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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
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.
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".