-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] AMCIS CALL FOR PAPERS MINITRACK: Information Security Risks to Research Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2020 14:27:06 -0500 From: James N. Smith jnsmith@bluereefgroup.com To: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org
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.
*********************************************** Important Dates: *********************************************** 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@augusta.edu Andrew Green, Kennesaw State University, agreen57@kennesaw.edu Tyler Pieron, Nova Southeastern University, tp877@mynsu.nova.edu Amy B. Woszczynski, Kennesaw State University, awoszczy@kennesaw.edu _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld@lists.aisnet.org