CALL FOR PAPERS     











Call for Papers

A Call for Papers has been issued. It is available for download as a PDF here (PDF / Word), or view the details below.

Access START (available from 1 March 2008)

 To access the START system, click here. A new window will be opened. 

  • You will be asked to enter a pass-code. Your pass-code would have been sent to you in the confirmation email when you submitted your abstract.

Abstract Submission (1 page) 7 March 2008
Notification of abstract acceptance 21 March 2008
Full papers for review 18 April 2008
Notification of acceptance 26 May 2008
Final, camera-ready papers 6 June 2008 (10-12 pages)

Should you require more information on how to structure your abstract, please visit http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/abstract.html

Download a Guide to Referencing here.

Templates for full paper

 All papers must be in the official conference format. Papers that are not in the correct format will not be sent for review. It is important to adhere to this format to ensure the quality of the final conference proceeding. 

Download your template here:

Advice for writing a good article
Download a brief tutorial on writing an article for this conference here.

 Download a Guide to Referencing here.
The ISSA2008 Conference will provide an opportunity for key players to review sustainable practices that have been developed by South Africans in order to meet the challenges delivered by globalisation. Topics to be addressed by the conference include: research papers, case studies, lessons learned, current research, short tutorials and research in progress (student papers).

The field of information security is diverse, including technical, managerial, legal, social and even philosophical issues. Individuals alone cannot address these issues. Only the combined efforts of academia and industry can provide answers and solutions that will benefit all of society.

Topics include but are not limited to:

• Access Control
• Architectures and infrastructures
• Audit
• Authentication
• Anti-Virus
• Awareness and training in Security
• Backup, Storage, Recovery
• Biometrics
• Business Continuity Planning and
  Management
• Challenges and solutions of managing
  security
• Communications / network security
• Content Security
• Corporate governance / Enterprise security
• Digital Forensics
• Digital Identification and    Authentication
• Economy and philosophy of information security
• Evaluation of Information Security in
  companies and information security surveys
 		 • Future visions for Information Security
  Management
• Hacking / cracking
• Information right management
• Information security project management
• Legal, ethical and social issues related to Information Security
• Managing Information Security
• Mobile Computing Security
• Mobile Phone Security
• Phishing
• Practical industry presentations on
  managing information security
• Privacy
• Information Security Risk Analysis
• Security Policy and Procedures
• Small distribution applications
• Smart Cards
• Standards - Local & International
• Strategic Information Security
• Trust
• Usability issues in information security
• Vulnerability Assessments

We are looking for the following kinds of contributions:
1. Research papers
2. Case studies
3. Lessons learned
4. Current research
5. Short tutorials
6. Research in progress (student or short papers)

If you have any queries, worries or just need general advice on how to go about writing an article, please feel free to contact the programme committee. A template will be made available on the website.

Instructions for Authors
Authors are requested to submit original work, not previously published, on any of the above or other related topics. Abstracts should not be more than 1 page with full papers not exceeding 10 A4 pages. Full papers must have an abstract, a list of keywords and a separate cover page. This cover page must include the title of the paper, full names of all authors, their contact addresses, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail addresses and point of contact if there is more than one author. Papers must be written and presented in English.

The proceedings will be produced on CD-ROM. The paper, the abstract and the biography files should be supplied in MS Word or PDF. The author should supply two MS Word or PDF files as follows:

1. File 1 - Paper with the title, authors, affiliations, postal and e-mail addresses and text commencing with an introduction. This file will be put on the CD proceedings.
2. File 2 - A short c.v. / biography of the presenting author (less than one-page).

The files should be sent as an attachment on e-mail, noting the author’s name, title of the paper and the file name. If a file is too large to be sent as an attachment via e-mail, it may be sent as several attachments on different e-mail messages.

Papers must be submitted electronically here.

On receipt of your paper an acknowledgement will be sent to you. If you do not receive an acknowledgement within 7 days, please resubmit your paper.

Copyright

  • Author(s)/Presenter(s) represent and warrant that he/she/they are sole author(s) of the contributed work
  • Author(s)/Presenter(s) will obtain any permission or clearance required for the subject matter of the contributed work by their employer or any other organisation or individual prior to submitting the contributed work, and represent and warrant the contributed work is original and does not infringe the statutory copyright or common-law literary rights of others, or violate the rights of privacy nor libel other persons.
  • Author(s)/Presenter(s) retain the right to use all or part of the paper submitted in future works of his/her own.
  • Author(s)/Presenter(s) hereby grant the conference organisers the right to publish the contributed work in the ISSA2008 proceedings (print, CD- Rom and/or other electronic formats).