Message from the Organizing Committee

Security, Reliability and Availability of IT systems and infrastructures have for over two decades been core research areas in the field of IT Security. Recent strategic research foci, especially in the European Union, have renewed the interest in the area and are setting the stage for very interesting and challenging developments, in areas ranging from the use of IT for increasing security in general, to the security of critical IT infrastructures and legal, economic and social issues. That is why ARES 2007, like ARES 2006 before, is again designed to serve as a bridge and discussion forum for researchers and practitioners. We have received 212 competed, on time submitted papers amongst over 250 abstract submissions from 43 countries for ARES 2007 and the Program Committee eventually selected 59 papers, making an acceptance rate of 27,83 % of submitted papers. Seven workshops are organised on special topics of ARES. As an additional feature of ARES we have invited distinguished scientists for the International Symposium on Frontiers in Availability, Reliability and Security (FARES) to present and discuss special aspects relevant for future applications and research.