About EICC 2026

EICC 2026 aims at establishing a premium venue for the exchange of information and sharing of research findings on cybersecurity and its many aspects between academics and practitioners in Europe. EICC 2026 encourages the dialogue between computer scientists and researchers in all other fields related to cybersecurity, such as behavioral sciences, sociology, criminology, investigations and law. Interdisciplinary contributions are especially welcome.

EICC 2026 is the 10th edition of the conference, which until 2019 was known as the Central European Cybersecurity Conference – CECC, being rebranded to underscore the interdisciplinarity of the conference and broaden its reach.

EICC 2026 is planned as a face-to-face conference.

Scope

The conference is devoted to exploring and presenting original innovative applications, scientific and technological advancements in the field of cybersecurity. Topics for this conference include, but are not limited to:

• Artificial Intelligence (AI) applied to cybersecurity
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) trustworthiness
• Big data and cybersecurity
• Business continuity and disaster recovery
• Child safety in the cyberspace
• Cloud security
• Critical infrastructure security
• Cyber forensics
• Cyber insurance
• Cyber warfare
• Cyber-physical systems security
• Cybersecurity and cyber resilience
• Digital currency, blockchains and cybercrime
• Digital privacy
• Embedded systems security
• Healthcare information security
• Information security governance
• Internet of Things (IoT) security
• Law, investigation, internet jurisdiction and ethics
• Mobile security
• Network security
• Security management
• Software development security
• Surveillance, interception, blocking and sovereignty
• Trust management

Publication

EICC 2026 proceedings will be published by an international publisher.

Proceedings from the previous conferences are available here:

• EICC 2025 (published by Springer Nature)
• EICC 2024, EICC 2023, EICC 2022, EICC 2021, EICC 2020 (published by ACM)
• CECC 2019, CECC 2018 (published by ACM)
• CECC 2017 (published by University of Maribor Press)

Submission Guidelines

The official language of the conference is English. Papers (references included) are limited to 16 pages and up to 4 additional pages with mandatory surcharges.

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Authors are expected to adhere to the best practices in terms of scientific integrity as mentioned in the Publishing Ethics section of the guidelines. The following paper categories reporting on original research findings are welcome:

• Full papers (12-15+ pages)
• Short papers (6-11 pages)

Papers submitted to EICC 2026 have to use the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science Proceedings Template. Please, read template instructions carefully before submitting the paper. The use of the LaTeX template is strongly encouraged. Non-proficient LaTeX users are encouraged to use the Overleaf online collaborative Latex platform (LaTeX2e Proceedings Templates on Overleaf).

The quality of the research papers will be assessed based on its originality, significance and clarity. All submitted research papers will undergo a single-blind reviewing process. Each paper will be reviewed by at least three reviewers. Afterwards, a discussion will be held by the chairs and reviewers to determine the outcomes of the peer-review.

Submission of a paper implies that at least one of the authors will register and present the paper at the conference if the paper is accepted.

Submission of papers should be performed using the EasyChair EICC 2026 submission system.

Full papers can exceed the page limit by a maximum of 4 pages. Each additional page above the page limit will be charged on top of the registration fee.

Committees

Organizing chair

• Andreas Heinemann, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences (Germany)

Steering committee

• Igor Bernik, University of Maribor (Slovenia)
• Bela Genge, University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology of Tg. Mures (Romania)
• Joerg Keller, FernUniversitaet in Hagen (Germany)
• Blaž Markelj, University of Maribor (Slovenia)
• Aleksandra Mileva, University Goce Delcev (North Macedonia)
• Wojciech Mazurczyk, Warsaw University of Technology (Poland)
• Simon Vrhovec, University of Maribor (Slovenia)