European Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Conference

Security in Open Cloud Infrastructures - SOCI 2022

Modern information systems are built from a complex composition of networks, infrastructure, devices, services, and applications, all interconnected by flows of data that are often private and financially sensitive. 5G networks, which can create hyperlocalized services, have highlighted many of the deficiencies of current practices in use today to create and operate information systems. Emerging cloud computing techniques, such as Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and elastic computing, offer a path for a future re-imagining of how we create, deploy, secure, operate, and retire information systems. Furthermore, blockchain technology can profitably be integrated with cloud systems to guarantee secure access control to data, to support resource allocation, and to realize secure and fair payment services.

A comprehensive new approach is needed for all OSI layers from layer 2 up to applications, built on underlying principles that include reproducibility, continuous integration/continuous delivery, auditability, and versioning. There are obvious needs to redesign and optimize the protocols from network layer to application layer. Our vision seeks to augment existing Cloud Computing and Networking solutions with support for multiple cloud infrastructures and seamless integration of cloud-based microservices.

The list of possible topics includes, but is not limited to:

• Zero Trust Architecture
• Federation of connected resources
• Secure Networking
• Interplay between blockchain and cloud
• Open and connected infrastructure of shared resources (sensing, storage, computing, 3D printing, etc.) managed by blockchains and federations
• Blockchain-based solutions for Cloud and Edge/Fog IoI systems
• Self sovereign identity(SSI): Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs)
• Approaches to the new EU Digital Wallet
• New platforms, business models, and information ecosystems necessary for 5G and beyond networks
• Decentralized finance (DeFi) in Open Cloud Infrastructures
• Real applications of Non-Fungible Tokens for and in the cloud
• Fungible tokens in a business perspective
• Cloud cryptography

Submission Guidelines

Please follow submission guidelines for EICC 2022.

Submit papers using EICC 2022 submission system. Select the “SOCI special session” track when submitting your paper.

Important Dates

Publication

Papers will be published by ACM in the EICC 2022 proceedings.

Contact

soci@sislab.no