are one of the most used Internet services and they consume most of the time users spend connected to the Internet. These sites allow sharing knowledge, help in finding and integrating communities and provide tools to develop activities together. However, they are prone to misuse such as identity theft, malware, spam and data leaking. The Spanish National Advisory Council on Cyber-Security (CNCCS) is the main sponsor of this workshop, which aims to bring together security research and industry with innovative and practical ideas in order to secure online social networks.

Suggested topics, but not limited, are:

Data security in Online Social Networks
Data privacy in Online Social Networks
Fraud and Scam in Online Social Networks
Identity in Online Social Networks
Spam filtering in Online Social Networks
Malware in Online Social Networks
Harassing in Online Social Networks
Anonymity on Online Social Networks
Propagation Models for Online Social Networks

Sponsor

The Spanish National Advisory Council on Cyber-Security (CNCSS) is a private initiative born in May 2009, which concerns about Spanish security industry.