2026 IEEE CSR Workshop on Cyber Range, Insurance, and Risk Management: Enhancing Cyber Resilience (CRIRM)

 Call for Papers

Over the years, cyber threats have increased in both volume and sophistication, with adversaries employing a diverse arsenal of tools and tactics to target victims for motives ranging from intelligence collection to financial gain or destruction. The integration of advanced technologies, such as cyber ranges for simulated and emulated training, the evolving cyber insurance landscape, and robust risk assessment and management strategies, has become critical in navigating this increasingly complex threat environment. Effective cyber resilience today requires a multidisciplinary approach, integrating simulated training through cyber ranges, strategic cyber insurance adoption, and innovative risk management techniques that collectively improve preparedness and response capabilities.

The CSR CRIRM workshop aims to spotlight cutting-edge advancements and research in the integration of cyber range training, cyber insurance, and risk management to enhance organiza-tional resilience. It emphasizes practical applications of these strategies in critical areas such as supply chain and logistics security, smart cities and critical infrastructure, and transportation and fleet management. By bringing together experts from academia, industry, and policymaking, the workshop seeks to foster a holistic approach to cybersecurity, preparing stakeholders to tackle modern threats and ensure a secure and sustainable digital ecosystem.

The CSR CRIRM workshop will accept high-quality research papers presenting strong theoretical contributions, applied research and innovation results obtained from funded cyber-security and resilience projects, and industrial papers that promote contributions on technology development and contemporary implementations.

Topics of Interest

Prospective authors are encouraged to submit previously unpublished contributions from a broad range of topics, which include but are not limited to the following:

› Cyber-range platforms
› Cyber insurance
› Cyber-risk assessment methods
› Cyber-security training
› Gamification in cyber-security
› Preparation and adaptation strategies
› Critical infrastructure security

› eHealth security
› Software security
› Cyber-threat intelligence
› Federation of cyber-range platforms
› Cyber-risk forecasting and mitigation
› Cyber-threat adaptive capacity in IoT
› Operational recovery and continuity

Important Dates

Paper submission deadline: April 13, 2026 May 13, 2026
Authors’ notification: May 4, 2026 June 4, 2026
Camera-ready submission: May 25, 2026 June 25, 2026
Registration deadline (authors): May 25, 2026 June 25, 2026
Workshop dates: August 3–5, 2026

Submission Guidelines

Submitted manuscripts should not exceed 6 pages (plus 2 extra pages, being subject to overlength page charges) and should be of sufficient detail to be evaluated by expert reviewers in the field. The workshop’s proceedings will be published by IEEE and will be included in IEEE Xplore subject to meeting IEEE Xplore’s scope and quality requirements.

The guidelines for authors, manuscript preparation guidelines, and policies of the IEEE CSR conference are applicable to CRIRM workshop. Please visit the authors’ instructions page for more details. When submitting your manuscript via the conference management system, please make sure that the workshop’s track 2T3 CRIRM is selected in the Topic Areas drop down list.

Workshop Committees

Workshop Chairs

Contact Us

smyrlis@sphynx.ch
georgios.spathoulas@ntnu.no

Organizing Committee

Dr. Nikos Nikoloudakis, Technical Project Manager, PPC SA (GR)
Dr. Eliana Stavrou, Assistant Professor, UCY (CY)
Dr. Panagiotis Bountakas, Specialist R&D Engineer, Sphynx (CH)
Dr. Emmanouil Vergis, Project Management and Coordination, ZELUS (GR)

Technical Program Committee

Dr. Konstantinos Votis, Senior Researcher, CERTH (GR)
Notis Mengidis, Researcher, CERTH (GR)
Dr. Muhammad Mudassar Yamin, Associate Professor, NTNU (NO)
Romarick Yatagha, PhD candidate, Framatome (GER)
Dr. Chhagan Lal, Researcher in Cybersecurity, NTNU (NO)
Evangelos Floros, Deputy Manager of IT Department, PAGNI (GR)
Dr. Dimitris Deyannis, Senior Software Engineer, Sphynx (CH)
NDIAYE Ndeye Gagnessiry, PhD candidate,Framatome (GER)
Dr. Andriani Piki, Assitant Professor in Computing, UCLan Cyprus (CY)
Dr. George Alexandris, Technology Director, NodalPoint (GR)
Michael Koniotakis, General Manager, NodalPoint (CY)
Dr. Vasilis Tountopoulos, ICT Business Innovation Director (GR)
Dr. Karl Waedt, Manager, Framatome (GER)

Publicity Chairs

Elli Alimperti, Project Manager, ZELUS (GR

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