SecRIot 2026
7th International Workshop on Security and Reliability of IoT Systems
Reykjavik, Iceland, June 22-24, 2026
co-located with DCOSS-IoT 2026
Reykjavik, Iceland, June 22-24, 2026
co-located with DCOSS-IoT 2026
In the next years more than 20 billion devices will be interconnected. The Internet of Things provides unparalleled opportunities for the development of new novel services. Currently, most of the new electronic devices are offering from basic to advanced networking capabilities in the context of smart environments. Newer vehicles are partially or completely autonomous, powered by modern microprocessors, hundreds of sensors and Internet enabled services. The same applies to robotic and medical devices and almost every other advanced equipment. Despite the longstanding efforts of the scientific community to secure Internet and Network communications,
Operating Systems and Software Applications, only a limited amount of this knowledge has been applied to the IoT ecosystems. Most of the IoT devices, including modern vehicles suffer from numerous and multilayered vulnerabilities. Default, weak or no password authentication for remote connections, unencrypted traffic or obsolete and insecure cryptographic algorithms, outdated, unmanaged and vulnerable software are among the most serious problems of the IoT landscape. Even more alarming is the unregulated manufacturing process of many IoT constructors.
Aiming to reduce the cost and minimize the time to market of their products, minimal or none effort is put to secure and support them sufficiently. Worse, there are recorded cases of IoT devices delivered with preinstalled malware that demonstrate total lack of operations security in the supply chain. In contrary to software applications in PCs and mobile devices, the owners are not likely to replace their devices because of security problems. As consequence, these systems remain vulnerable for extended periods. Recent very large-scale DDoS attacks based and executed entirely by IoT Botnets, signify the magnitude of the problem.
The aim of SecRIoT 2026 is to bring together researchers and professionals that are responsible for the secure design, deployment and operation of current and future IoT systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
IoT Security and Privacy
IoT Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems
Cyber Physical Security and IoT
Secure Design Methodologies for IoT Systems
Secure Hardware and Software Codesign
Development of Secure Embedded Systems
Secure Embedded Operation Systems
IoT Malware
Autonomous Vehicles Cybersecurity
Secure Network Protocols for IoT Systems
IoT and Blockchain
Secure Manufacturing Process of IoT Devices
Privacy Protection in IoT Environments
Security and Privacy of Medical Devices
IoT Trust and Reliability
Reliable Robotic Devices
Athanasios Kakarountas (University of Thessaly, Greece)
Leandros Maglaras (De Montfort University, UK & Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland)
Vasileios Vlachos (University of Thessaly, Greece)
Thomas Edward Welsh (University of Iceland, Iceland)
Manos Athanatos (Technical University of Crete, Greece)
Nestoras Chouliaras (University of West Attica, Greece)
Christos Chrysoulas (Heriot-Watt University, UK)
Tiago Cruz (University of Coimbra, PR)
Mohamed Amine Ferrag (Guelma University, AL)
Kitty Kioskli (trustilio, NL)
Paris Kitsos (University of Peloponnese, Greece)
Dimitrios Kosmanos (University of Thessaly, Greece)
Alexios Lekidis (University of Thessaly, Greece)
Naghmeh Moradpoor (Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland)
Sotiris Moschoyiannis (University of Surrey, UK)
Iqbal H. Sarker (Edith Cowan University, Australia)
Yagmur Yigit (Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland)
Apostolos Xenakis (University of Thessaly, Greece)
Paper Submission Deadline: April 8, 2026
Acceptance Notification: April 30, 2026
Camera Ready Deadline: May 22, 2026
Conference: June 22-24, 2026
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