Information Systems Security Conference
16–20 December 2025, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Ushering Next Gen Cybersecurity through AI

ICISS 2025 - The 21st Annual International Information System Security Conference

Program At-A-Glance



Detailed Program

DAY 1 PROGRAM – TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16

Time (IST) Event
09:00 – 09:30 Registration and Welcoming Participants
09:30 – 11:30 TUTORIAL 1: Federated Learning: Architecture, Threat Landscape, and Defence Mechanisms
Speakers: Prof. Rajiv Ranjan (Newcastle University, UK), Dr. Devki Nandan Jha (Newcastle University, UK), Dr. Tejal Shah (Newcastle University, UK)
11:30 – 11:45 TEA BREAK
11:45 – 13:00 TUTORIAL 1 (Prof. Rajiv Ranjan’s Team)
13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 – 16:15 TUTORIAL 2: Vajra-Sandbox: A Robust Framework for Malware Execution and Analysis
Speakers:Dr. Manjesh Kumar Hanawal (IIT Bombay), Mr. Atul Kabra (ReliaQuest, Bengaluru), Mr. Prakhar Paliwal (IIT Bombay)
16:15 – 16:30 TEA BREAK
16:30 – 17:30 TUTORIAL 2 (Dr. Manjesh Kumar Hanawal’s Team)

DAY 2 PROGRAM – WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17

Time (IST) Event
09:00 – 09:30 Registration
09:30 – 10:30 Conference Inauguration
10:30 – 11:30 KEYNOTE 1: Practical Resilient Efficient Quantum Key Distribution
Speaker: Prof. Pranab Sen (TIFR, Mumbai)
11:30 – 11:45 TEA BREAK
11:45 – 13:00

Paper Presentation Session 1: AI/ML Security

11:45 – 12:05 Curriculum Learning with Image Transformation and Explainable AI for Improved Network Intrusion Detection
Sathwik Narkedimilli, Pavan Kumar, Raghavendra Ramachandra
12:05 – 12:25 MazeNet: Protecting DNN Models on Public Cloud Platforms with TEEs
Kripa Shanker, Vivek Kumar, Aditya Kanade, Vinod Ganapathy
12:25 – 12:45 Automation and Risk: Transformers Models Reshape Secrecy Information Management
Wellington Fernandes Silvano, Maurício Konrath, Lucas Mayr, Ricardo Felipe Custódio
12:45 – 13:00 The Hidden Risks of LLM-Generated Web Application Code: A Security-Centric Evaluation of Code Generation Capabilities in Large Language Models
Swaroop Dora, Deven Lunkad, Naziya Aslam, Subramanian Venkatesan, Sandeep Kumar Shukla
13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 – 15:15

Paper Presentation Session 2: Applied Cryptography

14:00 – 14:20 Randomness Efficient Algorithms for Estimating Average Gate Fidelity via k-wise Classical and Quantum Independence
Pranab Sen, Aditya Nema
14:20 – 14:40 Cryptanalysis of Two Outsourced Ciphertext-Policy Attribute-Based Encryption Schemes
Koshalesh Meher, Y Sreenivasa Rao
14:40 – 15:00 Dynamic Key-Constant Aggregate Encryption (DKCAE) for Secure Data Sharing in Contemporary Computing
Inarat Hussain, Devrikh Jatav, Gaurav Pareek, Purushothama BR
15:00 – 15:15 DoPQM: Devices Oriented Post-Quantum Cryptographic Migration Strategies for an Enterprise Network
Amit Bhowmick, Divyesh Saglani, Lakshmi Padmaja Maddali, Akhila Rayala, Meena Singh Dilip Thakur, Rajan M A
15:15 – 16:15 INVITED TALK: Reverse Engineering Industrial Control Devices
Speaker: Dr. Nils Ole Tippenhauer (CISPA, Germany)
16:15 – 16:30 TEA BREAK
16:30 – 17:00

Paper Presentation Session 3: AI/ML Security

16:30 – 16:45 Frequency-Aware Deepfake Detection: Transformers vs. CNNs
Aditi Panda, Srijit Kundu, Tanusree Ghosh, Ruchira Naskar
16:45 – 17:00 A Secure Federated Learning using Differential Privacy Mondrian Clustering
Rojalini Tripathy, Paladri Pranitha, B U Tejonath, Padmalochan Bera

DAY 3 PROGRAM – THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18

Time (IST) Event
09:00 – 09:30 Registration
09:30 – 10:30 KEYNOTE 2: AI Agentic Security: Safeguarding the Next Generation of Autonomous Systems
Speaker: Prof. Elisa Bertino (Purdue University)
10:30 – 11:30

Paper Presentation Session 4: Security & Privacy

10:30 – 10:50 SoK: Evaluation of Methods for Privacy Preserving Edge Video Analytics
Arun Joseph, Vinod Ganapathy
10:50 – 11:10 Privacy-Preserving Fair Text Summarization Using Federated Learning
Aman Lachhiramka, Nibhrant Vaishnav, Dheeraj Kumar
11:10 – 11:30 Uncovering Security Weaknesses in srsRAN withCodeQL: A Static Analysis Approach forNext-Gen RAN Systems
Garrepelly Manideep, Sriram Sankaran, Altaf Shaik
11:30 – 11:45 TEA BREAK
11:45 – 13:00

Paper Presentation Session 5: Threat Detection

11:45 – 12:05 Adversarial Attack on CryptoEyes from INFOCOM 2021
Jashwanth Kadarum, Imtiyazuddin Shaik, Srinivas Vivek
12:05 – 12:25 Cyber Warfare During Operation Sindoor: Malware Campaign Analysis and Detection Framework
Prakhar Paliwal, Atul Kabra, Manjesh Kumar Hanawal
12:25 – 12:45 SAAT: Stealthy Adversarial Attack on IDS in Cyber Physical Systems using Control Logic Induction
Tanmoy Kanti Das, Rajneesh Kumar Pandey
12:45 – 13:00 Genetic-LAD: A Hybrid Approach for Financial Fraud Detection
Nikhil Katiyar, Sneha Chauhan, Sugata Gangopadhyay, Aditi Kar Gangopadhyay
13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 – 15:15

Paper Presentation Session 6: Security & Privacy

14:00 – 14:20 Systematic Literature Review of Vulnerabilities and Defenses in VPNs, Tor, and Web Browsers
Neha Agarwal, Ethan Mackin, Faiza Tazi, Mayank Grover, Rutuja More, Sanchari Das
14:20 – 14:35 SANVector: SBERT-APTNet Vector framework for Cyber Threat Attack Attribution using diversified CTI Logs
Sougata Dolai, Annu Kumari, Mayank Agarwal
14:35 – 14:50 Self Learning Digital Twin for Kubernetes Security
Devnath N S, Adarsh Sasikumar, Aayushman Singh, Sriram Sankaran
14:50 – 15:05 Security and Privacy Assessment of U.S. and Non-U.S. Android E-Commerce Applications
Urvashi Kishnani, Sanchari Das
15:05 – 15:15 Buffer / Transition Time
15:15 – 16:15 PANEL DISCUSSION
16:15 – 16:30 TEA BREAK
16:30 – 17:00

Paper Presentation Session 7: Threat Detection

16:30 – 16:45 Enhancing Android Malware Detection with Federated Learning: A Privacy-Preserving Approach to Strengthen Cyber Resilience
Monalisa meena, Jyoti Gajrani, Meenakshi Tripathi, Dhruv Suthar, Chetan Rawat, Sweety Singhal
16:45 – 17:00 Security-Centric NWDAF Module for Threat Detection and Mitigation in 5G Core Networks
Lakshmi R. Nair, Adithya Anil, Preetam Mukherjee, Manuj Aggarwal
CONFERENCE BANQUET DINNER

DAY 4 PROGRAM – FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19

Time (IST) Event
09:00 – 09:30 Registration
09:30 – 10:30 PhD Forum Session 1
10:30 – 11:30 PhD Forum Session 2
11:30 – 11:45 TEA BREAK
11:45 – 13:00 PHD FORUM TALK: Towards Developing Skills for Writing Great Papers and Giving Great Talks
Speaker: Prof. Atul Prakash (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 – 15:15

Paper Presentation Session 8: AI/ML Security

14:00 – 14:20 NEXUS: Neuron Activation Scores Exploits for Unveiling Sensitive Attributes
Debasmita Manna, Somanath Tripathy
14:20 – 14:40 Attack Resilient Federated Learning Framework
Sushant Kumar, Kasturi Routray, Padmalochan Bera
14:40 – 14:55 An ML-Driven Adaptive Risk-Based Access Control for the Internet of Drones (IoD)
Jithu Vijay V P, Sabu M Thampi, Alwin Varghese T
14:55 – 15:10 Optimizing Machine Learning Based Access Control Administration Through Data Distillation
Mohammad Nur Nobi, Md Shohel Rana, Ram Krishnan
15:10 – 15:15 Buffer / Transition Time
15:15 – 16:15 KEYNOTE 3: Smart Contracts, Dumb Mistakes: Understanding and Preventing DeFi Exploits
Speaker: Prof. Christopher Kruegel (University of California, Santa Barbara)
16:15 – 16:30 TEA BREAK
16:30 – 17:00

Paper Presentation Session 9: Security & Privacy

16:30 – 16:45 Modular Analysis of Attack Graphs for Smart Grid Security
Smitha Rani, Preetam Mukherjee, Mathias Ekstedt
16:45 – 17:00 Adaptive MQTT Honeypots for IIoT Security Using Extended Mealy Machines
Saurabh Chamotra, Navdeep Singh, Piyali Dutta

DAY 5 PROGRAM – SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20

Time (IST) Event
09:00 – 09:30 Registration
09:30 – 11:30 DRDO Workshop Session
Title: NIGHUD (Network Information Gathering of Hidden Unseen Data)
11:30 – 11:45 TEA BREAK
11:45 – 13:00 KEYNOTE 4: Threat Modeling for Security of Machine Learning Systems
Speaker: Dr. Anoop Singhal (NIST, Gaithersburg)
13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 – 16:15 CDAC Workshop Session
Title: Digital Trust for IoT Ecosystems: From Secure Identities to Quantum-Resilient Security
16:15 – 16:30 TEA BREAK
16:30 – 17:00 Valedictory Session

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