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

[James N. 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