Areas/Topics of Interest Submissions are solicited in, but not limited to, the following areas: Anti-malware techniques: detection, analysis, and prevention Cyber attack (e.g., APTs, botnets, DDoS) prevention, detection, investigation, and response Cyber-crime defense and forensics (e.g., anti-phishing, anti-blackmailing, anti-fraud techniques) Integrating security in network protocols (e.g., routing, naming, and management) Mobile and wireless network security Network security policy implementation, deployment, and management Privacy and anonymity in networks and distributed systems Public key infrastructures, key management, certification, and revocation Security and privacy for blockchains and cryptocurrencies Security and privacy of mobile/smartphone platforms and their operating systems Security and privacy of systems based on machine learning, federated learning, AI, and large language models Security for cloud/edge computing Security for cyber-physical systems (e.g., autonomous vehicles, industrial control systems) Security for emerging networks (e.g., smart homes, IoT, body-area networks, VANETs) Security for future Internet architectures and designs (e.g., Software-Defined Networking) Security for large-scale, critical infrastructures (e.g., electronic voting, smart grid) Security of web-based applications and services (e.g., social networking, crowd-sourcing, fake news/disinformation), web security and privacy Software/firmware/hardware security analysis, customization, and extensions Special problems and case studies: e.g., tradeoffs between security and efficiency, usability, cost, and ethics Trustworthy computing software and hardware to secure networks and systems Usable security and privacy A special note on “fit” for all submissions: NDSS is primarily a venue focusing on network and systems security. As such, the Program Committee will be looking for papers that have a clear relation to real systems, networks, and their applications. For instance, a paper that makes significant contributions in an area such as theoretical cryptography but that fails to demonstrably tie those advances to real systems is unlikely to be accepted.