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Sweden is a Nordic country that consistently ranks highly in global digitalization and innovation surveys. The country has an advanced cyber infrastructure, with strong security protocols, and grapples with increasingly advanced cyber threats annually. Government and private businesses alike continually seek out ways to better secure digital assets and data centers, creating a welcoming environment for cybersecurity entrepreneurs and digital development.

In terms of cyber events and conferences, Sweden is a popular destination. Every year, events like the ‘Global Cyber Security Week in Stockholm’ attract global security professionals and experienced researchers. The conference is one of the largest annual cybersecurity events in Europe, with hundreds of speakers and vendors in attendance. Other events include the ‘äventyret Hack Conference’ in Gothenburg as well as the ‘IT Security Summit in Stockholm’.

In terms of cyber security, Sweden has adopted a strategy based on wide-angle threat prevention and risk management processes. The government has been publishing an annual report on the state of IT security since 2016 titled ‘Sweden National Cyber Security Report’. This report is regularly updated with information from the Swedish Cyber and Information Security Agency (SCISA) providing an overview of the country's cyber landscape.

The Swedish government emphasizes developing a ‘culture of security’ among the population where citizens are highly aware of best practices and regularly update their security protocols. In addition, SCISA maintains contacts with global organizations that provide support in the areas of information security and risk management. Furthermore, the government also provided the Coronavirus Hackathon with a budget of 3 million Swedish krona to aid remote access IT security services during the pandemic.

Overall, Sweden invests heavily in protecting digital assets and data centers across the country. This has made Sweden an attractive destination for those seeking out the latest advances in cybersecurity solutions. Government initiatives, such as the annual Cyber Security Report, ensure that businesses of all sizes are able to access the most up-to-date findings on innovation within the IT security sector. With numerous conferences and events in the country, Sweden is a hub for cybersecurity expertise.

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24th August 2026 | International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES) 2026

ARES 2026 - CALL FOR PAPERS

The 21th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2026) August 24 - August 27, 2026 Linköping, Sweden

https://www.ares-conference.eu/

The 21st International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES) will bring together researchers and practitioners in the areas of security, dependability, and privacy.

ARES aims at a full and detailed discussion of the research issues of dependability as an integrative concept that covers amongst others availability, safety, integrity, maintainability, covering important aspects of security in different fields and applications.

ARES emphasizes the interplay between foundations and practical issues of dependability in important areas such as e-government, mobile applications, ubiquitous computing, autonomous computing, edge computing, confidential computing.

ARES is devoted to the critical examination and research challenges of the various aspects of Dependable and Secure Computing and the definition of a future road map.

The acceptance rate of the ARES 2025 conference was 19,5% (full and SoK papers only).

ARES is ranked as B-conference in CORE.

IMPORTANT DATES

Abstract Registration: March 2, 2026 AoE (Anywhere on Earth) [Firm deadline] Submission Deadline: March 9, 2026 AoE (Anywhere on Earth) [Firm deadline] Author Notification: May 13, 2026 Camera Ready Upload to submission publisher system: June 13, 2026 (AoE) Conference: August 24 – August 27, 2026

Authors are invited to submit original papers not simultaneously submitted elsewhere within the following, but not limited to the following areas:

Authorization, Authentication, and Access Control Automated Vulnerability Repair Availability, Confidentiality, Integrity Botnets and Botnet Monitoring Cloud Security Compliance, Certification and Legal aspects related to Security and Privacy Digital Forensics Human Factors in Security and Privacy Identity Management Incident Response Intrusion Detection and Fraud Detection Machine Learning for Security and Privacy Security and Privacy for Machine Learning Offensive AI Mobile Security Network Security Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs) Process based Security Models and Methods Risk analysis Side Channel Attacks Software Security Static and Dynamic Code Analysis for Security and Privacy Security and Privacy for IoT and Cyber-Physical Systems Resilience in Critical Infrastructures Security and Privacy Awareness Security by Design Threats and Attack Modelling Trusted Computing Trust Models and Trust Management Usable Security and Privacy Web Application Security and Privacy

SUBMISSION

ARES 2026 will be published by Springer in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). The ARES submission system (EasyChair) is available here: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ares2026

Authors are invited to submit research and application papers according to the following guidelines:

For the main conference as well as the workshops, submission papers are classified into 4 categories representing original, previously unpublished work:

  • full paper (max. 22 pages, including references)
  • short paper (max. 11 pages, including references)
  • SoK paper (max. 22 pages, including references)
  • workshop paper (max. 18 pages, including references)

Formatting Instructions / template: Please read the instructions here: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines Double blind review: ARES requires anonymized submissions – please make sure that submitted papers contain no author names or obvious self-references.

Submission of a paper implies that should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register and present the paper at the conference.

Publishing preprints to arXiv or other, open repositories is allowed prior to the notification of ARES and does not violate the requirement for novelty. However, authors should use a different title than the submission and they should avoid specifying that the work is under submission to ARES. Reviewers will be asked to not search for and ignore preprints that can deanonymize blinded submission.

Authors must follow AI guidelines stated in Springer’s AI Principles: https://group.springernature.com/gp/group/ai/ai-principles

Important Note: To avoid accepting papers for ARES 2026 which are not presenting original work, your paper will be checked for plagiarism. Self-plagiarism also counts as plagiarism!

CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS

General Chair 2026 Mikael Asplund, Linköping University, Sweden

Program Committee Chairs 2026 Simin Nadjm-Tehrani, Linköping University, Sweden Andreas Ekelhart, University of Vienna, Austria

Workshop Chair 2025 Zeeshan Afzal

EU Symposium Workshop Chair, 2026 Florian Skopik, AIT, Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria

Proceedings Chairs 2026 Buse Atli, Linköping University, Sweden

Program Committee

The program committee of ARES 2025 can be found here: https://www.ares-conference.eu/conference/committee/

Physical • Paid • Part of Linköping University, Sweden

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