[AISWorld] Special Interest Group on Security and Privacy (SIGSEC) -- CALL FOR PAPERS

[Herb Mattord]

SIGSEC CALL FOR PAPERS

The Information Security and Privacy SIG of the Association of Information Systems invites you to consider submission to the of Full (completed) Research Papers; Emergent Research Forum (ERF) papers; Workshops and Tutorials; Panels; Professional Development Symposia (PDS); and Technology Research, Education, and Opinion (TREO) Talks to the 24th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2018), which will be held August 16-18, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. AMCIS brings together academics and industry professionals around the world to exchange knowledge related to the AMCIS 2018 theme, Digital Disruption.

Digital disruption is the powerful transformation that drives how businesses create value with new digital technologies. Digital disruption transforms all industries, and manifests itself through a variety of digital tools, services, and artifacts. It fuels more rapid and on-going innovation in businesses. For businesses, digital disruption is not an if, but a when. Having the understanding and ability to respond to digital disruptions is key for businesses to maintain competitive advantage.

This year the SIGSEC Track has 8 mini tracks. See this link for full descriptions (http://amcis2018.aisnet.org/?page_id=111#toggle-id-14):


Minitrack 1: Digital Forensics, Data Analytics and Data Security
Cloud computing, on-demand services, mobile devices and the Internet of Things have spawned a tremendous growth in data available to forensic analysts. This deluge has created several challenges, including how to effectively search data for valuable information, effectively exploit different sources of information, and detect and handle incomplete or falsified data (coined as big forensic data challenges by Quick and Choo).

Minitrack 2: Security and Privacy for Innovation and Emerging Topics
Innovations are becoming an inherent part of our lives. Every day we witness new disruptive concepts that have the potential to change the future. Being able to adequately assess them from a security and privacy perspective is crucial in order to better understand all potential risks and be more prepared to address them.

Minitrack 3: Perpetrators and protectors: human-centered information systems security
Literature on IS security takes into consideration both internal and external sources as threats to information security. However, recent studies show insider threats as the main source of security breaches.

Minitrack 4: Moving Beyond Traditional Constructs in Information Security Research
Employees are organizations’ core assets that interact with Information Systems (IS) in order to perform their tasks; however numerous studies have reported that employees noncompliance of IS security policies is the main cause of security breaches within organizations.

Minitrack 5: Information Privacy in Firm-Customers and Firm-Employees Relationships
Information Privacy is an important research topic with wide implications, not only for businesses but also for regulatory bodies, governments, and the general public. Today, organizations are faced with an ever-growing possibility of cyber-attacks and an increased regulatory pressure which puts their reputation at high risk.

Minitrack 6: Fraud, Social Engineering and Information Security
Business losses due to fraud committed by external actors is a global concern, with recent studies showing losses in the billions of dollars. Social engineering has proven to be a reliable attack vector for adversaries engaged in these activities, using techniques such as open source intelligence collection (OSINT), spear phishing, voice over IP (VoIP) attacks, and short message service (SMS) attacks, and the like

Minitrack 7: IT GOVERNANCE, RISK AND COMPLIANCE IN CONTEXT OF SECURITY AND PRIVACY
The main focus of the mini-track includes papers relating to IT Risk, IT Audit and Compliance, Research papers addressing information assurance issues from a socio-technical, behavioral and economic perspective may be submitted to this mini-track.

Minitrack 8: Digital Crimes, Forensics, and Post-Incident Management
Many organizations experience security breaches (e.g., data breaches) and each incident affects a victim organization with respect to its brand image and customer loyalty. To respond to a security incident, organizations draw on digital forensics techniques to determine cause, prosecute offenders, and provide insight into the attack vectors deployed.

SUBMISSIONS
The AMCIS 2018 Conference is accepting the following types of submissions. Access the submission system at https://confs.precisionconference.com/~amcis18/.


Completed Research
Emergent Research Form (ERF)
Workshops and Tutorials
Panels
Technology Research, Education, and Opinion (TREO) Talk Sessions
Professional Development Symposia (PDS)

DATES:
Completed Research, due February 28, 2018 (Central Time noon)
Emergent Research Form (ERF), due February 28, 2018 (Central Time noon)
Workshops and Tutorials, due April 4, 2018 (Central Time noon)