These proceedings represent the work of contributors to the 16th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (ICCWS 2021), hosted by joint collaboration of Tennessee Tech Cybersecurity Education, Research and Outreach Center (CEROC), Computer Science department and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee on 25-26 February 2021. The Conference Co-Chairs are Dr. Juan Lopez Jr, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, and Dr. Ambareen Siraj, Tennessee Tech's Cybersecurity Education, Research and Outreach Center (CEROC), and the Program Chair is Dr. Kalyan Perumalla, from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee.
ICCWS is a well-established event on the academic research calendar and now in its 16th year, the key aim remains the opportunity for participants to share ideas and meet the people who hold them. The conference was due to be held at Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville Tennessee, but due to the global Covid-19 pandemic it was moved online to be held as a virtual event. The scope of papers will ensure an interesting two days. The subjects covered illustrate the wide range of topics that fall into this important and ever-growing area of research.
The opening keynote presentation is given by Dr. Deborah Frincke, Associate Laboratory Director for National Security Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA, on the topic of "What's Science Got to Do With it?". The second day of the conference will open with an address by Ms. Diane M. Janosek, Deputy Commandant for the National Cryptologic School, NSA on the topic of Cyber Partnerships for the Future.
With an initial submission of 140 abstracts, after the double blind, peer review process there are 47 Academic research papers, 2 PhD research papers, 6 Masters Research papers, 2 Non-Academic papers and 4 work-in-progress papers published in these Conference Proceedings. These papers represent research from Australia, Austria, Brazil, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Morocco, Romania, Russia, South Africa, UK, and the USA.
