We propose the 1st edition of HIDDEN LAYERS(Research Meets Practice): Enterprise Risk, AI Forensics, and Image Security, a workshop to be held in conjunction with 30th International Conference on Enterprise Design, Operations, and Computing (EDOC) / 28th International Conference on Business Informatics (CBI) (September 15–18, 2026, University of Twente). The workshop focuses on the intersection of Enterprise Risk, AI Forensics, and Image Security, aiming to bridge academic research with practical industry applications.

Modern enterprises increasingly rely on AI-driven systems and digital media, which introduces new security challenges. These include vulnerabilities discovered through forensic investigations, malicious content embedded in digital images, adversarial attacks on AI systems, and human-centric threats such as social engineering and insider attacks. By bringing together researchers, practitioners, and industry experts, HIDDEN LAYERS aims to:

• foster interdisciplinary collaboration,
• promote knowledge exchange between research and practice, and
• stimulate discussion on emerging methodologies, tools, and best practices in enterprise image security and forensic AI.

Submission Guidelines

We welcome empirical research papers, experience reports, and case studies from all domains.

• Short Papers (4 pages)
• Position Papers (4 pages)
• Full Papers (8 pages)
• Industry Reports (4 pages)

All submissions should be made in PDF format and comply with the Springer LNCS/LNBIP conference proceedings template:

Springer Proceedings Guidelines

Please submit your paper via EasyChair at: EasyChair link

At least one author of each accepted workshop paper will have to register for the whole EDOC 2026 + CBI 2026 conference and attend the workshop to present the paper.

List of Topics

Enterprise Cybersecurity and Risk Management:

• Enterprise cybersecurity challenges
• Threat modeling and mitigation strategies
• Governance, compliance, and risk management
• Deployment and evaluation of forensic frameworks
• Industry case studies highlighting real-world risks and mitigation approaches
• Human-centric threats such as social engineering, insider threats, and cybercrime affecting organizational security
• Usable security and privacy methods and frameworks for images/video

AI Forensics:

• AI-based forensic methods
• Deep learning & anomaly detection for forensic analysis
• Validation, explainability, and robustness of forensic AI
• Attacks against AI systems (adversarial ML)
• AI forensics: organisational, legal, policy, and socio-technical requirements

Image and Digital Media Security:

• Image steganography & steganalysis
• Detection of hidden or malicious content (e.g., stego-malware)
• Deepfakes, fake news, and synthetic media detection
• AI-generated images analysis
• Biometric security and authentication
• Privacy-preserving AI techniques for image security
• Usable security and privacy methods and frameworks for image-based vulnerabilities

Committees

Organizing Committee

• Dipti K. Sarmah - University of Twente, The Netherlands.
• I Putu Arya Dharmaadi - University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
• Marianne Junger - University of Twente, The Netherlands.
• Claudia Negri Ribalta - ULIDE (The University of Luxembourg Institute for Digital Ethics), Luxembourg.

Venue

The conference will be held in University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands.

Contact

Please direct all questions regarding submissions to the organizing committee