The 17th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES) 2022 took place at the University of Vienna, Austria from August 23-26, 2022. During the conference, Dr. Antonios Lalas and Dr. Arash Bozorgchenani presented their work titled “Image-based Neural Network Models for Malware Traffic Classification using PCAP to Picture Conversion” and “Joint Security-vs-QoS Framework: Optimizing the Selection of Intrusion Detection Mechanisms in 5G networks” respectively. Works under the umbrella of the SANCUS project.