ACM CCS 2026
ACM SIGSAC's flagship security conference brings peer-reviewed research, workshops and practitioner discussion to the World Forum in The Hague.
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What you need to know
The 33rd ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security is scheduled for 15–19 November 2026 at the World Forum in The Hague. Organised by ACM SIGSAC, CCS combines its main peer-reviewed research programme with workshops, posters and development activities for early-career researchers. Registration is open, with the organiser listing an early-registration deadline of 28 September.
The conference covers the security and privacy of computing and communications systems, including work that may influence how future software, networks and AI services are designed and tested. The organisers have also published a warning about fraudulent messages impersonating ACM CCS, making the official website and ACM email domain the appropriate sources for registration and programme information.
What to expect
- Systems, software and network security
- Applied cryptography and privacy engineering
- AI security, adversarial methods and trustworthy computing
- Security measurement, usable security and emerging threats
Who should attend
- Academic and industrial security researchers
- Security engineers and privacy practitioners
- Graduate students and early-career scholars
- Standards, policy and technology-risk specialists
CCS is a major venue for security and privacy research that can shape future defensive tools, standards and product design. The 2026 programme arrives as AI security, software supply chains, cryptography and privacy engineering face rapidly changing technical threats.