CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS Proposal Submission Deadline: February 15, 2014 Handbook of Research on New Threats and Countermeasures in Digital Crime and Cyber Terrorism

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS

Proposal Submission Deadline: February 15, 2014

Handbook of Research on New Threats and Countermeasures in Digital Crime and Cyber Terrorism

A book edited by

 Dr. Maurice Dawson (Alabama A&M University, USA)

Dr. Marwan Omar (Nawroz University, Iraq)

To be published by IGI Global: http://bit.ly/1emzhn0

For release in the Advances in Information Security, Privacy, and Ethics (AISPE) Book Series.

The Advances in Information Security, Privacy, & Ethics (AISPE) Book Series is the source for this research, as the series provides only the most cutting-edge research on how information is utilized in the digital age.

Introduction

This handbook of research will explore multiple aspects of cyber terrorism and cyber crime in today's society. This book provides insights on the negatives uses of technology with comprehensive review of the associated vulnerabilities and mitigations. Researchers, practitioners, and professionals will benefits from this publication’s broad perspective.

Objective of the Book

This proposed publication takes an entirely different route in describing digital crime and cyber terrorism. This publication has the potential to aid organizations everywhere to effectively defend their systems.

Target Audience

The handbook of research is expected to get a large amount of attention in the cyber security realm. This will cover all emerging negative uses of technologies which will allow individuals to gain insight so they can better defend these new attacks. This can be used by training organization, intelligence community, and others responsible for network defense.

Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

·         Network and Mobile Security

·         Virtual Words for Terrorism Training Grounds

·         Attacking Health Care Devices

·         Automobiles Access Points

·         Cyber Terrorism

·         Cyber Crime

·         Software Assurance

·         Exploiting Code Vulnerabilities

·         Future Predictions of Cyber Crime

·         Department of Defense Information Assurance Controls

·         Reverse Engineering

·         Vulnerabilities in Mixed & Augmented Reality

·         Vulnerabilities in Google Glass

·         Systems of Systems Attacks

·         Unmanned Systems Exploitations

·         Certification and Accreditation

·         Cryptosystems

We strongly welcome other topics suggestions, dealing with other negative uses of technology and science such as attacking national infrastructure, cloud computing security, offensive security practices, and other unknown exploits.

Submission Procedure

Researchers are invited to submit on or before February 15, 2014, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified March 31, 2014 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Authors of accepted proposals will be sent guidelines to prepare the full chapter (7,000 – 11,000 words length). Full chapters are expected to be submitted by June 15, 2014. All submitted chapter will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as a reviewer for this project.

Publisher

This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the Information Science Reference (formerly Idea Group Reference), Medical Information Science Reference, Business Science Reference, and Engineering Science Reference imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This book is anticipated to be released in 2014.

Important Dates

1st Proposal Submission Deadline:       February 15, 2014 
2nd Proposal Submission Deadline:      March 15, 2014 
Last Call for Proposals:                           April 15, 2014 
Full chapter Submission:                         June 15, 2014 
Review Process:                                        June 15, 2014 –July 30, 2014 
Review Results to Authors:                    August 15, 2014 
Revised Chapter Submission:                 September 15, 2014 
Final Acceptance Notifications:              September 30, 2014 
Submission of Final Chapters:               October 15, 2014 
Final Deadline:                                           November 30, 2014

Inquiries can be forwarded to

Inquires can be forwarded to electronically (Word document): 
Dr. Maurice Dawson 
Department of Management and Marketing 
College of Business and Public Affairs 
Alabama A&M University 
Tel.: +1-256-372-4801 
Primary Email: maurice.e.dawson@gmail.com
Secondary Email: maurice.dawson@aamu.edu

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