-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] JGITM: Special Issue on Global Cyber Security Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:35:46 -0400 From: Prashant Palvia pcpalvia@uncg.edu To: AISWorld aisworld@lists.aisnet.org CC: Nir Kshetri nbkshetr@uncg.edu
Posting on behalf of Professor Nir Kshetri.
_____________________________________________________________ CALL FOR PAPERS Special Issue of Journal of Global Information Technology Management (JGITM) Theme: Global Cyber-Security
Tentative Publication Date: July, 2013 Two-page proposal by authors (optional): September 30, 2012 Full paper submission deadline: October 31, 2012
Special Issue Guest Editor Nir Kshetri, Ph.D. Bryan School of Business and Economics The University of North Carolina--Greensboro Greensboro, NC 27402-6165 USA Email: nbkshetr@uncg.edu mailto:nbkshetr@uncg.edu
Theme
By all accounts, the global cybercrime industry is much bigger than most of the major and well-known underground and underworld industries such as illegal drugs trade and human trafficking. The most often cited figure for the annual worldwide loss to cybercrime is US$1 trillion (Kshetri 2010a, b). According to 2011 Norton Cybercrime Report released by Symantec, 69% of the world's internet users have been victimized at some points in their lives by cyber-criminals.
Cybercrimes are associated with the growing incidences of financial loss, IP theft, breach of privacy as well as other social problems. Various recent surveys have demonstrated that businesses and consumers worry more about cybercrimes than about physical crimes. A study conducted by Gallup in October 2009 indicated that 66% of U.S. adults were worried ?frequently? or ?occasionally? about being an identity theft victim (Saad, 2009). The proportion was higher than the reported anxiety about 11 other crime types included in the Gallup survey. The rapidly escalating cybercrime is one of the most pressing global challenges shared by both the developing as well as the developed countries (Nye, 2011).
Rapid rise and sophistications in cyber-attacks have also affected national interests and have forced governments to adjust their national security and national defense strategies. A study of McAfee indicated that about 85% of the world?s utility networks had been infiltrated by criminals and spy agencies in 2010. Likewise, according to a 2007 report of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 108 countries had developed offensive cyber-warfare capabilities.
In response to the above threats, individuals and organizations are responding by increasing cyber-security spending. For instance, according to the research firm IDC, the secure content and threat management sector was worth US$15.1 billion in 2007 and US$21 billion in 2011.
As cybercrimes are becoming more and more pervasive in our daily lives, the above issues are only a few of what are becoming more and more recognized in academic and policy debates. The complex, multifaceted, and dynamic nature of cybercrime is a critical but little-examined problem in social science research. Although the popular press has paid considerable attention to cybercrime, very little research has been undertaken to further our understanding of this phenomenon. Our understanding of underlying drivers and the effects on the global society and economy of such crimes is thus limited.
The purpose of this special issue is to contribute to filling this void.
Aims and Scope
This special issue aims to advance understanding of contexts, mechanisms and processes associated with the global cybercrime and cyber-security landscapes by attracting high quality manuscripts in this area. It would provide a forum for academic researchers, policy makers and practitioners. Papers of all theoretical and methodological approaches are welcome. Submissions that cross multiple disciplines such as economics, law, business and management, international affairs, sociology, anthropology, cultural studies and criminology to develop theory and provide information that could move theory and practice forward in the study of cybercrime and cyber-security are especially encouraged. Consistent with the focus of JGITM, all submitted papers must explicitly address key global issues associated with cybercrime and cyber-security.
Possible contributions may include, but are not limited to the following: ? Formal and informal institutions affecting cybercrime and cyber-security measures; ? Cloud computing and cyber-security; ? Social media and cyber-security; ? Mobile cybercrime and mobile security; ? Cybercrime and cyber-security issues in the developing world; ? Country-level analysis of cybercrime and cyber-security issues; ? Regional analysis (e.g., Asia Pacific, Sub-Sahara Africa, Latin America, the former second world economies) of cybercrime and cyber-security issues; ? Cross-country comparison of cybercrime and cyber-security; ? National-level measures to enhance cyber-security; ? Private sector (e.g., businesses and trade associations) initiatives in enhancing national cyber-security measures; ? Forces driving changes in formal and informal institutions related to cyber-security; ? The millennial generation and cyber-security; ? Cyber-security related innovations from the developing world;
All papers will go through a blind-review process. Each paper will be reviewed by at least three reviewers and the guest editor. The guest editor will make acceptance recommendations to the Editor in Chief, Dr. Prashant Palvia, who will make the final decision. If there are more qualified papers than that can be included in the special issue, they will be published in future issues of JGITM.
Important Dates
Two-page proposal by authors (optional) July 31, 2012 Deadline for submission: October 31, 2012 Initial decision and revisions sent to authors January 31, 2013 Deadline for revised papers: March 15, 2013 Notification of final acceptances: April 30, 2013 Deadline for final versions: May 31, 2013 Tentative Publication Date: July, 2013
Submissions: Please submit electronically as MS-Word attachment to the guest editor Dr. Nir Kshetri at nbkshetr@uncg.edu mailto:nbkshetr@uncg.edu. Approximate size of the paper should be 25 double-spaced pages not including references, tables, and figures.
Background of special issue editor
Nir Kshetri is Associate Professor at Bryan School of Business and Economics, The University of North Carolina-Greensboro (UNCG) and a research fellow at Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration - Kobe University. Among his books are Cybercrime in the Global South: Structure, Processes and Characteristics (forthcoming, Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills, Basingstoke, U.K.) and The Global Cyber-crime Industry: Economic, Institutional and Strategic Perspectives (Springer-Verlag: Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 2010). Nir has published fifty five journal articles in journals such as Foreign Policy, European Journal of Marketing, Journal of International Marketing, Third World Quarterly, Journal of International Management, Communications of the ACM, IEEE Computer, IEEE Security and Privacy, IEEE Software, Electronic Markets, Small Business Economics, Thunderbird International Business Review, Telecommunications Policy, and Electronic Commerce Research and Applications. A 2012 study ranked him # 2 in terms of the number of articles published in Journal of International Management over a 13-year period (1998-2010). His research-related awards include a best paper award at the 5th International Conference on Information Systems and Economic Intelligence (SIIE) (Tunisia), Emerald Literati Network 2010 Award for Excellence, the Pacific Telecommunication Council?s Meheroo Jussawalla Research Paper Prize (2010 and 2008) and a finalist in the Management and Organization Review (MOR) Best Paper Award in the China Goes Global Conference organized by the Harvard University (October, 2008). In December 2010, Nir was invited by the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland to speak on "Addressing security challenges on a global scale".