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SBSeg 2025: XXV Brazilian Symposium on Cybersecurity
Foz do Iguaçu – PR, September 1-4, 2025

https://sbseg.sbc.org.br/2025  

New AWARDS unveiled! Find out how to participate.

The Brazilian Cybersecurity Symposium (SBSeg), formerly known as the Brazilian Symposium on Information Security and Computer Systems, is a scientific event held annually by the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC) under the responsibility of the SBC’s Special Cybersecurity Committee (CESeg). It represents the country’s main forum for disseminating research results, debates, exchanging ideas, and relevant information and computer systems security activities, integrating the Brazilian community of researchers and professionals working in this area. SBSeg is classified as A4 in the CAPES Qualis system. The event’s proceedings will be published with open access in the SBC Digital Library (SOL).

In 2025, the 25th edition of the symposium will be organized by the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR) and the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) from September 1st to 4th, 2025. SBSeg 2025 is an in-person event and will be a unique opportunity for participants to attend technical sessions, mini-courses, and workshops, and enjoy lectures given by renowned national speakers.

The main topics covered in this edition will be:

• Cryptography applications
  • Cryptography and cryptanalysis: algorithms, protocols, and applications
  • Cryptocurrencies and distributed consensus mechanisms  
• Security analysis
  • Malicious code analysis
  • Audit and risk analysis in computer systems
  • Computational forensics and criminalistics
  • Tradeoffs between security and efficiency, usability, cost, and/or ethics
• Surveillance and censorship research
  • Malicious manipulation of information and fake news
  • Surveillance and censorship in computer systems
• Social issues and security
  • Cybersecurity education
  • Social engineering
  • Cybersecurity ethics
  • Cybersecurity governance
  • Intellectual property protection and DRM
  • People-centered security
• Security and privacy in machine learning
  • Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence in security
  • Privacy of systems based on Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence
• Hardware security
  • Secure hardware: RFIDs, smart cards, sensors, tamper-proof and tamper-evident modules
• Network security
  • Intrusion: detection, prevention, and response
  • Security in cloud computing environments
  • Security in the Internet of Things and embedded systems
  • Security in computer networks
  • Security in mobile networks and vehicular networks  
• Systems security
  • Trusted execution environments
  • Access control, authentication, biometrics, trust, identity management
  • Standardization and security policies
  • Application security (e-banking, smart grids, social networks, etc.)
  • Operating systems security
  • Database security
  • Security in the Metaverse (or immersive environments)
  • Electronic voting
• Software security
  • Malicious software (malware)
  • Secure software: development, testing, certification, and vulnerability analysis
• Data-oriented security and measurement studies
  • Data and systems management for cybersecurity
  • Data protection, anonymization, and privacy

The topics are not limited to those listed.

• Paper Registration: Monday, April 14, 2025
• Notification: Monday, July 7, 2025
• Camera-Ready: Monday, July 21, 2025

Two main tracks:

• Cryptography
• Security of Computer Systems and Communication Networks

Each track has two types of submissions:

• Full papers can have UP TO 16 PAGES (14 PAGES FOR THE ARTICLE BODY AND UP TO 2 ADDITIONAL PAGES FOR REFERENCES AND APPENDICES), which should present research work developed to the point of bringing original and relevant results, duly validated and discussed.
• Short papers can have UP TO 7 PAGES (6 PAGES FOR THE ARTICLE BODY AND UP TO 1 ADDITIONAL PAGE FOR REFERENCES AND APPENDICES) which should describe ongoing research work, practical experiments, or a combination of these contributions.

SBSeg References

CESeg has extensively cataloged the 24 years of SBSeg publication proceedings in the SBC SOL. These quality articles can serve as a reference source for SBSeg 2025 authors. To cite these articles, consult: sol.sbc.org.br/index.php/sbseg/issue/archive  or www.ceseg.org/anais-trilha-principal  .

Double-blind review

• All papers will be evaluated by a body of reviewers following a double-blind review process (without identification of authorship, 1 of those responsible for the reviews, and their institutions). This means that the SUBMISSION MUST BE ANONYMOUS.

Papers in Portuguese or English:

• Formatting according to the template available on the SBC portal for article publication (Templates for Articles and Book Chapters => Templates for Article Publication), with submission exclusively in PDF format, through the SBC JEMS3 system.

Use of GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

• Check the new SBC CODE OF CONDUCT, especially regarding using Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Artifact Submission

• SBSeg will have an Artifact Technical Committee (ATC) to evaluate the artifacts of accepted papers. Such artifacts include software, data, supplementary documentation, raw results, proofs of concept, models, detailed evaluations, benchmarks, etc.
• Details at https://doc-artefatos.github.io/sbseg2025/ .

SBSeg 2025 Best Papers 

Traditional SBSeg best paper award.

Systems Track (full and short papers): best paper and honorable mention(s)

Cryptography Track (full and short papers): best paper and honorable mention(s)

Coopera SBSeg Award

The best papers in which new authors and new institutions discuss, employ, or evolve research from previous editions will compete for the award. The proposal is intended for papers that, clearly and coherently, deepen analyses, validate results in new contexts, or propose improvements and new approaches to challenges in the cybersecurity area, based on at least one paper from previous editions, but made in collaboration with other researchers (hence the award’s name). It is important to highlight that the first author of the submitted paper must be different from that of the original paper that serves as a basis. Furthermore, there must be also at least one new co-author from a new institution who did not participate in the original work. This practice strengthens the academic community, and promotes collaboration between researchers and the formation of research networks around relevant themes, encouraging innovation and training highly qualified human resources. Thus, we contribute to advancing the state of the art of national cybersecurity. Check all previous SBSeg publications in the SBC OpenLIB.

Internationalization Award 

The best papers of SBSeg 2025, preferably in English by Brazilian author(s) and with collaboration from at least one foreign institution at the time of submission, will compete for the award. The first author must be affiliated and working in an institution within the country. This award aims to promote international collaboration, expand the participation and visibility of works developed by Brazilian authors in the global scenario, and facilitate foreign access to our national event.

Social Impact Award 

The best papers presented at SBSeg 2025 that address cybersecurity issues with significant impact on improving society’s cybersecurity will compete for the award. Papers must identify vulnerabilities or threats recognized by cybersecurity bodies (e.g., CVE/MITRE, CERT, CERT.br, etc.) or present innovative solutions for cybersecurity problems already identified or potential in systems used in practice by many people, companies, or other entities. Research that demonstrates applicability in real scenarios, contributing to protecting critical systems and reducing cyberspace risks, will be especially valued.

The award aims to bring academic research closer to initiatives of cybersecurity bodies, companies, and entities operating nationally and internationally, promoting collaboration between academia, industry, and government. Its objective is to recognize and encourage studies that mitigate cybersecurity problems in environments widely used by Brazilian and global society, fostering the development of practical, scalable, and high-impact solutions for protecting systems and data.

Selected Artifacts Award

The best papers of SBSeg 2025 that obtain the four artifact seals (Availability, Functionality, Reproducibility, and Sustainability) will compete for the award. We believe that artifact seals are fundamental to qualify research results (e.g., software, tool, dataset) and enable “real” reproducibility of the work. We recommend authors consult the best artifact papers from previous SBSeg editions. Authors must pay special attention to the repository (e.g., GitHub) containing the artifact(s). This award is inspired by awards from high-reputation international events such as the “Gilles Muller Best Artifact Awards” of EuroSys.

Click HERE and check the awards, including the criteria used, of SBSeg 2024 (Artifacts Section).

Click HERE and check the Highlight Artifacts of the Tools Fair (SF) and Workshop of Scientific Initiation and Graduation Works (WTICG) of SBSeg 2024.

Click HERE and check the Highlight Artifacts of the Workshop of Scientific Initiation and Graduation Works (WTICG) of SBSeg 2023.

It is worth noting that special emphasis will be given to works that create, curate, or adapt datasets within the set of artifacts. This recognition aims to identify strong contributions that drive cybersecurity research through the production of high-quality data. Works that demonstrate innovation, relevance, and impact in improving the analysis, detection, and mitigation of threats in cyberspace, promoting significant advances in the area by providing accessible and valuable datasets for the scientific community, will be awarded.

Selection Process

Each SBSeg 2025 paper can only receive 1 single award in the Best Papers, Coopera SBSeg Award, Internationalization Award, and Social Impact Award categories, despite being able to compete for all of them. It is important to highlight that there will be distinct awards for the Cryptography and Systems Tracks only in the Best Papers category.

For the selection of awarded papers, a specific committee will be created. This committee will receive the 20 best papers (or around 25%) from all accepted papers based on the SBSeg TPC members’ scores in JEMS3 (pre-selection). These papers will be re-ranked through a larger set of criteria, similar to those used in the selection of the best full papers of SBSeg 2024, and grouped as follows:

• Group 1: camera-ready version of the paper
  • Incorporation of reviewers’ suggestions;
  • Quality and depth of comparison with the state of the art; Reproducibility;
• Group 2: maturity, completeness, and innovation of the paper
  • Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs);
  • Potential for innovation and practical application in industry;
  • System model and threat model;
  • In-depth security analysis;

• Group 3: public presentation of the paper
  • Overall quality of the presentation;
  • Demonstration of mastery of the theme;
  • Quality of answers to questions.

From the new ranking, the award winners will be selected from the following categories, in the following order of priority: (i) Best Papers; (ii) Coopera SBSeg Award; (iii) Internationalization Award; (iv) Social Impact Award. After the Best Papers are awarded, they will be removed from the dispute in the other categories and so on.

The Selected Artifacts Award is transversal and can be accumulated by award winners in other categories. The artifact evaluation process will be based on the evaluation process carried out by renowned conferences such as SIGCOMM, USENIX, CoNEXT, and EuroSys, as well as the experiences of the Artifact Technical Committees of WTICG/SBSeg 2023, WTICG+SF/SBSeg 2024, WGRS/SBRC 2024, and SF/SBRC 2025. The winner(s) of the Selected Artifacts Award will be defined by the Artifact Technical Committee (ATC). To receive the Selected Artifacts Award, the paper’s artifact must obtain the 4 quality seals. See examples of works with 4 quality seals from the SBSeg 2024 ATC (Tools Fair and WTICG) and SBSeg 2023 (WTICG).

Registration and award

Authors who wish to compete for the awards must submit an attachment (an extra file in JEMS3) of up to one A4 page, with formatting similar to that defined for the papers (fonts and margins), specifying the award(s) they intend to compete for. In addition to identifying the awards, it is necessary to include a motivation/justification for each of them. This justification is not necessary for the Best Paper Award, but it is especially relevant for the Coopera SBSeg, Internationalization, Social Impact, and Selected Artifacts Awards, as it helps to highlight the alignment of the work with the criteria of each award.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

In formation … (last updated at 08:30 AM on 03/07/2025)

Alberto Egon Schaeffer-Filho, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL
Aldri Luiz dos Santos, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE MINAS GERAIS
Alexandre Melo Braga, CPQD
Alexandre Augusto Giron, UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ
Altair Olivo Santin, PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO PARANÁ
Amanda Cristina Davi Resende, Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul
Anderson Fernandes Pereira dos Santos, INSTITUTO MILITAR DE ENGENHARIA
André R. A. Grégio, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PARANÁ
André Riker, Federal University of Para
André Zúquete, University of Aveiro
Antonio Casimiro, Universidade de Lisboa
Antonio Guimarães, IMDEA Software Institute
Antônio Jorge Gomes Abelém, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PARÁ
Augusto José Venâncio Neto, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO NORTE
Avelino Francisco Zorzo, PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL
Bernardo Portela, Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores
Bruno Bogaz Zarpelão, State University of Londrina
Bruno Miguel Sousa, University of Coimbra
Bruno Rodrigues, University of St. Gallen
Bruno Vavala, Amazon Security
Bruno L. Dalmazo, Federal University of Rio Grande
Carla Merkle Westphall, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA CATARINA
Carlo Marcelo Revoredo da Silva, UPE
Carlos Eduardo da Silva, Sheffield Hallam University
Carlos André Batista de Carvalho, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PIAUÍ
Carlos Raniery Paula dos Santos, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA MARIA
Cesar A. Marcondes, Instituto Tecnologico da Aeronautica
Charles Christian Miers, UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DE SANTA CATARINA
Cintia Borges Margi, UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO
Claudio Miceli de Farias, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO DE JANEIRO
Cristian Ramón Cappo, Universidad Nacional de Asunción
Daniel Macêdo Batista, University of São Paulo
Daniel Pigatto, UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ
Daniel Sadoc Menasche, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO DE JANEIRO
Davidson Rodrigo Boccardo, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
Denise Hideko Goya, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC
Dianne Scherly Varela de Medeiros, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL FLUMINENSE
Diego Kreutz, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PAMPA
Diego Molinos, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE UBERLÂNDIA
Diego Passos, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa
Diogo Barradas, University of Waterloo
Diogo Menezes Ferrazani Mattos, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL FLUMINENSE
Djamel Fawzi Hadj Sadok, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE PERNAMBUCO
Dorgival Guedes, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE MINAS GERAIS
Edelberto Franco Silva, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE JUIZ DE FORA
Eder John Scheid, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL
Edmar Gurjão, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CAMPINA GRANDE
Eduardo Alchieri, UNIVERSIDADE DE BRASÍLIA
Eduardo James Pereira Souto, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO AMAZONAS
Eduardo Kugler Viegas, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná
Eduardo L. Cominetti, UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO
Eduardo Luzeiro Feitosa, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO AMAZONAS
Emerson Ribeiro de Mello, INSTITUTO FEDERAL DE SANTA CATARINA
Evandro Luiz Cardoso Macedo, UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO
Ewerton Rodrigues Andrade, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE RONDÔNIA
Félix Carvalho Rodrigues, University of Campinas
Fernando Ramos, Instituto Superior Tecnico / INESC-ID
Frederico Schardong, INSTITUTO FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL
Gabriel de Carvalho, UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO
Helio N. Cunha Neto, UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO
Hendrio Luis Souza Bragança, Federal University of Amazonas
Hilder Vitor Lima Pereira, UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE CAMPINAS
Ian Vilar Bastos, UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO
Igor Cesar Gonzalez Ribeiro, CENTRO FEDERAL DE EDUCAÇÃO TECNOLÓGICA CELSO SUCKOW DA FONSECA
Igor Monteiro Moraes, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL FLUMINENSE
Iguatemi E. Fonseca, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DA PARAÍBA
Ivan Silva Sendin, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE UBERLÂNDIA
Jean Martina, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA CATARINA
Jeferson Campos Nobre, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL
João Gondim, UNIVERSIDADE DE BRASÍLIA
José Bacelar Almeida, Univ. do Minho
Juliano Kazienko, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA MARIA

Laerte Peotta, University of Brasilia
Leandro Márcio Bertholdo, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL
Leobino Nascimento Sampaio, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DA BAHIA
Lisandro Zambenedetti Granville, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL
Lourenco Alves Pereira Jr, INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE AERONÁUTICA
Luciano Ignaczak, UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS
Luciano Paschoal Gaspary, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL
Lucila Maria de Souza Bento, UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO
Luis Antonio Kowada, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL FLUMINENSE
Luiz Fernando Rust da Costa Carmo, Inmetro
Luiz Carlos Pessoa Albini, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PARANÁ
Maicon Stihler, CEFET-MG
Marco Antonio Torrez Rojas, INSTITUTO FEDERAL CATARINENSE
Marco Aurelio Amaral Henriques, UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE CAMPINAS
Marcos Antonio Simplicio Jr, UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO
Marcus Botacin, Texas A&M University
Marinho Barcellos, University of Waikato
Marjory Da Costa-Abreu, Sheffield Hallam University
Martín Vigil, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA CATARINA
Michelle Silva Wangham, UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO ITAJAÍ
Miguel Franklin de Castro, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO CEARÁ
Miguel Elias Mitre Campista, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO DE JANEIRO
Muriel Figueredo Franco, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL
Natalia Castro Fernandes, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL FLUMINENSE
Nicollas Rodrigues de Oliveira, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL FLUMINENSE
Nuno Neves, LASIGE/UL
Paulo Freitas de Araujo Filho, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Paulo Matias, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SÃO CARLOS
Paulo S. L. M. Barreto, University of Washington | Tacoma
Paulo Veríssimo, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Pedro Ferreira, Faculdade de Ciências
Priscila Solis, UNIVERSIDADE DE BRASÍLIA
Rafael R. Obelheiro, UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DE SANTA CATARINA
Rafael T. de Sousa Junior, University of Brasilia
Ramon Fontes, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO NORTE
Raul Ceretta Nunes, Federal University of Santa Maria
Ricardo Dahab, University of Campinas
Ricardo Felipe Custódio, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA CATARINA
Roben Castagna Lunardi, INSTITUTO FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL
Roberto Samarone Araujo, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PARÁ
Rodrigo Brandão Mansilha, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PAMPA
Rodrigo Miani, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE UBERLÂNDIA
Roger Immich, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO NORTE
Ronaldo R. Goldschmidt, INSTITUTO MILITAR DE ENGENHARIA
Rossana Maria de Castro Andrade, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO CEARÁ
Routo Terada, University of São Paulo
Rui Miguel Soares Silva, Polytechnic Institute of Beja
Sergio Oliveira, Universidade Federal de São João del rei
Silvio Quincozes, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PAMPA
Tereza Cristina M. B. Carvalho, UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO
Thaís Bardini Idalino, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA CATARINA
Thales Paiva, UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO
Thiago do Rego Sousa, Cepesc
Tiago Cogumbreiro, University of Massachusetts Boston
Tiago Heinrich, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PARANÁ
Valderi Reis Quietinho Leithardt, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
Valério Rosset, INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE AERONÁUTICA
Vinícius Fülber Garcia, Federal University of Paraná
Vinícius Lagrota, Centro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento para a Segurança das Comunicações
Walter Priesnitz Filho, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA MARIA
Weverton Luis da Costa Cordeiro, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL
Wilson Melo Jr, National Institute of Metrology
Wojciech Ozga, IBM Research

COORDINATION

Program Committee Coordinators

• Diego Kreutz (UNIPAMPA)
• Michelle Wangham (UNIVALI and RNP)

Artifact Technical Committee (ATC) Coordinators

• Tiago Heinrich (MPI and UFPR)
• Lourenco Alves Pereira Jr (ITA)

General Coordinators

• Altair Santin (PUCPR)
• André Grégio (UFPR)
• Eduardo K. Viegas (PUCPR)

CESeg Coordination

• Marcos Antonio Simplicio Junior (USP)
• Diego Kreutz (UNIPAMPA)

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