The International Conference on Network and System Security (NSS) is an ... In response to the call for papers 127 papers were submitted to the conference. ... and energy to put together the conference and who deserve acknowledgment.
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Foreword from the Conference Chairs The International Conference on Network and System Security (NSS) is an annual conference on all theoretical and practical aspects related to information, network, and system security. The fifth International Conference on Network and System Security (NSS 2011) was held in Milan, Italy, September 6 to September 8, 2011. In response to the call for papers 127 papers were submitted to the conference. These papers were evaluated on the basis of their significance, novelty, and technical quality. Each paper was reviewed by at least three members of the Program Committee. The Program Committee meeting was held electronically, holding intensive discussion over a period of two weeks. Of the papers submitted, 28 full papers and 28 short papers were selected for presentation at the conference. Besides the technical program, composed of the papers collected in these proceedings, the conference includes two keynotes. A conference like this just does not happen; it depends on the volunteer efforts of a host of individuals. There is a long list of people who volunteered their time and energy to put together the conference and who deserve acknowledgment. Thanks to all the members of the Program Committee, and the external reviewers, for all their hard work in the paper evaluation. We are very grateful to all people who gave their assistance and ensured a smooth organization process: Yang Xiang, who served as Workshop Chair; Giovanni Livraga, who served as Publicity and Publication Chair; and Eros Pedrini, who maintained the Web pages and helped with the organization. We would like also to thank all people who organized the workshops co-located with NSS: Claudio A. Ardagna, Giampaolo Bella, Alessio Bonti, Lizzie Coles-Kemp, Ernesto Damiani, Longxiang Gao, Gabriele Lenzini, Ming Li, Peter Ryan, Yang Xiang, and Cliff C. Zou. A special thanks to the two keynote speakers, Javier Lopez and Ernesto Damiani, who accepted our invitation to deliver keynote talks at the conference. We wish also to thank: the Universit`a degli Studi di Milano, for granting us the conference location and service; the Information Technology Department of the Universit`a degli Studi di Milano for its support; the Italian Association for Information Processing (AICA) for its support and for help with the registration process; and the IEEE Systems Council for the technical co-sponsorship. Last, but certainly not least, our thanks go to all the authors who submitted papers and all the attendees. We hope you find the program stimulating. Sabrina De Capitani di Vimercati General Chair, NSS 2011
Pierangela Samarati Program Chair, NSS 2011 Sara Foresti, Jiankun Hu Program Co-Chairs, NSS 2011
