AnnualSec 2017 - 2017 16th Annual Security Conference

The nature and scope of the Information Security field is evolving. We are no longer are we just concerned with protecting the technical edifice. Our emphasis has become more holistic, and we tend to consider both the organizational and technical aspects of information protection to be equally important. The 16th Annual Security Conference provides a forum for discourses in Security, Assurance and Privacy that enhance the understanding of current events, but also nurture future dialogues related to cybersecurity.
The conference is scheduled for April 18-20, 2017, in Las Vegas, NV, USA. The 16th Annual Security Conference is part of the Vegas Conferences organized by the Information Institute. Co-organizers for the 2017 event are Virginia Commonwealth University, Plymouth University, The University of South Carolina and DePaul University. Administrative offices for the conference are at Virginia Commonwealth University. Conference theme for 2017 is: Discourses in Cybersecurity
General Chair
Gurpreet Dhillon, Virginia Commonwealth University, USAIMG_0018
Conference Co-Chairs
Spyridon Samonas, California State University, Long Beach, USA
Dionysis Demetis, University of Hull, UK
Program Chairs
Steve Furnell, University of Plymouth, UK
Mark Harris, Univeristy of South Carolina, USA
Organizing Chair
Sergio Nunes, ISEG, University of Lisboa, Portugal
Program Committee
Atif Ahmad, University of Melbourne, Australia
Ian Angell, London School of Economics, UKIMG_0424
James Backhouse, London School of Economics, UK
Rita Barrios, Compuware, USA
Stefan Beißel, EUFH, Germany
Mario Caldeira, ISEG University of Lisboa, Portugal
Nathan Clarke, University of Plymouth, UK
David L. Coss, College of Charleston, USA
Eduardo Vera Cruz, University of Lisboa, Portugal
Meledath Damodaran, University of Houston-Victoria, USA
John D’Arcy, Notre Dame University, USA
Dionysis Demetis, University of Hull, UK
Gurpreet Dhillon, Virginia Commonwealth University, USALas Vegas 2016
Robert Erbacher, Utah State University, USA
Jean-Noel Ezingeard, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Solange Ghernaouti-Hélie, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Sanjay Goel, State University of New York at Albany, NY, USA
Karin Hedstrom, Orebro University, Sweden
Anat Hovav, Korea University Business School, S. Korea
Fredrik Karlson, Orebro University, Sweden
Ella Kolkowska, Orebro University, Sweden
Michael Lapke, University of Mary Washington, USA, USA
Jeff May, James Madison University, USA
Jean-Henry Morin, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Krish Muralidhar, University of Kentucky, USA
Sergio Nunes, ISEG, University of Lisboa, Portugal
Yasser Omar, ISEG, University of Lisboa, PortugalScreen-Shot-2014-05-22-AT-17.51.21
Nancy Pouloudi, Athens University of Economics & Business, Greece
Mario Romāo, ISEG, University of Lisboa, Portugal
Nancy Russo, Northern Illinois University, USA
Carlos Salema, IST University of Lisboa, Portugal
Rathindra Sarathy, Oklahoma State University, USA
Filipe de Sá-Soares, University of Minho, Portugal
Reijo Savola, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Oulu, Finland
Richard S. Swart, Utah State University, USA