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)
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
