10^th International Conference on Networks and Security (NSEC 2026)

September 26 ~ 27, 2026, Toronto, Canada

Scope & Topics

10^th International Conference on Networks and Security (NSEC 2026) stands as a premier global forum for advancing the science, engineering, and practice of secure networked systems. As digital infrastructures evolve toward increasingly complex, intelligent, and interconnected environments, the need for rigorous research, innovative methodologies, and resilient security architectures has never been more critical. NSEC 2026 brings together leading researchers, practitioners, and industry experts to exchange insights, address emerging challenges, and showcase breakthroughs shaping the future of networks and cybersecurity.

The conference aims to foster collaboration across academia, industry, and government by providing a platform for presenting cutting edge developments in network security, cyber defense, cryptography, AI driven security, distributed systems protection, and next generation communication technologies. With rapid advancements in areas such as LLM powered security automation, zero trust architectures, post quantum cryptography, autonomous cyber defense agents, IoT and cyber physical system protection, and cloud native security, NSEC 2026 encourages contributions that push the boundaries of theory and practice.

Authors are solicited to contribute to the conference by submitting articles that illustrate research results, projects, surveying works and industrial experiences that describe significant advances in the following areas, but are not limited to.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following

• Access control and authorization
  
• Zero trust identity and authentication
  
• Cryptography and post quantum security
  
• Secure communication protocols and verification
  
• Trusted computing, TEEs and hardware rooted security
  
• AI/ML driven threat detection
  
• Adversarial ML and model robustness
  
• LLM security: jailbreaks, prompt injection and model extraction
  
• LLM augmented insider threats
  
• Autonomous AI agents and agent based cybersecurity
  
• AI generated malware and autonomous offensive systems
  
• AI accelerated fuzzing and vulnerability discovery
  
• 5G/6G, SDN, NFV and programmable network security
  
• Secure routing, BGP security and Internet resilience
  
• Cloud native, microservices and service mesh security
  
• Container runtime security (gVisor, Kata, microVMs)
  
• eBPF based security enforcement
  
• Distributed systems, edge, fog and serverless security
  
• Mobile, wireless, ad hoc and sensor network security
  
• Advanced persistent threats (APT) and cyber crime ecosystems
  
• DDoS, MiTM, replay and emerging attack vectors
  
• Intrusion detection, deception systems and honeynets
  
• Malware, ransomware, botnets and worm propagation
  
• Supply chain security, SBOM and dependency attacks
  
• CI/CD pipeline security and build system compromise
  
• Web security, browser security and secure web protocols
  
• API security and microservice protection
  
• Email security, phishing and social engineering
  
• Fintech, digital payment and transaction security
  
• IoT and IIoT security, device identity and firmware protection
  
• CPS, industrial control and SCADA security
  
• Autonomous vehicle, robotics and drone security
  
• Sensor spoofing and generative AI manipulation attacks
  
• Smart city, smart grid and critical infrastructure security
  
• Blockchain security, consensus attacks and smart contracts
  
• Distributed ledger security and cryptoeconomics
  
• Decentralized identity (DID) and verifiable credentials
  
• Zero knowledge proofs and privacy preserving cryptography
  
• Privacy enhancing technologies (PETs)
  
• Secure multi party computation and federated privacy
  
• Federated learning security and poisoning attacks
  
• Anonymity networks and censorship resistance
  
• Information hiding, steganography and watermarking
  
• Security monitoring, surveillance and telemetry analytics
  
• Digital forensics, incident response and cyber investigation
  
• Big data security analytics and threat intelligence
  
• Performance evaluation of security protocols and systems
  
• OS security, kernel isolation and microkernel hardening
  
• Language based security and formal verification
  
• DevSecOps, secure software development and automated code analysis
  
• Risk assessment, vulnerability analysis and threat modeling
  
• Compliance automation and regulatory security frameworks
  
• Security management, policy enforcement and governance
  
• Human centered security and behavioral biometrics
  
• AI generated persuasion attacks and cognitive hacking
  
• Deepfake detection, synthetic media forensics and misinformation security
  
• Cybercrime marketplaces, fraud ecosystems and underground economies
  
• Geopolitical cyber conflict and nation state threat intelligence
  

Paper Submission

Authors are invited to submit papers through the conference Submission System by July 18, 2026. Submissions must be original and should not have been published previously or be under consideration for publication while being evaluated for this conference.The proceedings of the conference will be published by The proceedings of the conference will be published by Computer Science Conference Proceedings in Computer Science & Information Technology (CS & IT) series (Confirmed).

Selected papers from NSEC 2026, after further revisions, will be published in the special issue of the following journals.

• International Journal of Computer Networks & Communications (IJCNC)
  
• International Journal of Network Security & Its Applications (IJNSA)
  
• Information Technology in Industry (ITII)

Important Dates

Co - Located Events

• 12^th International Conference on VLSI and Applications (VLSIA 2026)
  
• 13^th International Conference on Signal Processing (CSIP 2026)
  
• 7^th International Conference on Big Data, Machine Learning and IoT (BMLI 2026)
  
• 6^th International Conference on Advances in Computing & Information Technologies (CACIT 2026)
  
• 17^th International Conference on Internet Engineering & Web Services (InWeS 2026)
  
• 4^th International Conference on Education & Information Technology (EDUIT 2026)
  
• 3^rd International Conference on NLP, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Applications (NLAIM 2026)
  

***** The invited talk proposals can be submitted to nsec@inwes2026.org