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ccs-writing-style

Use when revising an ACM CCS paper for a precise threat model, calibrated attack/defense claims, 12-page ACM sigconf compression, double-blind wording, adaptive-evaluation honesty, and the security house style that survives an adversarial SIGSAC program committee.

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# CCS Writing Style

Use this when revising the main paper. CCS papers must state who the attacker is, what the
contribution defends or breaks, and enough measured evidence that an adversarial reviewer
cannot poke the central claim.

## Revision rules

- Put the security contribution on the first page: the problem, the attacker, the gap in
  existing defenses or attacks, the mechanism, and the evidence that it works.
- Make the threat model explicit and early. State attacker capabilities, knowledge, position,
  and goal before results; CCS reviewers reject on hidden or shifting adversary assumptions.
- Pair every claim with proof, measurement, exploit demonstration, or a cost number. A
  security claim without a bound on the adversary or a measured cost reads as marketing.
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