APWG

9:30 AM – 1 PM

Objective:

To identify practical paths toward greater rigor and openness in measuring cybercrime phenomena—balancing the needs of research, industry, and policy.

Timing:

9:30 – 9:40 AM — Welcome and Framing

Purpose: Introduce participants, clarify goals, and situate the discussion within current APWG efforts and the conference presentations
Prompt:
- Why does measurement and transparency matter now?
- What are today’s biggest coordination or trust barriers?

9:40 – 10:15 AM — Scene-Setting: The Landscape of Measurement and Transparency

Short Inputs (5-7 min each) from:
CAIDA/UCSD Sysnet: Research-driven measurement—limits and gaps.
TBA: Industry telemetry, operational sensitivities, and disclosure.
TBA: The discipline of technical diplomacy in establishing specification, convention & standardized vocabularies and taxonomies on a global basis
TBA: Cloud-scale data perspectives.
APWG: Coordination and data-sharing across communities in cyber—and in comparison to other sectoral exchanges for risk management and research.
Moderator summary: Cross-cutting observations—where measurement and transparency intersect.

10:15 – 10:40 AM – Break

10:40 – 11:40 AM — Roundtable I: Measurement in Practice

Focus: How do we measure what matters?

What types of data (DNS, abuse feeds, sinkholes, telemetry) are most informative?
How can relevant anti-abuse communities define ontological/epistemological concepts (e.g. what is abusive), methodologies, and measurement approaches in ways that can be shared by all counter-cybercrime stake-holding communities?
How do organizations validate and reconcile conflicting datasets?
What incentives or standards could raise measurement quality?
Where are the persistent blind spots—technical, legal, or resource-based?
Outcome: Draft 2–3 short “measurement principles” for shared reliability.

11:40 – 11:55 AM — Break

11:55 AM – 12:55 PM — Roundtable II: Transparency—What, Why, and How Much?

Focus: Enabling trust and accountability without compromising security.

What forms of transparency (methodology disclosure, shared metrics, public dashboards, inter-org access) build the most value?
Where do confidentiality, privacy, or competitive limits justifiably constrain openness?
What models for controlled transparency (e.g., vetted sharing frameworks) could work?
Could a common taxonomy or data-trust structure improve global understanding of cybercrime data?
Outcome: Identify 2–3 actionable opportunities for collaborative transparency pilots.

12:55 – 1:00 PM — Wrap-Up and Next Steps

Summarize takeaways and proposed collaborations.
Note follow-on actions: working group, shared document, or pilot proposal for APWG 2026.

Important Dates (peer-review papers):

Notification of acceptance: September 5th – 9th, 2025

Conference: November 4 – 7, 2025

Camera-ready paper due: November 30th, 2025

The selected peer-reviewed papers will be presented at the eCrime symposium along with panels and talks in General Sessions from other researchers selected from industrial and academic research centers correspondent with the APWG.

General Information
eCrime sessions and proceedings are in English.

The San Diego venue and accommodation at Loews Coronado Bay can be inspected here: https://www.loewshotels.com/coronado-bay-resort/111025-ecrime-2025

Please contact the APWG eCrime organizers for any other details via email at apwg_events@apwg.org.

Discounts
Students requiring discounts should contact symposium managers at apwg_events@apwg.org

IEEE members and partners requiring discounts should contact symposium managers at apwg_events@apwg.org

Discount codes are also available for university researchers, government personnel and law enforcement professionals from pubic-sector agencies as well as for IEEE members.

Please contact the APWG eCrime organizers for details via email at: apwg_events@apwg.org.

Conference Sponsorship Opportunities

Sponsorship opportunities for APWG members and third parties are available here:

https://apwg.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/APWG_eCrime2025_SAN_DIEGO_Sponsorship_Memo-1.pdf