CCF CSecurity2022: CPublisher: Elsevier
DFRWSDigital Forensic Research Workshop
DFRWS is a rank C conference in Network and Information Security in the CCF list's 7th edition (2026), as in 2022. The DFRWS 2028 deadline is not announced; past editions suggest mid October. DFRWS 2027 takes place on Mar 30 – Apr 2, 2027 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Data updated 8 November 2026 · rank from the CCF list's 7th edition
Latest edition
DFRWS 2027: call for papers timeline
- Oct 3, 2026, 11:59 UTCAbstractExtended deadlinesCommunity data · unverified
- Oct 10, 2026, 11:59 UTCPaperExtended deadlinesCommunity data · unverified
- Dec 4, 2026As announced by the conferenceNotificationExtended deadlinesCommunity data · unverified
- Mar 30 – Apr 2, 2027Local timeConferenceEdinburgh, Scotland
AoE (Anywhere on Earth) is UTC−12 (time zones explained). These dates come from the ccf-deadlines community project and have not yet been checked against the conference website; confirm them there before you submit. Conference website ↗
Past editions
Dates, venues, deadlines and acceptance rates
| Year | Paper deadline | Acceptance | Papers (dblp) | Dates | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 2026-10-09AoE | — | — | Mar 30 – Apr 2, 2027 | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| 2026 | 2025-10-10AoE | — | — | Mar 24–27, 2026 | Linköping, Sweden |
| 2025 | 2024-10-11AoE | — | — | Apr 1–4, 2025 | Brno, Czech Republic |
| 2024 | 2023-10-12AoE | — | — | Mar 20–21, 2024 | Zaragoza, Spain (Hybrid) |
| 2023 | 2022-10-17AoE | — | — | Mar 22–23, 2023 | Bonn, Germany (Hybrid) |
| 2022 | 2021-10-15AoE | — | — | — | Oxford, UK (Hybrid) |
| 2021 | 2020-10-14AoE | — | — | — | Online |
DFRWS 2028 deadline forecast: mid October (not announced). The last paper deadlines: 2027: Oct 10, 2026; 2026: Oct 11, 2025; 2025: Oct 12, 2024. The conference's own announcement decides.
Paper counts are dblp's main proceedings only, without workshop volumes; acceptance rates link to the page they come from. dblp ↗
CCF list
DFRWS in the CCF list
- 7th edition (2026)
- CCF C Network and Information Security · no. 10
- 6th edition (2022)
- CCF C Network and Information Security
- Name in the list
- Digital Forensic Research Workshop
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- dblp
- conf/dfrws ↗
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FAQ
About DFRWS
What CCF rank is DFRWS?
DFRWS is a rank C conference in Network and Information Security in the CCF list's 7th edition (2026), as in 2022.
When is the DFRWS 2028 deadline?
Not announced yet. The last paper deadlines were 2027: Oct 10, 2026; 2026: Oct 11, 2025; 2025: Oct 12, 2024, so mid October is likely; the conference's announcement decides.
Where is DFRWS 2027?
DFRWS 2027 takes place on Mar 30 – Apr 2, 2027 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Do DFRWS workshop and short papers count as CCF C?
CCF counts the full (regular) papers of a listed conference: short papers, demos, technical briefs, summaries, Findings and the workshops held with a conference are outside the list. CCF also says the list is a recommendation and should not be used on its own to evaluate research; your institution's rules decide.
In more detail: Which CCF conference papers count · How to read conference deadlines
Sources: the CCF list of recommended international conferences and journals, 7th edition (published 31 March 2026, corrected 9 April 2026) and 6th edition (2022); editions, deadlines and acceptance rates from the ccf-deadlines community project (MIT licence), marked as community data until checked against each conference's website, then marked as checked with the website's own words; proceedings and paper counts from dblp (CC0).