[AISWorld] First CFP for AMCIS Mini-Track: Security and Privacy in Social Networks

[Alan Rea]

***Security and Privacy in Social Networks***

AMCIS 2011
August 4 - 7, 2011, Detroit Marriott Hotel
http://amcis2011.aisnet.org/

***Call for Papers***

Track: Information Systems Security and Privacy
Mini-Track: Security and Privacy in Social Networks

***Main Theme***

Not many would question that the World Wide Web (aka, Web) has made an impact on how we communicate, conduct business, or search for information. However, newer forms of interaction via social networks such as Facebook and location-based technologies such as Foursquare mesh the private and public information of individuals in ways that are both powerful and perturbing. One might find a close friend at a coffee shop during a Saturday afternoon stroll that leads to good cappuccino and conversation. Or one might find someone checking in too often near your child's school.

Whatever the case, users are voluntarily submitting personal information, tracking themselves, and forming loose associations of people either without considering or caring of potential security and privacy implications. Sure, there is the occasional news report of Facebook exposing personal data with some new feature that a user must lock down, Firesheep stealing personal cookies and hijacking connections in open Wi-Fi locations, or lax Twitter security causing a privacy breach. But once the dust settles, just as many, or more, people are using these technologies as before to connect, collaborate, and converse.

***Importance and Relevance***

Although we must continue to educate users on social network usage, we must also look to create usable socio-technical solutions that will enable used to ensure security and track their privacy leakage. This mini-track looks for studies, models, architectures, or technologies that will enable security and/or privacy protection policies, procedures, and mechanisms to be implemented within the ever growing space of social network offerings. Moreover, this mini-track welcomes studies of how organizations are protecting digital assets deployed over these social networks against attacks, as well as data and privacy leakage.

***Potential Topics***

--Digital Forensics
--Improved Security/Privacy Features within existing media
--New models and/or architectures
--Security/Privacy Case Studies
--Security/Privacy Models
--Social network privacy controls
--Social network privacy policies
--Social network security controls
--Social network security policies
--Technological Implementation of Security and/or Privacy Mechanisms

***Important Dates***

Feb 17, 2010: Submission Deadline
Mar 24, 2011: Authors notified of paper acceptance decision
April 21, 2011: Camera-ready Papers Due


***Paper Submission Guide***

Papers can be submitted using the online submission system at
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2011/

Additional information regarding the submission process can be found on the AMCIS 2011 website: http://amcis2011.aisnet.org/

***Mini-Track Chairs***

Alan Rea **
Haworth College of Business
Western Michigan University
rea<at>wmich<dot>edu
		
Doug White
FANS Center, School of Justice Studies
Roger Williams University
dwhite<at>rwu<dot>edu

** Corresponding Co-Chair