ESORICS, the European Symposium On Research In Computer Security, is the leading research-oriented conference on the theory and practice of computer - curity in Europe. The aim of ESORICS is to further the progress of research in computer security by establishing a European forum for bringing together - searchersinthisarea,bypromotingtheexchangeofideaswithsystemdevelopers and by encouraging links with researchers in related areas. ESORICS is coordinated by an independent steering committee. In the past it took place every two years at various locations throughout Europe. Starting this year, it will take place annually. ESORICS 2003 was organized by Gjøvik University College, and took place in Gjøvik, Norway, October 13–15, 2003. The program committee received 114 submissions, originating from 26 co- tries on all continents. Half the papers originated in Europe (57). The most dominant countries were: UK (16), USA (14), Germany (6), South Korea (6), Sweden (6), Italy (5), France (4) and Poland (4). Each submission was reviewed by at least three program committee members or other experts. The program committee chair and co-chair were not allowed to submit papers. The ?nal sel- tion of papers was made at a program committee meeting followed by a week of e-mail discussions. Out of the 114 papers received, only 19 got accepted (17%). In comparison, ESORICS 2000and 2002received 75and 83papersand accepted 19% and 16%, respectively. The program re?ected the full range of security research, including access control, cryptographic protocols, privacy enhancing technologies, security m- els, authentication, and intrusion detection.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security, ESORICS 2004, held in Sophia Antipolis, France in September 2004. The 27 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 159 submissions. Among the topics addressed are access control, authorization frameworks, privacy policies, security protocols, trusted computing, anonymity, information hiding, steganography, digital signature schemes, encrypted communication, information flow control, authentication, key distribution, public key cryptography, intrusion prevention, and attack discovery.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security, ESORICS 2005, held in Milan, Italy in September 2005. The 27 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 159 submissions. Among the topics addressed are access control, security protocols, digital signature schemes, intrusion detection, voting systems, electronic voting, authorization, language-based security, network security, denial-of-service attacks, anonymous communications, and security analysis.

These proceedings contain the papers selected for presentation at the 13th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security––ESORICS 2008––held October 6–8, 2008 in Torremolinos (Malaga), Spain, and hosted by the University of Malaga, C- puter Science Department. ESORICS has become the European research event in computer security. The symposium started in 1990 and has been organized on alternate years in different European countries. From 2002 it has taken place yearly. It attracts an international audience from both the academic and industrial communities. In response to the call for papers, 168 papers were submitted to the symposium. These papers were evaluated on the basis of their significance, novelty, and technical quality. Each paper was reviewed by at least three members of the Program Comm- tee. The Program Committee meeting was held electronically, holding intensive d- cussion over a period of two weeks. Finally, 37 papers were selected for presentation at the symposium, giving an acceptance rate of 22%.

This two-volume set LNCS 4803/4804 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the five confederated international conferences on Cooperative Information Systems (CoopIS 2007), Distributed Objects and Applications (DOA 2007), Ontologies, Databases and Applications of Semantics (ODBASE 2007), Grid computing, high performance and Distributed Applications (GADA 2007), and Information Security (IS 2007) held as OTM 2007 in Vilamoura, Portugal, in November 2007.

With the constant stream of emails, social networks, and online bank accounts, technology has become a pervasive part of our everyday lives, making the security of these information systems an essential requirement for both users and service providers. Architectures and Protocols for Secure Information Technology Infrastructures investigates different protocols and architectures that can be used to design, create, and develop security infrastructures by highlighting recent advances, trends, and contributions to the building blocks for solving security issues. This book is essential for researchers, engineers, and professionals interested in exploring recent advances in ICT security.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Intrusion Detection held in September 2005. The 15 revised full papers and two practical experience reports were carefully reviewed and selected from 83 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on worm detection and containment, anomaly detection, intrusion prevention and response, intrusion detection based on system calls and network-based, as well as intrusion detection in mobile and wireless networks.