Statistics of acceptance rate for the top conferences: Oakland S&P, ACM CCS, USENIX Security, NDSS.
- Oakland S&P acceptance rate 2025 call for paper
| Conference | Acceptance rate | Paper (accepted/submitted) |
|---|---|---|
| Oakland'25 | - | - |
| Oakland'24 | 17.8% | 258/1449 |
| Oakland'23 | 17.1% | 196/1147 |
| Oakland'22 | 14.52% | 147/1012 |
| Oakland'21 | 12.1% | 115/952 |
| Oakland'20 | 12.3% | 104/841 |
| Oakland'19 | 12% | 84/679 |
| Oakland'18 | 11.5% | 63/549 |
| Oakland'17 | 13% | 60/457 |
| Oakland'16 | 13.3% | 55/413 |
| Oakland'15 | 13.5% | 55/407 |
| Oakland'14 | 13% | 44/334 |
| Oakland'13 | 12% | 38/315 |
- ACM CCS acceptance rate 2025 call for paper
| Conference | Acceptance rate | Paper (accepted/submitted) |
|---|---|---|
| CCS'25 | - | - |
| CCS'24 | 16.9% | 331/1964 |
| CCS'23 | 19.15% | 235/1222 |
| CCS'22 | 22.4% | 218/971 |
| CCS'21 | 22.3% | 196/879 |
| CCS'20 | 16.9% | 121/715 |
| CCS'19 | 16% | 149/934 |
| CCS'18 | 16.6% | 134/809 |
| CCS'17 | 17.9% | 151/843 |
| CCS'16 | 16.5% | 137/831 |
| CCS'15 | 19.8% | 128/646 |
| CCS'14 | 19.5% | 114/484 |
| CCS'13 | 19.8% | 105/530 |
- USENIX Security acceptance rate 2025 call for paper
| Conference | Acceptance rate | Paper (accepted/submitted) |
|---|---|---|
| SEC'25 | - | - |
| SEC'24 | 18.32% | 417/2276 |
| SEC'23 | 29.2% | 422/1,444 |
| SEC'22 | 18% | 256/1414 |
| SEC'21 | 18.7% | 246/1316 |
| SEC'20 | 16.1% | 157/977 |
| SEC'19 | 15.5% | 113/729 |
| SEC'18 | 19% | 100/524 |
| SEC'17 | 16.3% | 85/522 |
| SEC'16 | 15.6% | 72/463 |
| SEC'15 | 15.7% | 67/426 |
| SEC'14 | 19% | 67/350 |
| SEC'13 | 15.9% | 44/277 |
- NDSS acceptance rate 2025 call for paper
| Conference | Acceptance rate | Paper (accepted/submitted) |
|---|---|---|
| NDSS'25 | 16.1% | 211/1311 |
| NDSS'24 | 20.2% | 140/694 |
| NDSS'23 | 16.2% | 94/581 |
| NDSS'22 | 16.2% | 83/512 |
| NDSS'21 | 15.2% | 87/573 |
| NDSS'20 | 17.4% | 88/506 |
| NDSS'19 | 17% | 89/521 |
| NDSS'18 | 21.5% | 71/331 |
| NDSS'17 | 16% | 68/423 |
| NDSS'16 | 15.4% | 60/389 |
| NDSS'15 | 16.9% | 51/302 |
| NDSS'14 | 18.6% | 55/295 |
| NDSS'13 | 18.8% | 47/250 |
Top 20 Cyber Security Conferences
Security research on specific objects can also be published at top conferences in the corresponding fields:
- ASPLOS, ISCA, MICRO, HPCA
- SIGCOMM, NSDI
- SIGMOD, VLDB
- FSE, ICSE
- SOSP, OSDI, EuroSys, USENIX ATC, FAST
- PLDI, POPL, ICFP, OOPSLA
- MobiSys, MobiCom, SenSys
- EMSOFT, RTAS, RTSS
The data comes from the Internet and may not be accurate. Corrections and additions are welcome.
