Selected range of topics for the Big Four

Cybersecurity

• Security Architecture and Design (SAD)
• Vulnerability Detection and Exploitation (VDE)
• Network Attacks and Defense (NAD)

Cryptography

• Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs)
• Homomorphic Encryption and Secret Sharing (HES)
• Cryptographic System Analysis and Improvement (CSI)

Machine Learning and AI Security (Machine Learning and AI Security)

• Adversarial Attacks and Defenses (AAD)
• Data Privacy and Anonymization (Data Privacy and Anonymization)
• Secure Multiparty Computation (SMC)

IoT and Embedded System Security (IoT and Embedded System Security)

• Security for IoT Devices (IoT Device Security Measures)
• Information Leakage in Embedded Systems (ILS)

Blockchain and Distributed Systems Security (Blockchain and Distributed Systems Security)

• Blockchain Protocol Security (BPS)
• Security Verification in Distributed Systems (SVDS)

Network Protocol and Infrastructure Security (NPS)

• Routing Security
• Privacy in Data Transmission (PDT)

Privacy and Anonymity (Privacy and Anonymity)

• Data Anonymization Techniques (DAT)
• Communication Privacy Mechanisms (CPMs)

Software Security Analysis (SSA)

• Software Bug Finding and Fixing (Software Bug Finding and Fixing)
• Static and Dynamic Program Analysis (Static and Dynamic Program Analysis)

Physical World Security and Privacy (PHYSICAL WORLD SECURITY AND PRIVACY)

• Physical Attacks and Countermeasures (Physical Attacks and Countermeasures)
• Side-Channel Attacks on Physical Devices (Side-Channel Attacks on Physical Devices)