USENIX Security Reproducibility

Since the '26 cycle, USENIX Security has made openness a structural requirement: every submission carries an Open Science appendix stating where the artifacts behind the paper live, and acceptance is later conditioned on that availability verifying (Phase-1 AE). This skill covers the appendix itself and the underlying engineering that makes the statement true. Policy text is per-cycle — reread the current CFP section before relying on wording.

The Open Science appendix is a contract, not a caption

Reviewers read it during evaluation; the AEC enforces it after acceptance. It should answer, concretely: