Cyber Crime 2014 - Call for Chapters: Handbook of Research on New Threats and Countermeasures in Digital Crime and Cyber Terrorism

Dr. Maurice Dawson, Alabama A&M University, USA
Dr. Marwan Omar, Nawroz University, Iraq

Call for Chapters
Proposals Submission Deadline: February 15, 2014
Full Chapters Due: June 15, 2014
Submission Date: October 15, 2014

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
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
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 handbook of research 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 publication is anticipated to be released early 2015.

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
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-AT-gmail.com
Secondary Email: maurice.dawson-AT-aamu.edu
Propose a chapter for this book