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= SAW 2015 =
= The 2nd International Workshop on Software Assurance =
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to be held in conjunction with the 10th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security
(ARES 2015 – http://www.ares-conference.eu)

August 24-28, 2015
Université Paul Sabatier
Toulouse, France

Software security is drawing more attention from the software engineering community, in part due to the many highly publicized attacks exploiting software vulnerabilities. Software increasingly affects our daily lives: our social networks, our automobiles, our smart home systems, our smart phones, and our financial well-being.

Although many attempts have been made to improve software security over the years, the focus of these efforts has traditionally been limited to just a few tools and techniques such as static analysis, penetration testing, and secure coding.

We believe that the scope of software security is much wider than those heavily studied research areas and would like to invite researchers to explore other facets of software security, which have not been as thoroughly studied.

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= Topics of interest =
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Topics of interest comprise but are not limited to:
* Software safety and its relationship to security
* Secure software design/architecture
* Security frameworks and their adoption
* Security patterns
* Agile methodologies and software security
* Security analysis tools and methods
* Software security metrics Model-Driven Architecture (MDA) and software Security
* Secure software development process
* Software security risk Management
* IT auditing and its relationship to secure software Engineering
* Business continuity planning and its relationship to secure software Engineering
* Malware detection/intrusion detection
* Obfuscation and software security

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= Important Dates =
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Submission Deadline May 1, 2015
Author Notification May 18, 2015
Proceedings Version June 8, 2015
Conference August 24-28, 2015

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= Workshop Chairs =
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Rick Kazman, University of Hawaii/Software Engineering Institute (SEI), USA
Jungwoo Ryoo, Information Sciences and Technology, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Simon Tjoa, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Austria


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= Program Committee =
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Robert Ellison, Software Engineering Institute (SEI)/Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), USA
Rick Kazman, University of Hawaii/SEI, USA
Dae-kyoo Kim, Oakland University, USA.
Suntae Kim, Kangwon National University, Republic of Korea
Phillip Laplante, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Jungwoo Ryoo, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Sebastian Schrittwieser, Secure Business Austria (SBA) Research, Austria
Eunjee Song, Baylor University, USA
Paul Tavolato, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Austria
A Min Tjoa, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Simon Tjoa, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Austria
Edgar Weippl, Secure Business Austria (SBA) Research, Austria
Carol Woody, SEI/CERT, USA

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= Submission =
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The proceedings of ARES (including workshops) have been published by Conference Publishing Services (CPS). The submission guidelines valid for the SAW workshop are the same as for the ARES conference.