[AISWorld] CFP: JGITM Special Issue on Global Cyber-Security

[Prashant Palvia]

CALL FOR PAPERS
Special Issue of Journal of Global Information Technology Management (JGITM)
Theme: Global Cyber-Security

Tentative Publication Date: July, 2013
Two-page proposal by authors (optional): August 15, 2012
Full paper submission deadline:  October 15, 2012

Special Issue Guest Editor: Nir Kshetri, Ph.D.
Bryan School of Business and Economics
The University of North Carolina--Greensboro
Greensboro, NC 27402-6165, USA
Email: nbkshetr at uncg.edu

THEME:

By all accounts, the global cybercrime industry is much bigger than most of
the major and well-known underground and underworld industries such as
illegal drugs trade and human trafficking. The most often cited figure for
the annual worldwide loss to cybercrime is US$1 trillion (Kshetri 2010a,
b). According to 2011 Norton Cybercrime Report released by Symantec, 69% of
the world's internet users have been victimized at some points in their
lives by cyber-criminals.

Cybercrimes are associated with the growing incidences of financial loss,
IP theft, breach of privacy as well as other social problems. Various
recent surveys have demonstrated that businesses and consumers worry more
about cybercrimes than about physical crimes. A study conducted by Gallup
in October 2009 indicated that 66% of U.S. adults were worried “frequently”
or “occasionally” about being an identity theft victim (Saad, 2009). The
proportion was higher than the reported anxiety about 11 other crime types
included in the Gallup survey. The rapidly escalating cybercrime is one of
the most pressing global challenges shared by both the developing as well
as the developed countries (Nye, 2011).

Rapid rise and sophistications in cyber-attacks have also affected national
interests and have forced governments to adjust their national security and
national defense strategies. A study of McAfee indicated that about 85% of
the world’s utility networks had been infiltrated by criminals and spy
agencies in 2010. Likewise, according to a 2007 report of the U.S. Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 108 countries had developed offensive
cyber-warfare capabilities.
In response to the above threats, individuals and organizations are
responding by increasing cyber-security spending.  For instance, according
to the research firm IDC, the secure content and threat management sector
was worth US$15.1 billion in 2007 and US$21 billion in 2011.

As cybercrimes are becoming more and more pervasive in our daily lives, the
above issues are only a few of what are becoming more and more recognized
in academic and policy debates.  The complex, multifaceted, and dynamic
nature of cybercrime is a critical but little-examined problem in social
science research. Although the popular press has paid considerable
attention to cybercrime, very little research has been undertaken to
further our understanding of this phenomenon. Our understanding of
underlying drivers and the effects on the global society and economy of
such crimes is thus limited. The purpose of this special issue is to
contribute to filling this void.

AIMS AND SCOPE

This special issue aims to advance understanding of contexts, mechanisms
and processes associated with the global cybercrime and cyber-security
landscapes by attracting high quality manuscripts in this area.  It would
provide a forum for academic researchers, policy makers and practitioners.
Papers of all theoretical and methodological approaches are welcome.
Submissions that cross multiple disciplines such as economics, law,
business and management, international affairs, sociology, anthropology,
cultural studies and criminology to develop theory and provide information
that could move theory and practice forward in the study of cybercrime and
cyber-security are especially encouraged. Consistent with the focus of
JGITM, all submitted papers must explicitly address key global issues
associated with cybercrime and cyber-security.

Possible contributions may include, but are not limited to the following:

•    Formal and informal institutions affecting cybercrime and
cyber-security measures;
•    Cloud computing and cyber-security;
•    Social media and cyber-security;
•    Mobile cybercrime and mobile security;
•    Cybercrime and cyber-security issues in the developing world;
•    Country-level analysis of cybercrime and cyber-security issues;
•    Regional analysis (e.g., Asia Pacific, Sub-Sahara Africa, Latin
America, the former second world economies) of cybercrime and
cyber-security issues;
•    Cross-country comparison of cybercrime and cyber-security;
•    National-level measures to enhance cyber-security;
•    Private sector (e.g., businesses and trade associations) initiatives
in enhancing national cyber-security measures;
•    Forces driving changes in formal and informal institutions related to
cyber-security;
•    The millennial generation and cyber-security;
•    Cyber-security related innovations from the developing world;

All papers will go through a blind-review process.  Each paper will be
reviewed by at least three reviewers and the guest editor.  The guest
editor will make acceptance recommendations to the Editor in Chief, Dr.
Prashant Palvia, who will make the final decision.  If there are more
qualified papers than that can be included in the special issue, they will
be published in future issues of JGITM.

IMPORTANT DATES

Two-page proposal by authors (optional)         August 15, 2012
Deadline for submission:                               October 15, 2012
Initial decision and revisions sent to authors    January 31, 2013
Deadline for revised papers:                           March 15, 2013
Notification of final acceptances:                    April 30, 2013
Deadline for final versions:                             May 31, 2013
Tentative Publication Date:                            July, 2013

Submissions: Please submit electronically as MS-Word attachment to the
guest editor Dr. Nir Kshetri at nbkshetr at uncg.edu.  Approximate size of the
paper should be 25 double-spaced pages not including references, tables,
and figures.

BACKGROUND OF SPECIAL ISSUE EDITOR

Dr. Nir Kshetri is Associate Professor at Bryan School of Business and
Economics, The University of North Carolina-Greensboro (UNCG) and a
research fellow at Research Institute for Economics & Business
Administration - Kobe University. Among his books are Cybercrime in the
Global South: Structure, Processes and Characteristics (forthcoming,
Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills, Basingstoke, U.K.) and The Global
Cyber-crime Industry: Economic, Institutional and Strategic Perspectives
(Springer-Verlag: Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 2010). Nir has published
fifty five journal articles in journals such as Foreign Policy, European
Journal of Marketing, Journal of International Marketing, Third World
Quarterly, Journal of International Management,  Communications of the ACM,
IEEE Computer, IEEE Security and Privacy, IEEE Software, Electronic
Markets, Small Business Economics, Thunderbird International Business
Review,  Telecommunications Policy, and Electronic Commerce Research and
Applications. A 2012 study ranked him # 2 in terms of the number of
articles published in Journal of International Management over a 13-year
period (1998-2010). His research-related awards include a best paper award
at the 5th International Conference on Information Systems and Economic
Intelligence (SIIE) (Tunisia), Emerald Literati Network 2010 Award for
Excellence, the Pacific Telecommunication Council’s Meheroo Jussawalla
Research Paper Prize (2010 and 2008) and a finalist in the Management and
Organization Review (MOR) Best Paper Award in the China Goes Global
Conference organized by the Harvard University (October, 2008). In December
2010, Nir was invited by the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland to speak
on "Addressing security challenges on a global scale".
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