Knowledge management is a very important research area that deals with
methodologies for systematically gathering, organizing, and disseminating
information. It essentially consists of processes and tools to effectively
acquire and share data as well as use the knowledge of individuals within an
organization. The workshop on Secure Knowledge Management will bring
together researchers and practitioners from academic, industry and
government to raise the awareness and share recent advances in knowledge
management. The workshop will provide a venue to discuss and develop
the next questions of challenges in knowledge management that need to be
tackled by the community.

Knowledge Management Systems (KMS) promote sharing information
among employees and should contain security features to prevent any
unauthorized access. Security is becoming a major issue revolving around
KMS. Security methods may include authentication or passwords,
cryptography programs, intrusion detection systems or access control
systems. Issues include insider threat (protecting from malicious insiders),
infrastructure protection (securing against subversion attacks) and
establishing correct policies and refinement and enforcement. Furthermore
KMS content is much more sensitive than raw data stored in databases and
issues of privacy also become important.

Since the attacks in 2001, many organizations, especially the US
government, have increased their concern about KMS. With the advent of
intranets and web-access, it is even more crucial to protect corporate
knowledge as numerous individuals now have access to the assets of a
corporation. Therefore, we need effective mechanisms for securing data,
information, and knowledge as well as the applications.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Secure Languages (Secure Knowledge Query Manipulation
  Language, Security Assertion Markup Language, B2B Circles of
  Trust)
• Return of Investment on Secure Knowledge Systems
• Digital Rights Management (Digital Policy Management)
• Secure Content Management (Secure Content Management in
  Authorized Domains, Secure Content Delivery, Content Trust Index)
• Knowledge Management for National Security (Securing and Sharing
  What We Know: Privacy, Trust and Knowledge Management,
  Identity Security Guarantee, Building Trust and Security in the B2B
  Marketplace)
• Security and Privacy in Knowledge Management
• Wireless security in the context of Knowledge Management
• Data Mining for Fraud Detection (Financial Fraud Detection,
  Network Intrusion Detection)
• Data Mining for Secure Knowledge Management
• Risk Assessment