ENS

9th International Workshop on Emerging Network Security

Workshop Chairs

→ Krzysztof Cabaj
→ Wojciech Mazurczyk
→ Pascal Bisson
→ Edgardo Montes de Oca
→ Ilsun You

Detail 01/04

ENS 2026 to be held in the conjunction with the 19th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security

ENS 2026 focuses on security challenges in current and emerging network environments such as 5G-and-Beyond, 6G, and massive IoT, where increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks target the complex digital ecosystems underlying critical infrastructures, essential services, and modern digital life. The workshop presents recent scientific and industry developments in threat detection, vulnerability assessment, and incident response, with a strong security-by-design perspective spanning hardware, firmware, software, cloud, and network layers. A central theme of this edition is the dual role of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, both as powerful enablers for predictive analytics and anomaly detection and as sources of new automated threats, while also addressing explainability, trustworthy ML, privacy, ethics, and regulatory concerns in building a secure digital society.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to 02/04

AI-Powered Threat Detection & Analysis
AI-Generated Malware: Detection and prevention of attack logic synthesized by LLMs and GenAI
Encrypted Traffic Analysis: Identifying malicious patterns in encrypted and hidden communications
Explainable AI (XAI): Transparent and trustworthy frameworks for network intrusion detection (NIDS)
Predictive Analytics: Using deep learning and reinforcement learning for anomaly detection and system health checks
Resilient Systems & Hardware-Level Security
Security Engineering: Integrating security into the lifecycle of software, firmware, and hardware
Trusted Hardware: Utilizing RISC-V technology and Open FPGA frameworks for resilient design
Firmware Vulnerability Assessment: Holistic auditing using static, dynamic, and hybrid analysis
Secure Virtual Environments: Hardware emulation, intelligent fuzzing, and the use of cyber-ranges for risk assessment
Network Infrastructure & Edge Security
5G/6G & Beyond Security: Secure architectures for next-generation ubiquitous communication
SDN/NFV & Network Slicing Security: Orchestration and management of virtualized network elements
Edge & IoT Security: Protecting decentralized infrastructures and embedded devices
Information Centric & Named Data Networking: Security protocols for emerging data-driven architectures
Security Operations & Cross-Sector Protection
Automated Incident Response: AI-based qualifiers and assistants for faster incident management
Security for Critical Sectors: Tailored protection strategies for energy, NGOs, and national research networks
Dynamic Security Assessment: Continuous monitoring and vulnerability discovery in live environments
Privacy & Regulatory Compliance: Ethical guidelines, data protection, and policy recommendations for intelligent systems