About SICHERHEIT

SICHERHEIT is the biannual congress on safety and security of the German Informatics Society (Gesellschaft für Informatik, GI). It covers the whole range of topics from this area, for example secure software development, biometrics, e-commerce, reliability and safety, certification, fault-tolerance, formal methods, critical infrastructure protection, cryptography, network security, privacy enhancing techniques, intrusion detection and prevention, and steganography.

SICHERHEIT usually has an attendance of around 100 participants, mainly from Universities and research laboratories in Germany. It is organised by the special interest group "Sicherheit" (meaning the combination of safety and security) within GI.

SICHERHEIT has been held in Frankfurt (2003), Regensburg (2005), Magdeburg (2006) and Saarbrucken (2008). Berlin marks the fifth issue of SICHERHEIT.

Important Dates

• March 29, 2010 – Electronic submission of papers via http://www.sicherheit2010.de
• May 19, 2010 – Notification of acceptance via email
• June 16, 2010 – Electronic submission of camera ready copy via http://www.sicherheit2010.de
• October 5-7, 2010 – ISSE/SICHERHEIT 2010 in Berlin

About Gesellschaft für Informatik

Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI) is a non-profit organization of computing professionals with around 25.000 members. Most of them develop the discipline of informatics by teaching, researching or working in the field of informatics, while others are involved in related business and political areas. The main purposes of this network of professionals are to motivate for informatics, develop the scientific discipline and promote the impact informatics has on economy, business and society.

Website of GI (in English and German):
http://www.gi-ev.de/

Website of Special Interest Group Sicherheit (in German):
http://www.gi-ev.de/gliederungen/fachbereiche/sicherheit/