Conferences In Information Security
| Conference Name | Security and Privacy in Medical and Home-Care Systems |
|---|---|
| Venue | Hyatt Regency Chicago |
| URL | http://www.infosecon.net/SPIMACS/cfp.php |
| Submission Deadline | 12-Jun-10 |
| Conference Date | 13-Nov-10 |
| Sponsership/Publisher | ACM |
| Aim/Scope/Research Area |
The defined domain of the home includes a wide range of devices from powerful broadband-connected desktop
machines to embedded sensors for specialized applications. There are unique dimensions to security when computing
occurs in the home: the importance of location privacy when location is equivalent to identification; unique usability
targets including children and elders; a complete lack of IT staff and possible support; requirements for strong
authentication in the home with the potential requirement for strong anonymity outside the home; and mobility
requirements that ranging from constantly at rest to always in motion. Examples of unique security challenges include
defense against traffic analysis with medium latency requirements for physical security or some cases of medical
monitoring, or sensor networks that need to be managed (and be made trustworthy) by naïve users.
These challenges are compounded when the technology in the home is for the purpose of monitoring for medical
purposes. Vulnerable populations can be made more independent by the adoption of ubicomp, AI, social technologies,
and digital, networked living assistance. But ill-considered systems can create new risks. Medical monitoring and
home monitoring of vulnerable populations create unique security and privacy risks in design and application.
SPIMACS (pronounced spy-max) seeks to bring together the computer and social scientists that will be require to
address the challenges of securing the intimate digital spaces of the most vulnerable. Therefore the scope of this
workshop includes but is not uniquely limited to:
• usable security • usable privacy technologies • home-based wireless network security • security in specialized application for the home, e.g. medical or physical security monitoring • authentication in the home environment • security and anonymization of home-centric data on the network • usable security for unique populations, e.g. elders, children, or the ill • privacy and security evaluation mechanisms for home environments • security in home-based sensor networks • privacy-aware medical devices • privacy-enhanced medical search • analyses of in-home and medical systems • attacks on medical devices • threat analyses or attacks on medical or home data |