Original papers on all technical aspects of cryptology are solicited for submission. Papers of interest to the wider audience of security professionals at RSA Conference are especially encouraged. Topics include but are not limited to:

    Blockchains and distributed ledger security
    Code based cryptography
    Cryptanalysis
    Cryptographic standards
    Design and security analysis of cryptographic primitives and protocols
    Differential privacy
    Formal verification of cryptographic security properties
    Hardware & software implementations
    Indistinguishable obfuscation
    Information-theoretic cryptography
    Multi-party computation and zero-knowledge
    Novel applications of cryptography
    Physically unclonable functions
    Post-quantum cryptography
    Privacy
    Public-key cryptography algorithms and protocols
    Public-key encryption and advanced encryption schemes
    Side-channel attacks and defenses
    Symmetric-key cryptography
    Theory of leakage resistance
    Time-released cryptography and PoW
    White-box cryptography

We also welcome systematization of knowledge (SoK) papers. These papers will not be judged on novel research contributions, but on their value to the research community. SoK papers should provide an important new viewpoint on an established, major research area; support or challenge long-held beliefs in such an area with compelling evidence; or present a convincing, comprehensive new taxonomy of such an area. Survey papers without such insights are not appropriate for acceptance.

For submissions including practical evaluations, it is encouraged (but not required) to make implementations available to facilitate replicability and reproducibility.

Accepted papers (including SoK papers) will appear in the CT-RSA proceedings, published by Springer in its LNCS series.

CT-RSA is scheduled to be an in-person event. One of the things that makes CT-RSA special is the interaction between academia and industry. For that reason, it is strongly preferred that authors of accepted papers present their work in-person. Exceptions will be made only in the case of serious extenuating circumstances, such as COVID restrictions, visa delays, and other emergencies. The presenter of each paper will be given a free Full Pass to RSA Conference.