13rd LISBON World Conference on Cybersecurity, IoT, and Cloud Solutions (LCICS-26) Dec. 9-11, 2026 Lisbon (Portugal)

LCICS-26


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Call for Papers: LCICS-26



 



All Abstracts, Reviews, short articles, Full articles, Posters are welcomed related with any of the following research fields:



1. Independent Core Topics



These represent the foundational pillars of each domain before they are integrated into a single solution.



A. Cybersecurity (The Shield)





  • Cryptography: Symmetric/asymmetric encryption, hashing, and digital signatures.




  • Network Security: Firewalls, VPNs, and Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS).




  • Identity & Access Management (IAM): Multi-factor authentication (MFA) and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC).




  • Governance & Compliance: GDPR, HIPAA, and NIST frameworks.




  • Incident Response: Threat hunting, digital forensics, and disaster recovery.





B. Internet of Things (The Edge)





  • Hardware Architecture: Microcontrollers (MCUs), sensors, and actuators.




  • Connectivity Protocols: Zigbee, LoRaWAN, MQTT, and CoAP.




  • Embedded Systems: Real-time operating systems (RTOS) and firmware development.




  • Edge Computing: Local data processing to reduce latency before sending to the cloud.





C. Cloud Solutions (The Core)





  • Service Models: IaaS (Infrastructure), PaaS (Platform), and SaaS (Software).




  • Deployment Models: Public, Private, Hybrid, and Multi-Cloud.




  • Virtualization: Hypervisors, containers (Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes).




  • Serverless Computing: Function-as-a-Service (FaaS) for scaling on-demand.





2. Interrelated & Convergent Subtopics



These are the specialized areas where the three fields overlap, creating unique challenges and solutions.



I. Secure Cloud-to-Thing Integration





  • Device Shadows & Digital Twins: Managing the virtual representation of an IoT device in the cloud securely.




  • Zero-Touch Provisioning: Automatically and securely onboarding thousands of devices to a cloud platform without manual intervention.




  • Certificate-Based Authentication: Using X.509 certificates to ensure that only authorized devices can talk to the cloud.





II. Advanced Threat Landscapes





  • IoT Botnets (e.g., Mirai): How compromised IoT devices are used to launch massive DDoS attacks against cloud infrastructures.




  • Side-Channel Attacks: Stealing encryption keys from IoT hardware by monitoring power consumption or electromagnetic leaks.




  • Cloud Misconfiguration: How a simple "open" S3 bucket can leak sensitive data collected by millions of IoT sensors.





III. Data Sovereignty & Privacy





  • End-to-End Encryption (E2EE): Ensuring data is encrypted at the sensor and only decrypted at the cloud application level, remaining unreadable even to the cloud provider.




  • Homomorphic Encryption: Performing computations on IoT data within the cloud without ever decrypting it.




  • Data Minimization at the Edge: Using edge computing to strip PII (Personally Identifiable Information) before data ever reaches the cloud.





IV. Modern Security Architectures





  • Zero Trust for IoT: Moving away from "trusted networks" to a model where every device and cloud request must be continuously verified.




  • Blockchain for Decentralized Identity: Using a distributed ledger to verify IoT device identities without a central cloud authority.




  • AI-Driven Anomaly Detection: Using cloud-based Machine Learning to analyze IoT traffic patterns and detect "strange" behavior (e.g., a smart lightbulb suddenly trying to access a database).