SAFER
Workshop on Sustainable Security And Awareness For Next Generation Infrastructures
Workshop Chairs
- → Daniele Canavese
- → Mohamed Ali Kandi
- → Leonardo Regano
Detail SAFER 01/04
Cybersecurity remains a critical challenge in an increasingly interconnected world shaped by IoT and AI, but security measures also have environmental, socio-economic, and governance consequences that cannot be ignored. SAFER 2026 focuses on the intersection of computer security and ESG dimensions, including the environmental impact of digital infrastructures, social equity, privacy rights, ethical governance, and sustainable security practices. The workshop aims to bring together interdisciplinary researchers and practitioners to discuss challenges and solutions that move beyond purely technological security approaches.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to 02/04
- Green IT and energy-efficient solutions for IoT
- Environmental impact of AI, ML, and security hardware
- Equitable access to AI and other systems
- Fairness in ML, AI, and other systems
- Inclusivity, diversity, and gender equality in cybersecurity
- Compliance with legislation, standards, and cybersecurity certifications
- Compliance-by-design
- Self-sovereignty
- Social impact of blockchain technologies and decentralized systems
- e-voting and e-government
- Fake news and disinformation
- Cybersecurity awareness
- Technology acceptance
- Usable security for non-experts and accessible usable security
- Data protection and privacy
- Data governance
- Data access and usage control
- Cyber risk management and cyber insurance
- Social engineering
Workshop Chairs 03/04
Workshop Chairs
Program Committee
Submission 04/04
Submission Guidelines
The submission guidelines valid for the workshop are the same as for the ARES conference.