In Cooperation with The Norwegian Computing Center will take place in Oslo / Norway, 18 – 19 November 2010

Special theme: (e)surveillance and monitoring

"The omnipresence of surveillance and monitoring systems might be at daggers drawn with public and democratic liberties."

The world of the 21st century is, more than ever, global and impersonal. Criminal and terrorist threats, both physical and on the internet, increase by the day. The demand for better methods of identification is growing, not only in companies and organisations but also in the world at large.

Identity management is put under pressure, due to the growing number of frauds who want to hide their true identity. Identity management challenges the information security research community to focus on interdisciplinary and holistic approaches while retaining the benefits of previous research efforts.

As part of this tendency, surveillance and monitoring are more prominently present in society, both in the public and private domain. The original intention being to contribute to security and safety, surveillance and monitoring might, in some cases, have unintended or even contradictory effects. Besides, the omnipresence of surveillance and monitoring systems might be at daggers drawn with public and democratic liberties.