Under the special session, the authors are required to send their manuscripts under these topics:

• Protection of cyber-physical systems Critical
• (Information) Infrastructure Protection (CIP and CIIP)
• Vulnerability and Risk Analysis/Threat Modelling
• Cyber Security in C(I)I Systems
• Self-Healing, self-protection and self-management architectures for C(I)I
• Fault-tolerant control for cyber-physical systems / C(I)I
• Modelling and analysis of cyber-physical systems / C(I)I and C(I)IP


• Advances in C(I)IP organisation, management and legal aspects
• Digital forensics and attribution in attacked C(I)I
• International approaches to C(I)IP including identification of C(I)I elements
• Risk management, impact and consequence analysis regarding C(I)I
• Coherent prevention, preparedness / exercises, incident management / mitigation, and recovery approaches to C(I)I
• Resilience and survivability of C(I)I as complex cyber-physical systems
• C(I)IP policies at international, national and cross-border levels, e.g. public-private partnerships
• Cross-border issues regarding EU’s Network and Information Security Directive
• C(I)IP R&D agenda at national and international levels
• Economics, investments and incentives for C(I)IP
• Defence of civilian CI and CII in conflicts with cyber warfare elements
• Infrastructure, architectural and technology changes in the energy sector which may impact the sector approach to C(I)I or challenge other C(I)I-sectors (e.g. smart grids and energy supply in smart city developments)
• Impact of geopolitical & social factors and threats


• Emergencies and C(I)IP protection, national and cross-border
• Analysis of Human Factor and Security Awareness in C(I)IP
• Advanced decision support for mitigating C(I)I related emergencies
• Social aspects and public communication in C(I)IP
• Psycho-social dimensions of crisis management and intervention with C(I)I
• Training for C(I)IP and effective intervention
• The role of Social Media in C(I)I-related crisis management (as a threat or a potential benefit)
• Recent trends in cyber economy (clouds, quasi-monopolies, e-currencies etc.) and implications for C(I)I and C(I)IP


• Disruptive technologies for C(I)IP, including
• New platforms for financing and data management (e.g. blockchains)
• Infrastructure IoT and emerging standards
• The role of AI and machine learning in autonomous management of infrastructures
• Digital twins and their deployment as augmented reality for training and scenario risk analysis
• Future communication technologies (5G, edge) and their potential impact on other C(I)I