Conference Description
Key Takeaways
- WISTP 2027 addresses security challenges in constrained systems: embedded devices, smart cards, IoT, networks and cyber-physical infrastructure.
- The 2027 edition introduces a special focus on the cybersecurity of large language models and agentic AI.
- Hybrid format allows both in-person and remote presentation of accepted papers.
- Proceedings published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series, continuing a tradition since 2007.
- Aimed at researchers and practitioners working on applied security, cryptography and privacy-enhancing technologies.
About the Conference
WISTP 2027 is the 15th International Conference on Information Security Theory and Practice, taking place 19 to 21 March 2027 in Gabès, Tunisia. The conference is co-organised by the IReSCoMath Lab at the University of Gabès and the CEDRIC Lab at Cnam in Paris. A hybrid format enables authors of accepted papers to present either on-site or remotely.
The conference operates a single-track programme with double-blind peer review. It accepts full papers (16 pages in LNCS format), short papers (8 pages), systematisation of knowledge papers and industry or experience reports. The paper submission deadline is 2 January 2027, with author notification on 9 February 2027 and camera-ready versions due 19 February 2027.
Technical Focus Areas
WISTP has historically concentrated on security for systems operating under real-world constraints, including embedded devices, smart cards, IoT deployments, network infrastructure and cyber-physical systems. The 2027 programme expands this scope to address emerging concerns around large language models and autonomous AI agents.
The technical programme covers security and privacy of LLMs and AI agents, network security across ICN/NDN, vehicular and 5G/6G environments, IoT and embedded systems protection, trusted execution environments, hardware security, applied and post-quantum cryptography, privacy-enhancing technologies and federated learning security.
Conference Leadership
General Chairs for WISTP 2027 are Samia Bouzefrane from the CEDRIC Lab at Cnam and Haifa Touati from the IReSCoMath Lab at the University of Gabès. The Programme Chairs are Issam Jabri from the IReSCoMath Lab and Sabrine Khriji from Chemnitz University of Technology in Germany.
Who Should Attend
WISTP 2027 is designed for academic researchers, security engineers and industry practitioners working on constrained and embedded systems security. The programme will be relevant to those developing or evaluating security solutions for IoT deployments, next-generation mobile networks, hardware trust architectures and cryptographic implementations. The new emphasis on AI security makes this edition particularly relevant for researchers investigating vulnerabilities and defences in machine learning systems.