Hidden Layers (Research Meets Practice): Enterprise Risk, AI Forensics, and Image Security — EDOC/CBI Workshop

1^st European Workshop on Hidden Layers: Enterprise Risk, AI Forensics, and Image Security in collaboration with universities abroad and industry.
September 15-18, 2026 - University of Twente, The Netherlands. Held in conjunction with the EDOC conference series.

We propose the 1st edition of HIDDEN LAYERS, a workshop to be held in conjunction with the 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.

Important dates

CBI & EDOC 2026

Following the successful joint editions in 2024 (Vienna, Austria) and 2025 (Lisbon, Portugal), CBI and EDOC will once again be co-located. The 2026 conference will take place at the University of Twente, the Netherlands, from 15–18 September.

Together these conferences provide a premier forum for the enterprise computing and business informatics communities.

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call for papers

We invite original research and industry papers for the 1st edition of HIDDEN LAYERS (Research Meets Practice): Enterprise Risk, AI Forensics, and Image Security. This workshop bridges academic research with practical applications, emphasizing enterprise image security and forensic AI.

Workshop 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

Application Domains

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

Submission Types

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

Workshop Venue

The workshop will be held in conjunction with the 30th International Conference on Enterprise Design, Operations, and Computing (EDOC) / 28th International Conference on Business Informatics (CBI) (Sept 15–18, 2026, University of Twente).

Paper Submission

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.

committee

The committees are experts from academia and industry in enterprise risk, AI forensics, cybersecurity, and image security.

Workshop Co-Chairs

• 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.

Program Committee

• Wojciech Mazurczyk - Warsaw University of Technology (WUT), Poland
• Rajeev Kumar - Delhi Technological University, India
• Anastasija Collen - University of Geneva, Switzerland
• Christina Kolb - University of Twente, The Netherlands
• Fadi Mohsen - University of Groningen, The Netherlands
• Gurinder Singh - Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
• I Made Sukarsa - Udayana University, Indonesia
• Ali Reza Ghavamipour - Maastricht University, the Netherlands
• Jan-Willem Bullee - University of Twente, The Netherlands
• Jayanta Mukhopadhyay - Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
• Kes Greuter - Signify, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
• Marianne Junger - University of Twente, The Netherlands
• Raphael Hoheisel - University of Twente, The Netherlands
• Salijona Dyrmishi - Swift, The Netherlands
• Tariq Bontekoe - University of Groningen, The Netherlands
• Gabriele Lenzini - University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
• Frank Pallas - Paris Lodron University of Salzburg, Austria
• Peter Browne Rønne - University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
• Alejandro Hevia - Universidad de Chile, Chile
• Soumia Zohra El Mestari - University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Registration

To participate in this event, please register.