ACM BuildSys 2019 Workshop on

Enforcing IoT Security in the Built Environment (BuildIoTSec)

One-day workshop, 13-14 November 2019, New York, NY, USA

Workshop theme:

Tools and techniques for a built environment to enforce security, rather than trusting IoT devices. What can infrastructure do to restrict, monitor, diagnose, prevent, and otherwise stymie security threats within a semi-trusted system.

Workshop organizers:

• Trevor Pering, peringknife_AT_google.com
• Hassan Habibi Gharakheili, h.habibi_AT_unsw.edu.au
• ZhongYi Jin, zhongyi.jin_AT_jci.com
• Jeff Tarr, jeff_AT_sidewalklabs.com

Call for papers

Cyber security is of paramount importance in many situations in the built environment, and many potential IoT deployments are blocked because IT departments and other institutions are not willing to accept the risk. Furthermore, the large number of organizations involved in such complex deployments means that it's much more likely for devices be compromised. Rather than assuming, or trusting, a device to "do the right thing" when it comes to security, the infrastructure itself, including both software and hardware, should do everything to prevent malicious intent: it's the immune system for a building.

This workshop will focus on tools and techniques for enforcing cyber security, including, but not limited to:

• anomaly detection
• software defined networking
• software defined buildings
• testing security policy compliance
• configuration management
• functional specifications and schemas
• monitoring and alerting
• verification and enforcement of security rules
• network forensics and auditing cyber-security incidents
• experiences from testbeds, field-trials, or real deployments
• performance of large-scale security management
• security and key management
• identity and privacy management
• building life-cycle management

Work should focus on the underlying principles that infrastructure can use to enforce security of malicious actors in a built environment.

The workshop is expected to be a combination of paper presentations, panel sessions, and interactive threat-assessment exercises. The built environment provides a complex and diverse ecosystem for IoT systems that requires new perspectives on security and techniques for mitigation. This workshop is intended to provide direct interaction with other researchers and practitioners in this space, cultivating a stronger security stance through shared experiences and perspectives.

Submission Guidelines:

Submitted papers must be unpublished and must not be currently under review for any other publication. Submissions must be at most 4 single-spaced US Letter (8.5” x 11”) pages, including figures, tables, references, and appendices. All submissions must be sent as PDF. Authors do not need to anonymize their submissions. Please note that ACM uses 9-pt fonts in all conference proceedings. The ACM template can be found here.

Please submit your paper via: https://buildiotsec19.hotcrp.com/

Important Dates:

• Paper Registration: 2 August, 2019 9 August, 2019
• Paper Submission: 2 August, 2019 9 August, 2019 (No further extension will be granted)
• Notification: 20 August, 2019
• Camera Ready: 20 September, 2019

Technical Program Committee:

• Rizwan Asghar [University of Auckland]
• Thorsten Dahm [Google]
• Gabe Fierro [UC Berkeley]
• Praveen Gauravaram [TCS Australia]
• Salil Kanhere [UNSW Sydney]
• Jason Koh [UCSD]
• Eliot Lear [Cisco]
• Erik Paulson [JCI]
• Matthew Roughan [University of Adelaide]
• Arash Shaghaghi [Deakin University]
• Aaron Wood [Google]
• Wenwen Zhao [JCI]