[AISWorld] AMCIS CALL FOR PAPERS MINITRACK: Information Security Risks to Research

[James Smith]

CFP Mini-Track: Information Security Risks to Research



AMCIS 2020



Salt Lake City, Utah, August 12-16 2020

https://amcis2020.aisconferences.org



We kindly invite you to submit your manuscript to the AMCIS 2020 mini-track
Information Security Risks to Research. The mini-track is under the
Information Security and Privacy (SIGSEC) track.



Mini-track Description

Academic researchers around the world are increasingly becoming targets for
information security threat actors, including state-sponsored espionage
targeting research programs. These threats have been demonstrated to be
highly persistent and targeted. Enterprise IT and information security at
many universities are focused on protecting core functions of the
university and may not be focused on tailored protection for specific
research groups.



This mini-track invites the authors to submit papers that address relevant
issues and concerns related to the intersection of academic research and
information security threats.



Topic areas may focus on, but are not limited to:



• What are the most serious cybersecurity issues currently encountered by
universities and what can be done about these issues? What are the best
practices to recognize, protect, detect and respond to threats to academic
research?



• The dimensions of research that expose researchers to increased
information security threats, e.g. intellectual property development,
research topicality, national origin, funding source, and collaboration
networks.



• The nature of the threat actors targeting academic researchers; e.g.
nation state advanced persistent threat (APT) actors, criminal actors,
economically driven corporate espionage and political threat actors.



• Fit and misfit between the threat posed to researchers and the protection
provided by enterprise IT and information security at universities,
including:

Usable security in academia

Access control and authorization

Cyber security awareness training

Organizational and institutional network structures



• Balancing an open culture of academic research vs. protecting valuable
intellectual property.


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Important Dates:

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January 6, 2020 - Manuscript submission for AMCIS 2020 begins

February 28, 2020 - AMCIS manuscript submissions (completed research and
Emergent Research Forum (ERF)) closes for authors at 5:00pm MST

March 5, 2020 - All papers have assigned reviewers

March 26, 2020 - Reviews are due

April 7, 2020 - Mini-track decisions due to track chairs

April 13, 2020 - Track Chair recommendations due

April 22, 2020: Camera-ready papers are due at 5:00 pm MST



Mini-track Chairs:

James N. Smith, Augusta University, jasmith8 at augusta.edu

Andrew Green, Kennesaw State University, agreen57 at kennesaw.edu

Tyler Pieron, Nova Southeastern University, tp877 at mynsu.nova.edu

Amy B. Woszczynski, Kennesaw State University, awoszczy at kennesaw.edu