CALL FOR PAPERS
This page contains information in the call for papers, the review process, instructions to authors and hints on writing a good paper.
Call for Papers
A First Call for Papers has been issued for 2012. It is available for download here
Important
dates:
Abstract submission: 6 April 2012 - 18
April 2012 (1 page)
Full papers submission for review: 20 April 2012
Notification of acceptance: 29 June 2012
Submission of final camera-ready papers: 10 July 2012
Conference: 15 - 17 Aug 2012
The ISSA2012 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:
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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 Information security surveys Future visions for Information Security Management Hacking / cracking Information rights 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 |
Review process
ISSA uses a double blind peer-review process to ensure the quality of submissions before acceptance. Authors initially submit abstracts to determine if the paper meets the goals and fits into the theme of the conference. The ISSA Program Committee assesses each submission for relevance and fit. Authors are then notified whether their abstracts were accepted, and if so, invited to submit a full paper for peer review.
On the due date, authors submit full papers. Each paper goes through an administrative review to confirm that the paper conforms to the specifications. If a paper does not meet the requirements, the author is asked to resubmit the paper.
A Review Committee is invited to participate, consisting of both local and international experts in the field of Information Security. A process is followed by the Program Committee to allocate papers to reviewers based on their area of expertise. Reviewers are subject matter experts, of which over 50% are international. Reviewers usually have 5 or 6 categories that they are willing to review against. Each reviewer will establish the number of papers they can review in a specific time period and are allowed to bid on the papers they want to review. An automated process allocated papers to each reviewer according to their preferences.
Each paper is reviewed by a minimum of two reviewers in a double blind review
process. Papers are reviewed and rated on a 10 point system with 1 being poor
and 10 being excellent as follows:
• Originallity (1-10)
• Significance (1-10)
• Technical quality (1-10)
• Relevance (1-10)
• Presentation (1-10)
• Overall Rating (1-10)
Reviewers’ confidence in their own rating is also taken into account by the algorithm that calculates the final score. Reviewers are encouraged to make anonymous suggestions to the author(s) of the paper.
Based on the final score (1-10), a paper with 5 or below points can be recommended for a poster/research-in-progress session and a 9 to 10 point paper can be put in the “best paper” category. An acceptance rate of between 30% and 40% is expected for the conference.
Authors are notified of the outcome of the review process which includes the anonymous suggestions and recommendations of the reviewers. Authors then have to submit the final version of the paper that will then be included in the formal conference proceedings. The proceedings are published electronically in IEEE Explore as well as on a CD with an ISBN number. All proceedings from all previous ISSA conferences are also available here.
Instructions for Authors
Authors are requested to submit original work, not previously
published, on any of the topics mentioned below (or on any other
security-related topic). Abstracts should not be more than 350 words with full
papers not exceeding 8 pages in the standard IEEE format Please choose any of
the following templates, as acquired from the IEEE Web site at
http://www.ieee.org/web/publications/pubservices/confpub/AuthorTools/conferenceTemplates.html:
Abstracts should be submitted before a full paper is submitted. Submit an abstract on the START system - submit here (according to the guidelines of the CFP) before proceeding to write a full paper. Note that the abstract does not need to be in a formatted template as provided above; the abstract text should simply be copied and pasted into the supplied text box for the abstract on the START system. On acceptance of your abstract, please return here an follow further instructions outlined below.
Full papers must have a paper title, but NO author name(s) and contact details
on them, due to the double-blind review process that is followed, as specified
above. Papers that are submitted with author names and contact details appearing
on them, will be disqualified, The paper must be in the
specified in the IEEE template and have a list of keywords. Papers must be written and presented
in English.
The proceedings will be produced on CD-ROM as well as published online at IEEE
Explore, as explained above. The paper, the abstract and résumé files should be
supplied in MS Word or PDF. The author should, thus, supply two MS Word or PDF
files as follows:
1. File 1 - Paper with the title, author(s), contact details, abstract, keywords and
paper text commencing with an introduction in the correct IEEE template
as shown above. This file will be put on the CD proceedings as well as on IEEE
Explore.
2. File 2 - A short c.v. (résumé) of the presenting author (less than 350
words).
The files should be zipped into a single .zip file and submitted via the
START system.
Later, on acceptance
of your paper, you will be required to sign a copyright transfer form. This form
is available for download below.
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 ISSA2010 proceedings (print, CD- Rom and/or other electronic formats).
- IEEE Copyright Form: Please download and complete the
IEEE Copyright Form if your paper was
accepted as a full paper, since your paper will be published online at
IEEE Xplore
after the conference. Note that line (1) under the "General Terms" section
must be signed by everyone. Lines (2) and (3) should only be signed by
applicable persons. PleaseeEmail a scanned copy of your copyright form to
hventer@cs.up.ac.za (email is preferred) or
fax it to +27 86 520 2979 BEFORE 18 July 2010. You MUST also send the
original signed version BEFORE 10 August 2010 via courier or mail to the
following address:
Prof HS Venter
ISSA Publication Chair
Room 4-23
Department of Computer Science
IT Building Level 4
University of Pretoria
Lynnwood Road
Pretoria
0001
South Africa
Alternatively, you may also bring the original version to the conference and present it to the publication chair: Hein Venter. Failing to submit the scanned or fax version and the original version of the correctly-signed IEEE copyright transfer form by the respective deadlines as listed here will result in your paper being excluded from the CD and online IEEE Xplore proceedings.
Advice for writing a good paper
Download a brief tutorial on writing an article for this conference here.
Download a Guide to Referencing here.
If you have any queries, worries or just need general advice on how to go about writing a paper, please feel free to contact the programme committee.
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