Nordic Conference on Secure IT Systems

Event Dates

Nov 12, 2025 - Nov 13, 2025

Location

Tartu, Estonia

Submission Deadline

Aug 27, 2025

** Manuscripts submission deadline extended to 27th August 2025 (AoE) **

NordSec is an annual research conference series that has been running since 1996. The NordSec conferences address a broad range of topics on IT security. The events bring together security researchers from the Nordic countries, Northern Europe, and beyond. In addition to being a venue for academic publishing, NordSec is an important meeting place for university faculty, students, and industry researchers and experts from the region.

The NordSec 2025 places a special emphasis on Security Certification and Standardisation, delving into certification practices and their role in mitigating vulnerabilities within certified products. This year’s conference edition also underscores the evolving landscape of cryptographic protocols and the increasing influence of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) on security and privacy research, recognising the unique challenges that socio-technical system development poses. Key focus areas include complex societal infrastructures, healthcare, smart cities and communities, national security, and various industry sectors such as automotive, energy, and banking.

NordSec addresses a broad range of topics within cybersecurity to bring together computer security researchers and practitioners, encouraging interaction between academia and industry. Proceedings will be published in Springer LNCS, Lecture Notes in Computer Science.

Possible topics include, but are not limited to

Applied cryptography

Artificial intelligence and machine learning for cybersecurity and privacy

Blockchains

Cloud security

Confidential computing

Cryptanalysis

Cryptographic protocols

Cybercrime, warfare, and forensics

Economic, legal, and social aspects of security and privacy

Formal analysis

Hardware and smart card security

Identity and access management

Information flow security

Intrusion detection and mitigation

Language-based security

Mobile, embedded, and Internet of Things security and privacy

Operating system security

Privacy-enhancing technologies

Security and privacy engineering

Security and privacy for artificial intelligence and machine learning

Security certification and standardisation

Security education and training

Security management and audit

Security and privacy metrics

Security and privacy protocols

Social engineering and phishing

Software security and malware

Threat modelling and threat intelligence

Trust and identity management

Usable security and privacy

Vulnerability testing

Web application security

Contributions should reflect original research, developments, studies, or experience. Submitted papers should be at most 16 pages (excluding references and appendices), with an overall limit of 20 pages, in Springer LNCS format (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines). Submitted papers must not substantially overlap with papers published or simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings.

Submission guidelines:

https://nordsec2025.cs.ut.ee/Main/Submission-guidelines

Submit your paper:

https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=nordsec2025