ACM隐私和安全事务（TOPS）专门研究、分析和应用信息安全和隐私。该期刊对这个话题有着广泛的看法，其使命是出版这方面最好的原创研究。提交的文件应与安全或隐私关键系统的构建、评估、应用或操作具有实际相关性。理论论文必须提供令人信服的例子，并对其结果的实际意义作出令人信服的论证。教程或调查论文将不考虑出版。TOPS以前被命名为ACM信息与系统安全事务（TISSEC），成立于1998年。该杂志于2016年进行了更名，以强调该杂志的扩大范围和对隐私的额外重视。
ACM Transactions on Transactions on Privacy and Security (TOPS) is devoted to the study, analysis, and application of information security and privacy. The journal takes a wide view of this topic and its mission is to publish the best original research in this area.Submitted papers should have practical relevance to the construction, evaluation, application, or operation of security or privacy-critical systems. Theoretical papers must provide compelling examples and make convincing arguments for the practical significance of their results. Tutorial or survey papers will not be considered for publication.TOPS was previously titled the ACM Transactions on Information and System Security (TISSEC), which was founded in 1998. The renaming took place in 2016 to emphasize the journal's enlarged scope and its additional emphasis on privacy.