JUNE 25-27, 2026, İstinye University, Istanbul
2026 International Conference on Cybersecurity, Digital Forensics, and AI Applications (ICCSDFAI)
The International Conference on Cybersecurity, Digital Forensics, and AI Applications (ICCSDFAI 2026) invites researchers, industry experts, practitioners, and government representatives to submit original research papers, case studies, and innovative solutions addressing emerging challenges in cybersecurity, digital forensics, artificial intelligence, intelligent infrastructures, and digital resilience.
All accepted papers will be published in IEEEXplore digital library if they will be presented at conference
Also, selected high-quality papers will be published in an indexed journals
Topics included, but are not limited to:
- Data Protection & Privacy
- Ethical Hacking
- Penetration Testing
- Threat Intelligence
- Malware Analysis
- Web Security
- Incident Response and Cyber Crisis Management
- Vulnerabilities Assessment
- Secure Architecture
- Cloud Security
- Cybersecurity Regulations
- Secure Software Development & DevSecOps
- Operating Systems Security
- Reverse Engineering
- Cryptography
This session will focus on the latest advancements, methodologies, and challenges in digital forensic investigations. Digital forensics plays a vital role in modern cyber investigations, incident response, and evidence-based analysis of digital crimes and security incidents. With the rapid growth of cloud platforms, mobile ecosystems, IoT environments, and AI-generated content, forensic methodologies must continuously adapt to increasingly complex digital environments. This session brings together research and practical solutions focused on forensic acquisition, analysis, reconstruction, attribution, and intelligent investigation technologies.
Topics included, but are not limited to:
- Memory Forensics
- Network Forensics
- Mobile Forensics
- Computer Forensics
- Cloud Forensics
- Malware Forensics
- Blockchain Forensics
- Evidence Acquisition
- DFIR
- Privacy and Legal Challenges in Digital Forensics
- Behavioral Reconstruction for Digital Forensic Investigations
- Incident Investigation
This session explores how AI is being used to protect sensitive data across key sectors, ensuring privacy, compliance, and security in industry, healthcare, and business. Artificial intelligence is transforming the cybersecurity landscape by enabling intelligent, adaptive, and automated defense mechanisms capable of responding to rapidly evolving threats. This session explores the application of AI, machine learning, and data-driven technologies in cybersecurity operations, threat detection, behavioral analysis, autonomous response systems, and cyber threat prediction. The track particularly encourages research bridging AI innovation with practical cyber defense challenges and resilient security architectures.
Topics included, but are not limited to:
- AI Threat Detection
- ML Intrusion Detection
- LLM Cybersecurity
- AI Malware Classification
- AI Phishing Detection
- Autonomous Response
- SOAR + AI
- Adversarial ML
- AI SOC
- Predictive Cybersecurity
- AI for Data Loss Prevention and Leakage Detection
- AI-Driven Access Control and Authorization
- Privacy-Preserving AI Applications
- AI-Powered Threat Detection in Industrial Control Systems (ICS)
- AI in Healthcare: Securing Medical Records and Patient Data
- Blockchain and AI for Data Integrity and Secure Transactions
- Automated Threat Intelligence for Corporate Data Protection
- Neural Networks for Anomaly Detection in Cloud Storage
- AI-Powered Encryption and Secure Communication Systems
- AI in Supply Chain Security: Protecting Intellectual Property and Logistics Data
This session focuses on IoT innovations, security challenges, and applications across various industries. The rapid expansion of IoT technologies is reshaping industries, urban infrastructures, healthcare systems, and intelligent environments through large-scale interconnected devices and real-time data exchange. This session focuses on innovative IoT architectures, embedded systems, industrial IoT applications, edge computing, and intelligent connected ecosystems. Contributions addressing scalability, interoperability, efficiency, and practical deployment challenges in IoT environments are especially encouraged.
Topics included, but are not limited to:
- Industrial IoT (IIoT) for Predictive Maintenance and Automation
- Wearable IoT Connected Devices
- IoT for Automation and Optimization
- Energy-Efficient IoT and Sustainability in Smart Environments
- IoT for Smart Agriculture and Precision Farming
- IoT Security Threats and Countermeasures
- Standardization and Regulation of IoT Security Frameworks
- Cybersecurity Challenges in Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) Communication
- Secure Firmware and Software Updates for IoT Devices
- Blockchain for Secure IoT Transactions and Data Sharing
- Intelligent Systems and Smart Technology
- Cyber-Physical Systems Security
- Embedded Systems
This session addresses advancements in digital telecommunications, computer networks and cybersecurity strategies for modern computing environments. Modern communication infrastructures serve as the backbone of digital transformation, enabling global connectivity, intelligent services, and next-generation cyber-physical ecosystems. As telecommunications and computer networks become increasingly complex and distributed, ensuring secure, reliable, and resilient communications remains a major challenge. This session covers emerging advances in communication technologies, network architectures, secure networking, wireless systems, and intelligent network defense mechanisms.
Topics included, but are not limited to:
- Next-Generation Networking Technologies (5G, 6G, SDN, NFV) Security
- Secure Cloud Computing and Virtualization Security
- Cybersecurity in Computer Network Infrastructure
- Threat Intelligence and Intrusion Detection in Modern Networks
- Wireless Network Security and Emerging Protocols
- Cybersecurity in Satellite and Space Communication Networks
- AI-Driven Network Monitoring and Anomaly Detection
- Smart Grids & Renewable Energy Integration
- SCADA Security (OT/IoT Security)
- Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) & EV Infrastructure
- Power Systems Automation & Resilience
- Critical Infrastructure Protection
- Cyber-Physical Security in Automation
- AI-Enabled Infrastructure Management
- Sustainable Smart City Ecosystems
Topics included, but are not limited to:
- Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing (AML/CFT) systems
- Counter-Proliferation Financing (CPF) frameworks and mechanisms
- Risk-based approaches in AML/CFT and financial monitoring systems
- National and sectoral risk assessment methodologies
- Financial intelligence systems and data-driven monitoring
- AI and intelligent systems in financial crime detection
- Digital transformation of financial monitoring and compliance systems
- Regulatory frameworks and policy models (including EU experience)
- Institutional models for financial security and supervision
- Detection and prevention of financial crimes in digital economies
- Cross-border financial monitoring and international cooperation
- Governance, compliance, and risk management in financial systems
- AI for Regulatory Compliance and Risk Management
- Assistant Professor, İstinye Üniversitesi
- Associate Professor, İstinye Üniversitesi
- Professor, Eurasian National University
- Director of Research and Innovation Center "CyberTech" of Astana IT University
- Associate Professor, Astana IT University
- Assistant Professor, Istanbul Technical University
- Professor, Gazi University
- Head of Information Resources Protection Department of President of Kazakhstan’s Executive Office
- Associate Professor, High Researcher of the School of Digital Public Administration of Astana IT University
- Honorary Professor, Lovely Professional University (India)
- Associate Professor, Higher School of Production Management, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Expert of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Honorary Professor, Lovely Professional University (India)
- Executive Director of the BRICS Women Scientists Association
- Candidate of Economic Sciences, PhD, Full Professor
- Head of the School of Digital Public Administration, Astana IT University
- Project Manager in Digital Government Support Center
Key dates
12 May 2026
Notifications of Acceptance Date:
29 May 2026
$250
2) One full registration is valid for the first report. For the second report, an additional fee of US $150 is charged.
3) At least one author must register and participate in the conference.
4) Accepted papers should be submitted during the conference. Articles that were not presented with presentations will not be published.
5) Authors must sign the IEEE Copyright Transfer form.
6) All registrations include access to materials, keynote presentations, seminars, and a gala dinner. Fees are shown in US dollars and do not include bank fees.
Official language of conference is ENGLISH
Ethics and Publishing Policies: Plagiarism and AI Usage
The organizing committee of the international conference in Istanbul is committed to upholding the highest standards of academic integrity and publishing ethics. All authors submitting papers for consideration and presentation on May 21-23, 2026, must strictly adhere to the following guidelines regarding original work and the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
1. Policy on Plagiarism
Plagiarism in any form is unacceptable and is considered a serious breach of professional conduct. All submissions must represent original, unpublished research.
- Similarity Checking: All submitted manuscripts will be subjected to rigorous plagiarism detection using industry-standard software (e.g., CrossCheck / iThenticate) prior to the peer-review process.
- Thresholds: Papers exhibiting a high similarity index with previously published works—including the authors' own prior publications (self-plagiarism)—without proper citation will be immediately rejected.
- Proper Attribution: All ideas, data, words, and visual elements (charts, graphs, images) drawn from other sources must be properly cited and referenced according to IEEE citation style guidelines.
2. Policy on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Large Language Models (LLMs)
We recognize the rapid advancement of AI tools (such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, etc.) and their potential utility in the drafting process. However, the use of generative AI must be transparent and strictly regulated to ensure the integrity of the scientific record.
- AI Authorship: Under no circumstances can an AI system or Large Language Model be listed as an author or co-author of a submitted paper. AI tools cannot assume responsibility for the accuracy, integrity, or originality of the research.
- Permitted Usage: Authors may use AI tools to improve the readability, grammar, and language of their manuscript (e.g., translation, copyediting).
- Mandatory Disclosure: If AI tools were used to generate any portion of the manuscript's text, structure, or data analysis, authors must explicitly disclose this in the Acknowledgments section or a dedicated AI Usage Declaration section. The disclosure must specify the tool used and the exact nature of its application.
- Author Responsibility: The human authors bear full responsibility for all content within the manuscript, including any inaccuracies, fabricated data (hallucinations), or plagiarized text generated by AI tools. Authors must thoroughly review and verify all AI-assisted content.
3. Consequences of Policy Violation
Failure to comply with these ethics guidelines will result in immediate consequences, which may include:
- Immediate rejection and withdrawal of the manuscript from the review process or conference proceedings.
- Prohibition from presenting the paper at the conference.
- Notification of the violation to the authors' affiliated institutions or funding agencies.
- Restrictions on submitting to future editions of the conference.
If you have any questions regarding these policies or need clarification on specific use cases before submitting your manuscript, please contact the organizing committee at info@iccsdfai.org
Accepted papers will be published in IEEEXplore, after they have been presented. Presentation of an accepted paper at the conference is a requirement of publication. Any paper that is not presented at the conference will not be included in IEEEXplore.
Virtual presentations will be allowed for authors who cannot attend in person.
All accepted and presented papers will be submitted for publication in the IEEEXplore digital library, subject to meeting IEEE Xplore's scope and quality requirements (IEEE LoA #70505).
Selected high-quality papers presented at ICCSDFAI 2026 will be invited to submit extended versions of their work for possible publication in partner international journals, subject to the journals’ standard independent peer-review process.
ICCSDFAI 2026 collaborates with several international journals to provide additional publication opportunities for outstanding conference contributions. Extended and significantly enhanced versions of selected papers may be considered for publication following an additional review and evaluation process conducted by the respective journals.
Partner Journals:
— Scopus Q1
— Scopus Q2, Web of Science Q4
— Indexed in Google Scholar
— Indexed in Google Scholar
— Indexed in Google Scholar
1. Manuscripts must be written in English
2. Paper length: 4–6 pages, IEEE two-column format (10-point font)
3. Additional pages: Up to 2 additional pages permitted with a fee of USD 50 per page
4. Page limits: Papers fewer than 4 pages or exceeding 8 pages will not be considered
5. Format: Only PDF files will be accepted for the review process
6. Submission: All submissions must be done through CMT
Please see the attached file with detailed information on the paper formatting.
Acknowledgment
The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.
