[AISWorld] Call for chapter proposals - HANDBOOK OF RESEARCH ON DIGITAL CRIME, CYBERSPACE SECURITY, AND INFORMATION ASSURANCE

[Maria Manuela Cruz Cunha]

*CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS (2nd call)*

*Proposal Submission Deadline: July 20**, 2013*

*/Handbook of Research on Digital Crime, Cyberspace Security, and 
Information Assurance/*

A book edited by Maria Manuela Cruz Cunha (School of Technology in the 
Polytechnic Institute of Cavado and Ave, Portugal)

To be published by IGI Global: 
http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/1010

For release in the *Advances in Digital Crime, Forensics, and Cyber 
Terrorism (ADCFCT) Book Series 
*http://www.igi-global.com/book-series/advances-digital-crime-forensics-cyber/73676

*Introduction*

Digital crime is prevailing in all sectors of activity in our dynamic 
world and is assuming a threatening dimension to people, to society, and 
to organizations. The combat to this form of crime is increasing 
awareness towards fast developments in the area of computer science 
forensics, investigation methods, technologies and tools, and appealing 
to the global information security and assurance and ICT Law fields and 
its applications.

*Objective of the Book*

The book intends to collect the most recent discoveries in cyber-crimes 
approaches, developments, practical examples and case studies, together 
with the counterpart of cyberspace security developments, personal and 
global privacy, information assurance, protection and ICT law, in all 
the embraced dimensions.

The overall objectives are:

·To discuss the impact of this emerging domain in its wide range of 
applications;

·To present and discuss the new technological developments;

·To present practical solutions and recent developments;

·To introduce the state-of-the-art technologies;

·To discuss business, social and individual impact;

·To provide guidance for further research and development;

·To bridge research and practice.

*Target Audience*

The handbook of research is intended to support a professional audience 
of investigators, practitioners of computer forensics, security, and 
experts in ICT law, and also to an academic audience (teachers, 
researchers, and students, mainly of post-graduate studies).

*Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:*//

·Technologies and approaches in cyber-crimes;

·Risks and threats (malware, spyware, phishing, viruses...);

·Psychological approaches;

·Multidisciplinary developments in investigation technologies and cyber 
security developments;

·Crime detection, prevention and investigation; security aspects; combat 
of abuses;

·Protection against leakage of information/knowledge;

·Surveillance techniques and technology;

·Legal issues and trends in information security regulation;

·Human, social and organizational privacy and information protection;

·New threats (social networks);

·Examples and case studies;

Organized in the following sections:

·I Cybercrimes examples, risks and threats

·II Cybercrimes technologies and approaches

·III Cyber security approaches and developments

·IV Legal aspects and ICT law

·V The human aspects

·VI Case studies


  Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before /*July 
*/*/20, 2013/*, a 1-2 page proposal clearly explaining the mission and 
concerns of the proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by */August 
1, 2013/* about the status of their proposals. Authors of accepted 
proposals will be sent guidelines to prepare the full chapter (7,000 -- 
10,000 words length) to be submitted by */November 15, 2013/*. All 
submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis by 
two or three reviewers. Contributors may also be requested to serve as 
reviewers for this project.

*Publisher*

This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea 
Group Inc.), publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly 
Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference," 
"Business Science Reference," and "Engineering Science Reference" 
imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please 
visit www.igi-global.com <http://www.igi-global.com>. This book is 
anticipated to be released in 2014.

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*Important Dates*

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*July20, 2013: *Proposal Submission Deadline

*August 1, 2013: *Notification of Acceptance**

*November 15, 2013: *Full Chapter Submission**

*December 30, 2013: *Review Results Returned**

*January 31, 2014: *Final Chapter Submission

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/Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded *electronically* to:/

Maria Manuela Cruz Cunha

E-Mail: mcunha at ipca.pt

For more information on the:

*Advances in Digital Crime, Forensics, and Cyber Terrorism (ADCFCT) Book 
Series*

Please visit: 
http://www.igi-global.com/book-series/advances-digital-crime-forensics-cyber/73676

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