CALL FOR PAPERS, Case Studies, Work in Progress/Posters, PhD Research, Round Table Proposals, non-academic Contributions and Product Demonstrations

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ICIW provides an opportunity for academics, practitioners and consultants from around the world who are involved in the study, management, development and implementation of systems and concepts to combat information warfare or to improve information systems security to come together and exchange ideas. There are several strong strands of research and interest that are developing in the area including the understanding of threats and risks to information systems, the development of a strong security culture, as well as incident detection and post incident investigation. This conference is continuing to establish itself as a key event for individuals working in the field from around the world.

Publication opportunity

Papers accepted for the conference will be published in the conference proceedings, subject to author registration and payment.

Selected papers that have been presented at the Conference will be considered for publication in a special issue of the Journal of Information Warfare: http://www.jinfowar.com and the International Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism (IJCWT) published by Information Resources Management Association, USA.( DOI: 10.4018/IJCWT, ISSN: 1947-3435, EISSN: 1947-3443). Additionally, selected papers from the conference will be considered for publication in the International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics published by Inderscience UK (ISSN:1751-1911X).

The advisory group for the conference invites submissions of both academic and practitioner papers on a wide range of topics and a wide range of scholarly approaches including theoretical and empirical papers employing qualitative, quantitative and critical methods. Academic research papers, case studies and work-in-progress/posters are welcomed approaches. PhD Research, proposals for roundtable discussions, non-academic contributions and product demonstrations based on the main themes are also invited. You can find full details in the submission types document (.pdf format).

In addition to the main conference topics, the advisory group invite submissions to the following mini tracks:

• The Human Factors of Cyber Operations chaired by Dr. Robert F. Mills, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio, USA
• Modelling and Simulation for Cyber Defence co-chaired by Joey Jansen van Vururen and Dr Louise Leenen, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa
• Hacktivists vs. the “patriotic” hackers: Contemporary information- and cyber-warfare in highly contentious political contexts co-chaired by Dr Barbara Endicott-Popovsky & Dr Volodymyr Lysenko, Center of Information Assurance and Cybersecurity, University of Washington, Seattle USA
• The Emerging Cyber Conflict threat from the Developing World chaired by Evan Dembskey, UNISA, South Africa

Submission details are given below. Topics for submissions may include, but are not limited to:

Mini Track Call for Papers on The Human Factors of Cyber Operations    Click the icon to download a .pdf

Track Chair: Dr. Robert F. Mills, Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio, USA

Robert Mills

Cyberspace is not solely a technology domain. There are numerous technical, policy, and social issues associated with operating in and through cyberspace. Human factors are a major consideration in all aspects of cyberspace operations, to include offensive operations, defense and security, penetration testing, reverse engineering, and last but not least general use of the domain. The goal of this mini track is to discuss novel and exciting research topics that explore the relationships and dependencies between cyberspace operations and human factors.  The track seeks paper submissions from diverse communities, including academic researchers, practitioners, government, and industry.

This track welcomes theoretical and empirical contributions focusing on, without being limited to, the following topics:

Submissions can be made on-line directly on the Abstract submission page

Mini Track Call for Papers on Modelling and Simulation for Cyber Defence   Click the icon to download a .pdf

Track Co-Chairs: Joey Jansen van Vururen and Dr Louise Leenen, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa

Joey Jansen van Vururen


Louise Leenen

The Cyber domain has strategic importance in the government, civilian and military sectors. There is an overlap between infrastructures and resources within these sectors and as a consequence, the roles of protection, defence and offence are complex. The aim of this proposed track is to encourage dialogue, collaboration and sharing of research outputs related to Cyber Defence.  The scope will cover a wide range of topics for the development of Information Security models and will include semantic and other presentation models, simulations or experimentation that capture or investigate human or system behaviour in the cyber domain.

The track is open to both research and industry contributions, in terms of Regular papers, Posters, Work in progress, Systems implemented and lessons learnt, Technical/marketing/business presentations, Demos, Tutorials, and Panel discussions.

This track welcomes theoretical and empirical contributions focusing on, without being limited to, the following topics:

Submissions can be made on-line directly on the Abstract submission page

Mini Track Call for Papers on Hacktivists vs. the “patriotic” hackers: Contemporary information- and cyber-warfare in highly contentious political contexts   Click the icon to download a .pdf

Track Co-Chairs: Dr Barbara Endicott-Popovsky & Dr Volodymyr Lysenko, Center of Information Assurance and Cybersecurity, University of Washington, Seattle USA

Barbara Endicott-Popovsky


Volodymyr Lysenko,

During recent years we have seen a dramatic increase in the use of hacking for political cause. From the point of view of the stakeholders involved in highly contentious political conflicts, these activities can be divided into pro-governmental and pro-oppositional categories. Examples of the former category include: the Russian “patriotic” hackers acting against Estonia in 2007, Georgia in 2008, and the Russian opposition movement in 2011/2012; the “Iranian Cyber Army;” and the “Syrian Cyber Army.” These are typical representatives of pro-governmental, secret services-organized and/or backed entities conducting cyberwar against either their compatriot oppositional groups and/or foreign states and organizations which are considered as opposing their countries’ incumbent (non-democratic) regimes. Examples of the latter category include groups in Tunisia (2010/2011), Egypt (2011), Syria (2011/2012) and Russia (2012). In these cases chapters of Anonymous became hacktivist cyberfighters against the incumbent (non-democratic) regimes in these respective countries. Accordingly, this mini-track invites both practitioners and academics to submit works analyzing the objectives, roles, progression, outcomes, and perspectives of activities by hackers and hacktivists involved in modern, highly contentious, political conflicts on both sides.

This track welcomes theoretical and empirical contributions focusing on, without being limited to, the following topics:

Submissions can be made on-line directly on the Abstract submission page

Mini Track Call for Papers on The Emerging Cyber Conflict threat from the Developing World    Click the icon to download a .pdf

Track Chair: Evan Dembskey, UNISA, South Africa

Evan Dembskey

There is a gap in the literature that focuses on the scale and impact of both the increase in number of people with Internet connectivity and the increase in Broadband availability, especially in the developing world. Given the general lack of economic opportunities in the developing world, the potential for residents of that sphere to turn to cyber crime or become radicalized and used for politically motivated attacks is possibly high. This opens up further problems in the technical, political, legal and military spheres.

This track welcomes theoretical and empirical contributions focusing on, without being limited to, the following topics:

Submissions can be made on-line directly on the Abstract submission page

Participants will be asked to vote for the best poster and a prize will be given for the poster receiving the highest number of votes. Additionally a prize will be awarded to the best PhD paper presented at the conference.

Submission details

Important information

§            The selection panel of the conference committee will consider all abstracts received by the submission deadline to ensure that the proposed paper is relevant to the Conference.

§            The authors of abstracts that describe a relevant paper will receive a notification of abstract selection.

§            All full papers will be double-blind reviewed by members of the conference committee to ensure an adequate standard, that the proposed subject of their abstract has been followed, that the paper is of a suitable length, the standard of English is adequate and the paper is appropriately referenced.

§            For authors whose first language is not English we request that you have your work proof read prior to submission by a native English speaker (or at least a fluent English speaker). Papers can be rejected due to a poor standard of English. We do offer proof-reading services.

§            Papers that are accepted will be published in the conference proceedings providing at least one author registers and presents the work at the Conference (see the registration section of the conference website for more information about registration). Author registration must be completed by 18 February 2013.

§           Due to the large number of papers expected for this conference, the committee only allows an author to present one paper. However, if multiple papers are accepted for publication and presentation, each paper requires a separate registration fee.

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This page was last updated on the 20 February 2013