The SECOTS Symposium topics include (but are not limited to) the following: 

• Fundamentals and Frameworks for Security in Collaboration Systems

• Intrusion and Attacks Prevention and Detection in Collaboration Systems

• Access and Usage Control in Collaboration Environments

• Reputation and Trust Management

• Cross Domain Identity and User Attributes Management Systems

• Security Standards

• Encryption and Cryptography Systems Supporting Cooperative Systems

• Privacy and Privacy Preserving for Collaboration Systems

• Trusted Operating Systems for Distributed Environments

• Middleware Security

• Security Metrics and Measures

• Collaborative Security Monitoring Schemes and Systems

• Usability, Social Engineering, and Security

• Security and Information Assurance Education and Curriculum Issues

• Security in Cloud Computing

• Security in Collaborative Multi Agent Systems

• Security Using Collaborative Agents 

• Botnet Analysis

• Biologically Inspired Cyber Security and Defense

• Security of Grid and Cluster Architectures Supporting Cooperative Applications

• Security in Workflow Management Systems

• Policy Driven SLA Negotiation

• Security in Mobile and Wireless Networks for Collaboration

• Security Models for Coalition Networks

• Security in Social Networks

• Virtual Organizations and Dynamic Security Associations

• Web Services Security

• Web Vulnerability Analysis

• Use of Smartcards in the Context of Collaboration